A Fool for You
~ Recording by Ray Charles
Annotation
Sub-Optimal Credits
Recorded at Radio Station WMAQ, Miami (4/23/55)
Station should be WQAM, WMAQ is located in Chicago
Annotation last modified on 2015-09-29 01:33 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.2 | A Fool for You | ?:?? | Ray Charles | This Little Girl of Mine / A Fool for You | Ray Charles | Single |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 45-1063 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 2:59 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8006 |
| 1.4 | A Fool for You | 2:59 | Ray Charles et The Raelettes | Hallelujah I Love Her So | Ray Charles et les Raelettes | EP |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 212 036 |
| 1.5 | A Fool for You | 2:59 | Ray Charles | A 25th Anniversary in Show Business Salute to Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| ABC Records (US, 65–79) | ABCH-731 |
| 1.23 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 2: 1952-1955 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2-81294 |
| 1.10 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Right Time | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 241120-2 |
| 1.10 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Right Time | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 2292-41120-2 |
| 1.14 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Wonderful World of Ray Charles: 20 Golden Hits | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Remember (reissues) | CD-RMB 75603 |
| 2.11 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Rhythm and Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Starlite (Swiss label with budget releases) | 1015 |
| 2.4 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | The Birth of Soul | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7-82310-2, 82310-2 |
| 3.3 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82305-2 |
| 1.18 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | Soul Power 3: The Very Best of Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 954381849-2 |
| 1.16 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | Blues + Jazz | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-71607-2 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | WE 835 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71722 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (BMG club edition, no barcode) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Rhino (reissue label) | D105755, R2 71722 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (BMG club edition with barcode) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Rhino (reissue label) | D105755, R2 71722 |
| 1.3 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Hits of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Charly Records | CD CRM 1028 |
| 2.10 | A Fool for You | 3:09 | Ray Charles | Selection of Ray Charles De Luxe | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Gold Sound (XE budget releases) | DCD-733 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-80043-2 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 72859 2 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2/R4 72859 |
| 1.3 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | I’ve Got a Woman and Other Hits | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, a division of Rhino Entertainment Company) | 8122727042 |
| 1.3 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | I’ve Got a Woman and Other Hits | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, a division of Rhino Entertainment Company) | OPCD 7760 |
| 1.23 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 2: 1952-1955 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Brasil (imprint of Warner Music Brasil Ltda.) | 756781294-2 |
| 1.3 | A Fool for You | 3:07 | Ray Charles | Ultimate Hits Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.3 | A Fool for You | 3:07 | Ray Charles | Ultimate Hits Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75644 |
| 1.2 | A Fool for You | 3:08 | Ray Charles | The Very Best of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 79822 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:04 | Ray Charles | Roots of Rhythm: Unchain My Heart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD 1916 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:08 | Ray Charles | The Very Best of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.2 | A Fool for You | 3:08 | Ray Charles | The Very Best of Ray Charles (Greatest Hits) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:08 | Ray Charles | The Very Best of Ray Charles (Greatest Hits European Release) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 79822 2 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles (Hallelujah I Love Her So) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122-73525-2 |
| 1.5 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label), Warner Strategic Marketing International | 8122 73556-2 |
| 1.5 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label), Warner Strategic Marketing International | 8122 73556-2 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles (aka: Hallelujah, I Love Her So) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Ray Charles Story, Volume 1 | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Ray Charles Story, Volume 1 (Edition Studio Masters) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | [none] |
| 1.21 | A Fool for You | 3:04 | Ray Charles | Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 74731 |
| 3.3 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | Atlantic R&B 1947–1974 (reissue) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 747552 9 | |
| 1.3 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | Atlantic R&B 1947-1974, Vol. 3: 1955-1957 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-77578-2 |
| 1.2 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Here’s Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | SI 903643 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMBX59 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Soul Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-77664-2 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:05 | Ray Charles | Heart and Soul | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Primo | PRMCD6024 |
| 1.9 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | 40 Greatest Hits: The Very Best of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Direct Source Special Products Inc. | |
| 3.13 | A Fool for You | 3:04 | Ray Charles | The Way I Feel | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Proper Records | P1629, P1630, P1631, P1632, PROPERBOX 133 |
| 2.3 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | The Legend Lives On | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Golden Stars (reissues, cat. no. GSS ####) | GSS 5495 |
| 2.21 | A Fool for You | 3:04 | Ray Charles | Black Jack | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Le Chant du Monde | 274 1457.58 |
| 1.21 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | I Got a Woman (28 Great Hits) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Legend Recordings | 2711402144 |
| 1.17 | A Fool for You | 3:05 | Ray Charles | Genius: The Ultimate Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Concord Music Group (formed in 2004 with the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records) | CRE-31293-02 |
| 2.7 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | Roots of Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Not Now Music | NOT2CD307 |
| 1.17 | A Fool for You | 3:05 | Ray Charles | Genius: The Ultimate Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Concord Records (imprint of Concord Records, Inc.), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 7231293 |
| 1.17 | A Fool for You | 3:05 | Ray Charles | Genius: The Ultimate Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Concord Records (imprint of Concord Records, Inc.) | 0888072313514 |
| 5.7 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | 200 No.1 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group) | 232853 |
| 1.12 | A Fool for You | 3:05 | Ray Charles | Greatest Hits | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.20 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Big3 (UK, budget compilations) | BT3015 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles: Eight Classic Albums | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Real Gone Jazz | RGJCD267 |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | Hallelujah I Love Her So! (24/96) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.29 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | Love Songs: Special Edition | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Play Digital | |
| 1.26 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | A Life in Jazz | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | Hallelujah, I Love Her So (24/192) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Ray Charles Story, Volume One | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | [none] |
| 1.5 | A Fool for You | 3:04 | Ray Charles | The Very Best of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.66 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | 100 Love Songs & Love Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.22 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Rockin' with Ray: The Original Recordings 1951-1962 | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Smith & Co | SCCD 2491 |
| 3.3 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | The Ultimate Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Not Now Music | NOT3CD127 |
| 2.7 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Where Southern Soul Began: 2 1955-1962 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| History of Soul Records | SOUL017 |
| 3.6 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | King of Cool: The Genius of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122795903 |
| 3.17 | A Fool for You | ?:?? | Ray Charles | Essential Original Albums | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Masters of Music (German compilation label) | 545507 |
| 1.17 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | The Rough Guide to Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| World Music Network | RGNET1356CD |
| 1.5 | A Fool for You | 3:06 | Ray Charles | The Complete 1954-62 Singles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| New Continent | 648039 |
| 1.17 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | The Rough Guide to Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| World Music Network | RGNET1356DD |
| 1.12 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | Christmas Holidays with Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club | |
| 1.7 | A Fool for You | 2:59 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles (mono) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 603497837496, RCV1 555956 |
| 1.2 | A Fool for You | 3:00 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles: Gold Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| S.A.I.F.A.M. | MMB 1016-2 |
| 1.8 | A Fool for You | 2:59 | Ray Charles | Story | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 60145 |
| 1.20 | A Fool for You | 3:01 | Ray Charles | The Absolutely Essential Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation | |||
| 2.4 | A Fool for You | 3:03 | Ray Charles | The Birth of Soul | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.5 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | The Essence of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Other + Compilation |
| Essence | 33325 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.19 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | Black History in Music Sampler 1999 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | PRCD 7278 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.5 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label), Warner Strategic Marketing International | 8122 73556-2 |
| 1.4 | A Fool for You | 3:02 | Ray Charles | Soul of a Man | Ray Charles | Album |
| Green Hill | |
Relationships
| recorded in: | Miami, Florida, United States (on 1955-04-23) |
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| producer: | Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer) Jerry Wexler |
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| alto saxophone [alto sax] and baritone saxophone [baritone sax]: | David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1955-04-23) |
| bass: | Roosevelt "Whiskey" Sheffield (on 1955-04-23) |
| drums (drum set): | William Peeples (on 1955-04-23) |
| piano: | Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1955-04-23) |
| tenor saxophone [tenor sax]: | Donald Wilkerson (US jazz/R&B saxophonist) (on 1955-04-23) |
| trumpet: | Joe Bridgewater (on 1955-04-23) Riley Webb (on 1955-04-23) |
| vocals: | Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1955-04-23) |
| arranger: | Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) |
| recording of: | A Fool for You (on 1955-04-23) |
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Related works
A Fool for You
| lyricist and composer: | Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) |
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