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Kanye West's song "Gold Digger" contains samples of "I Got a Woman"; one particular line is repeated throughout the song in the background. An interpolation by Jamie Foxx, who portrayed Charles in the 2004 biopic Ray, of "I Got a Woman" serves as the introduction to "Gold Digger". The John Mayer Trio covered the song in their 2005 live album ...
A pop rap song, "Gold Digger" samples Ray Charles's "I Got a Woman" (1954), mainly the line "she give me money when I'm in need". Lyrically, Foxx sets the stage by detailing how he was taken by a gold digger and West raps in each verse about the behaviors and characteristics of one, alluding to a woman who tricked him.
Wish You Were Here Tonight is an album by the American musician Ray Charles, released in 1983. [1] [2] Charles shot videos for the title track and "3/4 Time"; both were nominated for American Video Awards. [3] "Born to Love Me" was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Country Vocal Performance, Male". [4]
The single was later certified gold by the RIAA. Thirteen years later in 1989, it became a number one R&B hit again, with Chaka Khan and Ray Charles doing the lead vocals on Quincy Jones' Back on the Block album, and went to number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. It also topped the American dance chart in early 1990.
Soul of the Holy Land (Xenon) 1973 Israel tour. Ray Charles Live – In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony (Eagle Rock) 1981 performance. Ray Charles – 50 Years in Music (Image Entertainment) 1991 Pasadena, CA performance. Live at Montreux, 1997 (Eagle Rock, Sunset Home Visual Entertainment) Ray Charles, Live at the Olympia, 2000 (XIII Bis ...
Released: July 1962. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is a studio album by American singer and pianist Ray Charles. It was recorded in February 1962 at Capitol Studios in New York City and United Western Recorders in Hollywood, and released in April of that year by ABC-Paramount Records . The album departed further stylistically from ...
Dedicated to You. (1961) Soul Meeting. (1961) 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 .
True to Life. (1977) Love & Peace. (1978) The Early Years. (1978) Love & Peace is an album by the American musician Ray Charles, released in 1978. [1] [2] It peaked at No. 35 on Billboard ' s Top Black Albums chart. [3] Charles supported the album with a North American tour.