Have A Smile With Me
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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
on a two-for-one CD reissue on Rhino with historical liner notes.
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
. In a reversal of the previous concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
Sweet & Sour Tears
Sweet & Sour Tears
Sweet & Sour Tears is a 1964 album by Ray Charles. It is a concept album featuring songs with titles or lyrics referring to crying. In 1997, Rhino Records reissued the album on compact disc with seven bonus tracks from his early career that added to the "crying" theme.-Side one:# "Cry" - 3:34#...
, this album is filled with humorous songs. In 1997, it was packaged together with 1963's Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul is a 1963 album by Ray Charles.In 1990, the album was released on compact disc by DCC with four bonus tracks...
on a two-for-one CD reissue on Rhino with historical liner notes.
Side one
- "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Calhoun) - 3:21
- "Feudin' and Fightin'" (Dubin, Lane) - 2:15
- "Two Ton Tessie" (Hardman, Turk) - 4:00
- "I Never See Maggie Alone" (Nicholls, Tisley) - 5:46
- "Move It On Over" (Williams) - 2:40
Side two
- "Ma (She's Making Eyes at Me)" (Clare, Conrad) - 3:30
- "The Thing" (Grean) - 2:28
- "The Man with the Weird Beard" (Drake, Hoffman, Livingston) - 3:59
- "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" (Bennett, Tepper) - 3:12
- "Who Cares (For Me)" (Gibson) - 2:19
External links
- [ Album review at AMG]