What'd I Say (album)

What'd I Say is a 1959 Ray Charles album released by Atlantic Records, the sixth since the debut Ray Charles in 1957. The release popularized Charles' first top 10 hit, "What'd I Say", and became his first gold record.[2][3] The album is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[4]

What'd I Say
Studio album by
Ray Charles
ReleasedOctober 19, 1959
RecordedSeptember 11, 1952 - February 18, 1959, New York City
GenreRhythm and blues
Length30:08
LabelAtlantic
ProducerAhmet Ertegün, Jerry Wexler
Ray Charles chronology
Ray Charles at Newport
(1958)		 What'd I Say
(1959)		 The Genius of Ray Charles
(1959)
Singles from What'd I Say
  1. "That's Enough"
    Released: 1959
  2. "What'd I Say"
    Released: July 1959
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ray Charles; except where indicated

  1. "What'd I Say" Parts 1 & 2
  2. "Jumpin' in the Mornin'"
  3. "You Be My Baby" (Charles, Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
  4. "Tell Me How Do You Feel" (Percy Mayfield)
  5. "What Kind of Man Are You" (duet with Mary Ann Fisher)
  6. "Rockhouse" Parts 1 & 2
  7. "Roll with My Baby" (Sam Sweet)
  8. "Tell All the World About You"
  9. "My Bonnie"
  10. "That's Enough"

Personnel
  • Ray Charles – piano (all tracks), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 1),[5] Hammond organ (track 4), vocals (all tracks)
  • David Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
  • Emmett Dennis – baritone saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
  • Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 4)
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9)
  • Lee Harper – trumpet (tracks 3, 8, 9)
  • Ricky Harper – trumpet (tracks 5, 10)
  • Joe Bridgewater – trumpet (tracks 5, 6, 10)
  • John Hunt – trumpet (tracks 4, 6)
  • Edgar Willis – double bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
  • Roosevelt Sheffield – double bass (track 6)
  • Richie Goldberg – drums (tracks 3, 8, 9)
  • William Peeples – drums (tracks 5, 6, 10)
  • Teagle Fleming – drums (track 4)
  • Milt Turner – drums (track 1)
  • Mary Ann Fisher – vocals (tracks 5, 10)
  • The Raelets – vocal group (tracks 3, 5, 8, 9, 10)
  • unknown – trumpet, saxophone, double bass, drums (tracks 2, 7)[6]
Technical

References
  • Atlantic Records 8029
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Fireside. pp. 155. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. Rolling Stone Staff (1989). The Rolling Stone Interviews: 1967-1980. MacMillan. p. 260. ISBN 0-312-03486-5.
  4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  5. Burgess 2014, p. 76.
  6. jazzdisco.org link
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