A Fool for You
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| "A Fool for You" | ||||
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| File:Hallelujah I Love Her So.jpg 1968 French re-release | ||||
| Single by Ray Charles | ||||
| from the album Ray Charles (or, Hallelujah I Love Her So) | ||||
| B-side | "This Little Girl of Mine" | |||
| Released | June 1955 | |||
| Recorded | April 23, 1955 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter | Ray Charles | |||
| Producer | Jerry Wexler | |||
| Ray Charles singles chronology | ||||
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"A Fool for You" is a bluesy, proto-soul single written and released by musician Ray Charles on Atlantic Records in 1955.[1] The single was Charles' second number-one R&B hit.[2]
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Lead vocal and piano by Ray Charles
- Instrumentation by the Ray Charles band
- Produced by Jerry Wexler
Covers
[edit | edit source]- Ike & Tina Turner on The Ike & Tina Turner Show (Vol. 2)[3]
- Stevie Wonder on I Was Made To Love Her
- Otis Redding on The Immortal Otis Redding
- Van Morrison on A Night in San Francisco and The Healing Game deluxe edition (both live versions, from 1993 and 1997)
- The Jackson 5 on Soulsation!
- Valerie Wellington on Compilation The New Bluebloods
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