''Crying Time'' is a studio album by
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Gen ...
released in February 1966 as the first release on his label
Tangerine
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, which was distributed by
ABC Paramount.
Track listing
;
LP side A
# "
Crying Time
"Crying Time" is a song from 1964 written and originally recorded by the American country music artist Buck Owens. It gained greater success in the version recorded by American singer, songwriter, and pianist Ray Charles, which won two Grammy Awa ...
" (
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the frontman for The Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the ''Billboard'' country music chart. He pioneered what came ...
) – 2:57
# "No Use Crying" (
Roy Gaines
Roy James Gaines (August 12, 1937 – August 11, 2021) was an American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He wrote and recorded the song "A Hell of a Night", which was first issued on his 1982 album ''Gainelining''. ...
, Freddie Lee Kober, J.B. Daniels) – 3:17
# "
Let's Go Get Stoned" (
Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford,
Jo Armstead
Josephine Armstead (born October 8, 1944), also known as "Joshie" Jo Armstead, is an American soul singer and songwriter. Armstead began her career singing backing vocals for blues musician Bobby "Blue" Bland before becoming an Ikette in the Ike ...
) – 3:00
# "
Going Down Slow" (
Jimmy Oden) – 4:03
# "Peace of Mind" (
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Gen ...
, J. Holiday) – 2:14
# "Tears" (
Norman Newell
Norman Newell (25 January 1919 – 1 December 2004) was an English record producer and lyricist, who was mainly active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the co-writer of many notable songs. As an A&R manager for EMI, he worked with musicia ...
,
Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, politician and fraudster.
After escaping the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, ...
) – 4:38
;LP side B
# "
Drifting Blues" (
Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams,
Charles Brown) – 6:24
# "We Don't See Eye to Eye" (
Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920August 11, 1984) was an American rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song f ...
) – 2:21
# "You're In For a Big Surprise" (
Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920August 11, 1984) was an American rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song f ...
) – 3:35
# "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" (
Johnny MacRae
Johnny MacRae (February 15, 1929—July 3, 2013), born Fred A. MacRae, nicknamed "Dog" was an American country music composer credited with 235 songs released by recording artists including Ray Charles, George Jones, and Reba McEntire. His best kno ...
) – 2:01
# "Don't You Think I Ought To Know" (
William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen) – 3:05
# "You've Got a Problem" (William D. Weeks,
Freddy James) – 3:28
Personnel
*
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Gen ...
– piano, vocals
*
Billy Preston
William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richa ...
– electric organ on "No Use Crying", "Let's Go Get Stoned"
* Joe Adams – producer
* William Alexander –
album cover
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* the printed paperboard covers typically used to package:
** sets of a ...
artist
* George S. Whiteman – album cover design
* Joe Lebow –
liner notes
Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes) are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets that come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or cassette j-cards.
Origin
Liner notes are descended from the prog ...
*
The Raelettes
The Raelettes (or occasionally The Raelets or The Raeletts) were an American girl group formed in 1958 to provide backing vocals for Ray Charles. They were reformed from the group The Cookies. Between 1966 and 1973, the Raelettes recorded on ...
– performer
*
Onzy Matthews
Onzy Durrett Matthews, Jr. (January 15, 1930 – November 13, 1997) was an American jazz pianist, singer, arranger, composer, and television and movie actor. He is best known for the big band arrangements done for the Lou Rawls albums ''Black and ...
– arranger
* Donald Peake – guitar
Charts
See also
*
List of number-one R&B albums of 1966 (U.S.)
References
* ABC Paramount (Tangerine) ABC 544 (1966
LP)
External links
*
Ray Charles albums
1966 albums
Concord Records albums
ABC Records albums
Tangerine Records (1962) albums
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