Have a Smile with Me explained
| Have a Smile With Me |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ray Charles |
| Cover: | Have a Smile with Me.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | June 1964 |
| Recorded: | 1964 |
| Genre: | R&B, soul, country soul |
| Label: | ABC 495 |
| Producer: | Ray Charles |
| Prev Title: | Sweet & Sour Tears |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Live in Concert |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
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 (and both sides of the 1965 single "Without a Song") on a two-for-one CD reissue on Rhino with historical liner notes.
Track listing
Side one
- "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Charles E. Calhoun) – 3:21
- "Feudin' and Fightin'" (Al Dubin, Burton Lane) – 2:15
- "Two Ton Tessie" (Lou Handman, Roy Turk) – 4:00
- "I Never See Maggie Alone" (Everett Lynton, Henry B. Tisley) – 5:46
- "Move It On Over" (Hank Williams) – 2:40
Side two
- "Ma (She's Making Eyes at Me)" (Sidney Clare, Con Conrad) – 3:30
- "The Thing" (Charles Randolph Grean) – 2:28
- "The Man with the Weird Beard" (Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston) – 3:59
- "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) – 3:12
- "Who Cares (For Me)" (Don Gibson) – 2:19
Personnel
- The Ray Charles Orchestra
- Ray Charles – vocals, piano
- The Raelettes - background vocals
- Benny Carter (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Gerald Wilson (tracks: A5, B5), Johnny Parker (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B3, B4) - arrangements
External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3688|pure_url=yes}} Album review at AMG]
