What'd I Say (album)

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What'd I Say
What'd I Say cover
Live album by Ray Charles
Released 1959
Recorded May 28, 1959
Genre R&B
Length 30:08
Label Atlantic
Producer Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry Wexler
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 3/5 stars link
Ray Charles chronology
At Newport (1959) What'd I Say (1959) The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)

What'd I Say is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959 in Atlanta, Georgia at Herndon Stadium. What'd I Say peaked at #20 on the Billboard "Pop Albums" chart in 1962. It was reissued in 1960 as Ray Charles In Person. The album launched Charles' first top 10 hit, "What'd I Say" and became his first gold record.[1][2]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2"
  2. "Jumpin' in the Morning"
  3. "You Be My Baby"
  4. "Tell Me How Do You Feel"
  5. "What Kind of Man Are You" (w/Mary Ann Fisher)
  6. "Roll with My Baby"
  7. "Tell All the World About You"
  8. "My Bonnie"
  9. "That's Enough"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed., New York: Fireside, 155. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. 
  2. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine Staff (1989). The Rolling Stone Interviews: 1967-1980. MacMillan, 260. ISBN 0312034865.