“ I Got a Woman ” (from the English - “I got a woman”, the original name is “ I've Got a Woman ” [1] [2] ) - a song written by Ray Charles and Renald Richard [3] . The song was first released as a single in December 1954 [4] (with the song “Come Back Baby” on side “B” ). Both songs of this single were later included in the album Ray Charles (1957).
| I've got a woman | ||||
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| Ray Charles Single from the album Ray Charles | ||||
| Side “A” | "I've got a woman" | |||
| Side B | "Come Back Baby" | |||
| Released | December 1954 | |||
| Format | 7 " | |||
| Recorded by | November 18, 1954 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues | |||
| Duration | 2:48 [1] | |||
| Producer | Jerry Wexler | |||
| Songwriter | Ray Charles and Renald Richard | |||
| Label | ||||
| Atlantic | 45-1050 | |||
| Timeline of the Ray Charles Singles | ||||
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| R s | Position # 239 in the list 500 greatest songs of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine |
Song History
The song is based on the popular folk gospel song “It Must Be Jesus” (with a text by Rudolf King [5] ) performed by The Southern Tones quartet [6] . Ray Charles heard the song on the radio while on the road with his band in the fall of 1954 [3] . Together with trumpeter Renald Richard, he wrote his version of this song, providing it with secular lyrics, jazz rhythm and blues harmonies. The song became one of the prototypes of what was later called soul [3] , and is also considered one of the predecessors of the rockabilly genre [6] .
The song was recorded on November 18, 1954 [3] in the studio of the radio station WGST ( Atlanta ) and became the first hit of Ray Charles, reaching the first position on the Rhythm & Blues Records chart [3] on May 7, 1955 [2] . In his performance, the song takes 239th position in the list of 500 greatest songs of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine [7] . Ray Charles later re-recorded this song, entitled “I Gotta Woman”; the single with the new version reached the 79th position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965.
Cover versions
The song was repeatedly sung by various performers [8] .
- The version of Elvis Presley , which became quite famous, was released as a separate single, and also entered the album Elvis Presley (1956).
- The song was in the concert repertoire of the Beatles in the early 1960s [4] . The group has recorded this song twice for the BBC . The first record, made on July 16, 1963 for the program “Pop Go The Beatles” (which aired on August 13), was included in the compilation album Live at the BBC (1994) [4] . The main vocal part was performed by John Lennon .
- Ricky Nelson’s version, released on B side of the single “You Don't Love Me Anymore (And I Can Tell)”, reached number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963.
- Among the most famous performers of this song can also be attributed [8] Bobby Darin (1960), Bill Cosby (1967), Johnny Cash (along with June Carter, 1967), the group The Monkees (1987), John Mayer (together with Steve Jordan and Pinot Palladino, 2005), Jimmy Smith (1960), John Scofield (2005), Joe Stafford (with Paul Weston, 1955), Them (1966), Bill Haley (as part of Bill Haley and His Comets, 1959) , Johnny Holliday (1962) and The Honeydrippers (1984).
- In 2005, rapper Kanye West used a sample from this song in his Gold Digger composition.
Sources
- ↑ 1 2 Ray Charles And His Band - I've Got A Woman . discogs.com. Date of treatment August 2, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Whitburn, Joel. Top R and B / hip-hop singles, 1942-2004 . - 5th. - Record Research Inc., 2004. - P. 801. - 813 p. - ISBN 9780898201604 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Lindsay Planer. Ray Charles - I Got a Woman (English) . allmusic.com. Date of treatment August 2, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 I Got A Woman . beatlesbible.com. Date of treatment August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Artist: Bob King . secondhandsongs.com. Date of treatment August 2, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Buster Fayte. A long road to "I Got a Woman" . Buster Fayte's Rockabilly Romp . rockabillyromp.com (02-01-2012). Date of treatment August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Ray Charles, “I Got a Woman” . rollingstone.com. Date of treatment August 2, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 A large list of artists who recorded this song can be found on secondhandsongs.com (Retrieved August 2, 2013)
Links
- Lyrics (Retrieved August 2, 2013)
- Video with the sound of the “original” song “It Must Be Jesus” (Retrieved August 2, 2013)
- Ray Charles Original Video (Checked August 2, 2013)
- Beatles Video ( Live at the BBC Album) (Retrieved August 2, 2013)
- Video with sound version of Elvis Presley (Retrieved August 2, 2013)