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

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.2A Fool for You?:??Ray CharlesThis Little Girl of Mine / A Fool for You
1.7A Fool for You2:59Ray CharlesRay Charles
1.4A Fool for You2:59Ray Charles et The RaelettesHallelujah I Love Her So
  • 1961-06 FR
1.5A Fool for You2:59Ray CharlesA 25th Anniversary in Show Business Salute to Ray Charles
1.23A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesAtlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 2: 1952-1955
1.10A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Right Time
1.10A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Right Time
1.14A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Wonderful World of Ray Charles: 20 Golden Hits
  • 1988 PT
  • 1989 -
2.11A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesRhythm and Blues
2.4A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesThe Birth of Soul
  • 1991-10-01 US
3.3A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesAtlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974
  • 1991-10-15 US
1.18A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesSoul Power 3: The Very Best of Rhythm & Blues
1.16A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesBlues + Jazz
  • 1994-03-22 US
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years
  • 1994-07-19 US
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years
  • 1994-07-19 US
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (BMG club edition, no barcode)
  • 1994-08 US
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (BMG club edition with barcode)
1.3A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Hits of Ray Charles
2.10A Fool for You3:09Ray CharlesSelection of Ray Charles De Luxe
1.7A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesRay Charles
  • 1997-03-07 DE
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesGenius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesGenius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
1.3A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesI’ve Got a Woman and Other Hits
1.3A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesI’ve Got a Woman and Other Hits
1.23A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesAtlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 2: 1952-1955
1.3A Fool for You3:07Ray CharlesUltimate Hits Collection
  • 1999-03-13 DE
1.3A Fool for You3:07Ray CharlesUltimate Hits Collection
  • 1999-03-16 US
1.2A Fool for You3:08Ray CharlesThe Very Best of Ray Charles
  • 2000-03-14 US
1.8A Fool for You3:04Ray CharlesRoots of Rhythm: Unchain My Heart
1.7A Fool for You3:08Ray CharlesThe Very Best of Ray Charles
1.2A Fool for You3:08Ray CharlesThe Very Best of Ray Charles (Greatest Hits)
  • 2000 -
1.7A Fool for You3:08Ray CharlesThe Very Best of Ray Charles (Greatest Hits European Release)
1.7A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesRay Charles (Hallelujah I Love Her So)
  • 2001-01-29 GB
1.5A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesThe Definitive Ray Charles
  • 2001-09-13 XE
1.5A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesThe Definitive Ray Charles
  • 2001-09-13 XE
1.7A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesRay Charles (aka: Hallelujah, I Love Her So)
  • 2005-01-18 XW
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Ray Charles Story Volume 1
  • 2005-01-18 XW
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Ray Charles Story, Volume 1 (Edition Studio Masters)
  • 2005-01-18 US
1.21A Fool for You3:04Ray CharlesPure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)
  • 2005-09-20 US
3.3A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesAtlantic R&B 1947–1974 (reissue)
  • 2006-02 XE
  • 2006-02 GB
1.3A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesAtlantic R&B 1947-1974, Vol. 3: 1955-1957
1.2A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesHere’s Ray Charles
1.7A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Definitive Ray Charles
1.8A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesThe Definitive Soul Collection
1.7A Fool for You3:05Ray CharlesHeart and Soul
  • 2007-03-02 US
1.9A Fool for You3:03Ray Charles40 Greatest Hits: The Very Best of Ray Charles
  • 2007-07-17 ES
3.13A Fool for You3:04Ray CharlesThe Way I Feel
  • 2007-10-22 GB
2.3A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesThe Legend Lives On
  • 2008-05-13 NL
2.21A Fool for You3:04Ray CharlesBlack Jack
1.21A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesI Got a Woman (28 Great Hits)
  • 2008 -
1.17A Fool for You3:05Ray CharlesGenius: The Ultimate Collection
  • 2009-04-07 US
2.7A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesRoots of Soul
  • 2009-06-01 XE
1.17A Fool for You3:05Ray CharlesGenius: The Ultimate Collection
1.17A Fool for You3:05Ray CharlesGenius: The Ultimate Collection
  • 2010-11-08 GB
5.7A Fool for You3:02Ray Charles200 No.1 Hits
1.12A Fool for You3:05Ray CharlesGreatest Hits
  • 2010 -
1.20A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesThe Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
1.7A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesRay Charles: Eight Classic Albums
  • 2011-09-20 GB
1.7A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesHallelujah I Love Her So! (24/96)
  • 2012-04-24 XW
1.29A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesLove Songs: Special Edition
  • 2012-10-02 XW
1.26A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesA Life in Jazz
  • 2012-11-20 GB
1.7A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesHallelujah, I Love Her So (24/192)
1.8A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Ray Charles Story, Volume One
1.5A Fool for You3:04Ray CharlesThe Very Best of Ray Charles
1.66A Fool for You3:02Ray Charles100 Love Songs & Love Ballads
  • 2013-01-16 US
2.22A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesRockin' with Ray: Just About as Good as It Gets!
  • 2013-09-09 -
3.3A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesThe Ultimate Collection
  • 2013-10-07 GB
2.7A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesWhere Southern Soul Began: 2 1955-1962
3.6A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesKing of Cool: The Genius of Ray Charles
  • 2014-06-17 XE
3.17A Fool for You?:??Ray CharlesEssential Original Albums
1.17A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesThe Rough Guide to Ray Charles
  • 2017-03-31 GB
1.5A Fool for You3:06Ray CharlesThe Complete 1954-62 Singles
1.17A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesThe Rough Guide to Ray Charles
1.12A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesChristmas Holidays with Ray Charles
  • 2020-11-16 -
1.7A Fool for You2:59Ray CharlesRay Charles (mono)
1.2A Fool for You3:00Ray CharlesRay Charles: Gold Collection
1.8A Fool for You2:59Ray CharlesStory
1.20A Fool for You3:01Ray CharlesThe Absolutely Essential Collection
2.4A Fool for You3:03Ray CharlesThe Birth of Soul
1.5A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesThe Essence of Ray Charles
Promotion
1.19A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesBlack History in Music Sampler 1999
(unknown)
1.5A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesThe Definitive Ray Charles
  • 2001 -
1.4A Fool for You3:02Ray CharlesSoul of a Man

Relationships

recorded in:Miami, Florida, United States (on 1955-04-23)
producer:Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Wexler
alto saxophone [alto sax] and baritone saxophone [baritone sax]:David “Fathead” Newman (on 1955-04-23)
bass:Roosevelt "Whiskey" Sheffield (on 1955-04-23)
drums (drum set):William Peeples (on 1955-04-23)
piano:Ray Charles (on 1955-04-23)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:Donald Wilkerson (on 1955-04-23)
trumpet:Joe Bridgewater (on 1955-04-23)
Riley Webb (on 1955-04-23)
vocals:Ray Charles (on 1955-04-23)
arranger:Ray Charles
recording of:A Fool for You (on 1955-04-23)

A Fool for You

lyricist and composer:Ray Charles