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A Fool for You

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"A Fool for You"
Single by Ray Charles
from the album Ray Charles (or, Hallelujah I Love Her So)
ReleasedJune 1955
Recorded1954–1955
GenreRhythm and blues
Length3:03
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Ray Charles
Producer(s)Jerry Wexler
Ray Charles singles chronology
"Greenbacks"
(1955)
"A Fool for You"
(1955)
"Hallelujah I Love Her So"
(1956)

"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

  • Lead vocal and piano by Ray Charles
  • Instrumentation by the Ray Charles band
  • Produced by Jerry Wexler

Covers

References

  1. ^ "Reviews of New R&B Records" (PDF). Billboard. June 11, 1955. p. 47.
  2. ^ "Rhythm & Blues Records - Most Played by Jockeys" (PDF). Billboard. August 6, 1955. p. 69.
  3. ^ "Ike & Tina Turner – The Ike & Tina Turner Show - Vol. 2". Discogs.com. 1966.