Have a Smile with Me
1964 studio album by Ray Charles
Have a Smile With Me | ||||
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Studio album by Ray Charles | ||||
Released | June 1964 | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Genre | R&B, soul, country soul | |||
Label | ABC 495 | |||
Producer | Ray Charles | |||
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1997 Rhino CD re-issue with Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul | ||||
Have a Smile With Me is a 1964 album by Ray Charles. In a reversal of the previous concept album Sweet & Sour Tears, this album is filled with humorous songs.
In 1997, it was packaged together with 1963's Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul (and both sides of the 1965 single "Without a Song") on a two-for-one CD reissue on Rhino with historical liner notes.
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Track listing
Side one
- "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Charles E. Calhoun) – 3:21
- "Feudin' and Fightin'" (Al Dubin, Burton Lane) – 2:15
- "Two Ton Tessie" (Lou Handman, Roy Turk) – 4:00
- "I Never See Maggie Alone" (Everett Lynton, Henry B. Tisley) – 5:46
- "Move It On Over" (Hank Williams) – 2:40
Side two
- "Ma (She's Making Eyes at Me)" (Sidney Clare, Con Conrad) – 3:30
- "The Thing" (Charles Randolph Grean) – 2:28
- "The Man with the Weird Beard" (Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston) – 3:59
- "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) – 3:12
- "Who Cares (For Me)" (Don Gibson) – 2:19
Personnel
- The Ray Charles Orchestra
- Ray Charles – vocals, piano
- The Raelettes – background vocals
- Benny Carter (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Gerald Wilson (tracks: A5, B5), Johnny Parker (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B3, B4) – arrangements
External links
- Album review at AMG
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studio creations
- Ray Charles at Newport
- Ray Charles in Person
- Live in Concert
- Ray Charles Live
compilations
top 10 singles
- "What'd I Say"
- "Georgia on My Mind"
- "Hit the Road Jack"
- "One Mint Julep"
- "Unchain My Heart"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You "
- "You Don't Know Me"
- "You Are My Sunshine"
- "Busted"
- "Take These Chains from My Heart"
- "Crying Time"
#1 singles
- "I Got a Woman"
- "A Fool for You"
- "Mary Ann"
- "Drown in My Own Tears"
- "Together Again"
- "Let's Go Get Stoned"
- "Seven Spanish Angels"
- "I'll Be Good to You"
(not included above)
- "Let The Good Times Roll"
- "Living for the City"
- "A Song for You"
- "Heaven Help Us All"
- "Here We Go Again"
- Discography
- Tangerine Records
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Fathead / Ray Charles Sextet
- Hank Crawford
- The Raelettes
- Ray
- soundtrack
- Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles
- Tribute to Uncle Ray
- "Confession Blues"
- Category