Dedicated to You (Ray Charles album)

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Dedicated to You
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Studio album by Ray Charles
Released January 1961
Recorded August 23, 1960
Genre Soul
Length 39:11
Label ABC, Paramount
Producer Ray Charles
Ray Charles chronology
The Genius Hits the Road
(1960)The Genius Hits the Road1960
Dedicated to You
(1961)
Ray Charles and Betty Carter
(1961)Ray Charles and Betty Carter1961

Dedicated to You is a 1961 album by Ray Charles. Originally released in January 1961 the album collects Charles' musical love notes to twelve very special women, by name.

A 1998 Rhino Records re-issue combined, on a single CD, Dedicated to You and Ray Charles and Betty Carter.

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Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Hardhearted Hannah" (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow) – 3:14
  2. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Silvers, Van Heusen) – 3:02
  3. "Margie" (Conrad, Robinson, Davis) – 2:44
  4. "Ruby" (Parish, Roemheld) – 3:51
  5. "Rosetta" (Hines, Woode) – 2:29
  6. "Stella by Starlight" (Washington, Young) – 3:47

Side 2

  1. "Cherry" (Gilbert, Redman) – 3:37
  2. "Josephine" (Bivens, Kahn, King) – 2:14
  3. "Candy" (David, Kramer, Whitney) – 4:09
  4. "Marie" (Berlin) – 2:21
  5. "Diane" (Pollack, Rapee) – 3:51
  6. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) – 2:30

Personnel

  • Betty Carter – vocals, performer
  • Ray Charles – piano, keyboards, vocals
  • Marty Paich - arrangements, conductor

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