Ray Charles - What'd I Say (1959)

[@Soapandwater6]

The drummer deserves some serious credit! Wow!

[@WeStRiva13]

What was him

[@runefoonman4103]

You are absolutely right. The drummer created so many amazing textures! It’s because of him that a good song became great.

[@mariusfumard7014]

Drummer is Milt Turner

[@LITTLE1994]

I agree. Just as great as Ray himself.

[@xaenon]

Everybody involved deserves serious credit, partner.....

[@nightmoose]

It's physically impossible to hear this without tapping your toes.

[@LITTLE1994]

Or rocking your head in the beat.

[@ibrahimgashash3481]

Correct 👌👌👌

[@BusJustice]

Damn was laying in bed, read this comment, and realized my toes were tapping the air

[@Hairarchives]

I was doing that while i scrolled down and seen your comment

[@judithassiedou8909]

C'est exactement Ça !!!

[@MagictrainsOrg]

This song was composed in under 15 minutes while he was improvising with his orchestra and backup singers at a live show in Pittsburg in 1958. The audience reacted with such enthusiasm that Charles decided to record it. B.t.w. the best song all over the world!!!

[@jimpickard3850]

The drum part is extraordinary ! Paul McCartney said one of the reasons they wanted Ringo to join the band is because he could play the drum part to this song !

[@MrJohnlennon007]

That’s why I Feel Fine uses this pattern :)

[@jimpickard3850]

@@MrJohnlennon007 Nice observation .. I'll have to check that out.

[@relef5119]

@@MrJohnlennon007 TV a

[@davidkariu]

@@MrJohnlennon007 hmm never thought about that until now

[@karaamundson3964]

Like the Stones, the Beatles were individually and collectively all 100 rooted in early '50s American blues greats...Paul fell in love with Elvis when he was sick in bed, George embraced Fats Domino, John drew upon Chuck Berry and the Everly Bros. And Ringo loved Lightning Hopkins. Of course, Ray Charles was a powerful influence too!

[@claytondoan5712]

My Precious Dad's favorite song. I played it at his funeral. Vietnam Vet....🇺🇸10/23/21 Rest Easy my Precious Daddy ❤ I'll see you again ........

[@MamaBearwithASnaggletooth]

Clayton, I am so sorry. My boys and I appreciate his service!

[@claytondoan5712]

@@MamaBearwithASnaggletooth Thank You so much. He was my world.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Nice tribute 🇱🇷

[@escreveprovictor]

Thanks for His precious service.... And thanks for making my day with this statement. May our God confort your family´s hearts.

[@paulthorne3457]

As a Brit I say ’thank you Sir’

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

The most fire song of all-time 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@CaptainCalculus]

Proof that you don't need eyesight to be a visionary

[@rOy48MtL]

Nunca hubo un comentario tan acertado!!!

[@tonyzhou4592]

Or ears to hear some of the most profound music ever

[@paulturnet4572]

🎯

[@LITTLE1994]

That's for sure.

[@rajveerrathore6758]

We all have our sorrows ............ ♥🤞

[@JohnMoore-xf5wy]

I'm here because of Ray Charles! I grew up listening to him!❤

[@FireAnt98]

61 years later, this song is still smokin'

[@pottytheparrot310]

Take it to the house kid

[@drakaea]

so ahead of his time

[@LITTLE1994]

Indeed. Vintage masterpiece.

[@albertogilroyblanco6890]

This track is the eseence of Ray Charles.

[@joe6096]

It's just so groovy and sexy. I mean, when you turn it up it makes the hair on your neck stand up!

[@reidmcbride3979]

Charles created this song on stage to fill lime remaining in his contract. No rehersal...all off the cuff. Brilliant !!!

[@pratishtha1437]

Really? Astounding!

[@Reenielovessunflowers]

The young people back then were more cultured! Also, most of their music was GOOD. Hence the appreciation.

[@Reenielovessunflowers]

@@FederazioneCiclisticaItaliana right back at you.

[@furioussherman7265]

The fact that his band could pull it off really says something about how tight they were.

[@wassiaseri4191]

@the teetto and @ Mustapha Aazim, why don't you go listen to Cheb Mami or Rachid Tahar? Me i don't listen music from people i do not like you see what i mean, Ray Charles is not talking to your people, so stop annoying cursing. You don't even know about english, both of you, you need to learn english first.

[@classicalmusic1175]

This is one of those songs that blew me away on first listen. Usually it takes me several listens to "get" a song, but not this one. A timeless classic.

[@ivantedesco7978]

yeah, just the same

[@michaelwoodard726]

Man that was clean.

[@cramnella07]

Same, and it always blows me away

[@LITTLE1994]

Yup.

[@Xanarchy7369]

pppppppppp00pp0ppppppp

[@searchforthelight.3287]

The original is way better than any cover out there.

[@lewisluckenbach2440]

You are right. Bobby Darin's version is a distant second best. The rest ( Covers) t do not come anywhere close to the original

[@Shrubbery]

Jerry Lee plays the hell out of this one too I think. Especially at his concert in 83' at Hammersmith Odeon London

[@rose_7785]

I remember my band teacher had us play a small part for this, cause he was hoping he’d “aspire us to compete in the talent show” and we weren’t to bad. And I was on cow bells

[@benbiggerstaff6106]

63 years later and still a classic.

[@fancypotatomine8899]

fancy

[@Mr_Astro-Vera]

@@fancypotatomine8899 Fancy🎩

[@msmagic1568]

And counting......

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

Exactly and I didn't exist ❤.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

65

[@ruthdixon7807]

great circular keyboard line and orgiastic call-response vocals.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Have mercy!

[@zeronetster]

Beatles " i feel fine" , now i know where the inspiration came from

[@martins8761]

very long for a popular song 1959

[@freddieg4470]

Jamie fox did a good job being Ray Charles

[@browoyo]

Holy fuck, a king

[@vivianchetty7477]

This song never ages. This is a master piece.

[@patriciahaley3367]

Vivian Chetty Ray Charles is a Masterpiece...He is a ROCK, a gift from God!

[@ms.glorimar]

I believe it gets better with age.

[@josephroache3176]

Vivian Chetty - Amen to that.

[@LITTLE1994]

Definitely.

[@mariahewitt1841]

Modern day composer, same as Mozart, Beethoven in their day.

[@wisdomoverfear2685]

If you thumb downed this....your what's wrong with this world ! This is real music damnit !

[@DwayneIsK1NG]

It just blows my mind that this was released in '59. Waaaaaay ahead of its time

[@donaldshaw1242]

This is one of the greatest R&B/Rock&Roll tunes ever made.

[@mariaolivo5393]

I agree!

[@matthewnewton8812]

This was 1959 (NINETEEN FIFTY FRIGGING NINE). Shit grooves sooo hard maaan.

[@paulthorne3457]

@@matthewnewton8812 There is so much great music even from before 1959!

[@pyannaguy4361]

Till the horns enter at almost 4 minutes? THAT is a 3-piece band centered around a little Wurlitzer electric piano with about 63 keys that sold for a couple/few hundred bucks back in the day! That is also what's called SOUL! Wurlitzer shoulda paid Brother Ray for the only advertisement they'd EVER need for a "Wurly" for more than half a century! ...WOW!

[@igsigsolutions5248]

Why can't pop/rock music nowadays sound anywhere near this level?

[@Bruno-pp1ew]

Il est la pour toujours Pr moi il represented la vie

[@cameron7579]

Ray Charles ran out of songs to perform in a concert and in return, created the greatest song in the first year of Billboard 100 history.

[@nadamikenono4911]

When music was music.... R.I.P. Mr Charles.

[@aprettybadartist7917]

So you are saying that music nowardays is shit?

[@vendigovadimevtimovschi1816]

@@aprettybadartist7917yes

[@jenafil2352]

RogAlexDrag just look at the billboard charts most of the song on there are complete trash, these no talent just auto tune and the same tired hip hop beat🥱🤦🏾‍♀️

[@danielaa.santos4180]

Agree 😔👌💯

[@aprettybadartist7917]

@@jenafil2352 the fact that you call the modern music shit shows how much of a lazy piece of shit you are. If you look for good music, you'll find it. There is good music out there. Sure, mainstream is shot, but not all modern music is

[@tedc3895]

His brain was about 5 seconds ahead of his fingers. Never ever will be another. Love him. Sock hops in high school. Class of 61... Him and Jerry Lee Lewis.

[@NI000NoIdentity]

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[@myronmcclevae5948]

Who still kicking this in 2022

[@raynavarro7997]

2024!

[@RIDGEMATIC]

Easily one of the greatest songs EVER recorded. AWESOME

[@fernandomaron87]

Giant, Immortal, A true music force of nature. Thank you for sharing your massive talent with the world.

[@flyinggordonproductions4875]

I ain’t never playing along to this with my guitar ever again my hands hurt

[@JorgeRobles-f4p]

Soy del. 63 -Perú. Mi música extranjera preferida es el rock and rool, rock, salsa, Santana. y otros.

[@FreshRose-z3s]

I can't believe this was made in 59' sounds more like mid 60's.

[@Frankya92]

Set the standard

[@3r7h130undx]

Cause it was ripped off and made one of the biggest hits in the 60s by the Doors lol

[@EricCole69]

It was getting towards the start, all decades are like that. Gets a lot different towards the end than when it started

[@nilanjangupta763]

@@3r7h130undx 'Break on through' i guess, there is a video where another "Ray" Manzarek (Pianist) used this same baseline. Well they steal from anybody.

[@Taijhrobnson]

This was early rock onset. Mixing the fast pace blues with blue grass.

[@sidDkid87]

*"tell your ma!* / *tell your pa!* / *gonna send ya back to Arkansas!"* 🎶

[@vincem3748]

Awwww yes ma'am! You don't do it right 🎶

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

​@vincem3748 yessssssss

[@fancypotatomine8899]

i feel⭐fancy⭐

[@jarretheller2244]

This is arguably the first “freestyle” to reach mass success.

[@natalievitale1371]

Isn't itttttt🎉

[@leekosmin8788]

Ray's fabulous and the drummer's the real deal!

[@michaelbarnett7691]

You got that right! Ray goes unsaid as one of the best ever, but the way that drummer is ringing that cymbal is unreal!!

[@leekosmin8788]

@@michaelbarnett7691 Ringo got the gig with The Beatles, partly because he could play a version of this. Their previous drummers couldn't. Brother Ray's drummer is the business. Stay healthy.

[@odie1123]

That’s some gone drummer.

[@tlaw8992]

His Brass wasn't NO JOKE

[@tlaw8992]

@@michaelbarnett7691 He in THE ZONE Mike !

[@Skynyrdforever]

For those who never experienced Mr. Ray Charles, check out more of the master's music. He was a true musical blessing.

[@amandawolfe1054]

Ray Charles had more talent in his left pinky finger than most artists have in their entire being; he was an innovator and musical genius. I always liked Ray Charles when I was a little kid (I was born in ‘79, so I grew up listening to Ray. Georgia being the first song of his that I remember hearing) and now that I’m 40 years old, I love Ray Charles and I have a huge appreciation for his musical contributions and talents.

[@PLUSULTRA3520]

I was born in the 2000s but I still love anything by ray Charles

[@mikelair9144]

And Jamie Foxx did a helluva representation in Ray. JF actually perform the songs

[@bobbymonteforte3705]

Tell your Mama Tell your Pa I'm gonna sing you Back to Arkansas. Love that line in the Song. God Speed Ray Charles

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

I love it too 😂😂😂 .

[@gailmarien4626]

The most awesome man. The night I met my husband at a party, we danced to this song most of the evening. Ray rules! 😊

[@joe6096]

Guys, if you're in your 20's and listening to this, I have some advice: The first time you invite your girl to your house/apartment, put this on the stereo. Forget the video games, movies, or hard rock or lovey dovey crap. Put this on. Put it on repeat. Crank it up. You'll thank me later!

[@BuyTheDip627]

Nah. Netflix and chill works better.

[@joe6096]

@@BuyTheDip627 That shit is boring. Spice it up man. Have some imagination. Brother Ray will never let ya down!!! You ever dance with a chick to this? Seriously dude...... start sliding your hands down her backside while groovin to this and you will blow your and her mind. Forget that lyin on the couch crap..... this shit will get her juices goin like never before. Trust me my friend!

[@LITTLE1994]

Facts. Show the classic thing our parents and grandparents listened to as kids.

[@cornbreadthug4627]

Half these “girls" are just that A woman will definitely be down lol

[@myalt1204]

i can see it brother. thank you will do

[@jenniferwong1765]

I love this. Ray Charles Robinson is proof that having a disability shouldn't stop a person from achieving his or her dream.

[@LITTLE1994]

100% facts. He conquered his obstacle. I can relate, because I am mildly autistic (Asperger's Syndrome) but I still won't let that "curse" stop me.

[@coderamen666]

​@@LITTLE1994autism isn't a curse. It's a mixed blessing imo.

[@coderamen666]

*their

[@deadleyspawn1567]

Thank you Blues Brothers for getting me into Ray Charles. He is truly the definition of a legend.

[@Lexilove2016]

He manages to not only notice someone trying to steal, but shoot at them, and nearly miss them.

[@macduece2112]

Deadley Spawn: I would kindly add: thanks Mom for playing bigg Ray Ray on the phonograph, still listening at 59..

[@sorenthomas4776]

My favorite song of all time. Bar none. Since the year I was born. Still makes me want to do The Birdland all night long...

[@miropribanic5581]

Ringo Starr loved this beat....in fact, he used it in one of the songs played by the Liverpool quartett

[@PositiveCrunch]

Milt Turner absolutely killed it on this one. A great Drummer that needs to be known by all. One of my favorite Ray Jams!

[@GeoCoppens]

Listen to "Luck Be A Lady" by vibraphonist (and pianist) Eddie Costa, with Bill Evans, p. Wendell Marshall, bass, and PAUL MOTIAN, drums!!! He does on this song what MiltTurner did on What'd I Say! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn7NmIyZdqignac

[@devonmoors]

Agree! A few great drummers on Blues recordings during fifties and sixties who never received the recognition they deserved

[@johnasher4663]

Man and the jams ..play em ..play em .whoooo

[@diegos.loayza3706]

The 50s wouldnt be the 50s without the music realesed in the end of the decade: Johnny B Goode; Whatd i say; Put Your Head on My Shoulder ans many more. I know some people consider this song as 60s but for me this was the last revolutionary sound of the decade. I fcking love the 50s!!!! Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Fat Dominos, Buddy Hollie, Everly Brothers, Hank Williams, Etc. Sometimes id like to be american. You have a lot of great music.

[@paulthorne3457]

@@diegos.loayza3706 Susie Q,eg!

[@grayday8089]

He was ahead of his time.

[@Asorour1988]

My friend and I danced our asses off driving through town today on this song, and everyone around us was cheering for us just having a good time. I have not had such a good time listening to a song in a long time :D

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Thanks..needed to know that

[@tgro30639]

U only live once. And Ray Charles is a musical genius, midaswellll.

[@tounoni]

I am searching for and listening to all my mum's favourite songs online. I am crying as I listen to each of them. Mum RIP, I love and miss you so much

[@cammzz]

Sorry for your loss.XX

[@McKinleyGuillory]

Ray was the man, his music inspired many people during his tenure, thr drummer made the music come alive

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

I really listen to the track in the car today and all I could think of that drumming on this track is complete genius I had to find out who the drummer was such a straight… The use of the times do use of the ride symbol… Lol Glenn

[@blueguitar411]

this song is like the nucleus of soul music

[@timmy841212]

This song truly gave birth to soul music as we would later know it. And dozens of labels and artists have spent years trying to match it.

[@kp-eh4ir]

Old music soul music

[@elias_xp95]

We still have soul music, only now its sell your soul music.

[@ayndowney9401]

I like to add that it is an intricate part of DNA and brings forth more wonder full character traits😅

[@LITTLE1994]

When music was music. An old masterpiece. And this was done from someone who was BLIND. Ray know 100% where the notes are in the piano. Faith always prevails. He is one of those few guys who had MAD talent.

[@themusicaljunkie37]

Good music still exists just have to find it..

[@brutalerik87]

I love that album art. It's like Ray is so chill even his piano smokes a fat one. Lol

[@jefflarit7406]

LOL--True!

[@steamstream777]

Had me rolling

[@fatalis7147]

HAHAHAHA!!!

[@baldilocks1914]

61 years later and this still rocks!!!

[@Seacheroftruth]

The man had music created IN him. It was his gift... music his muse. We didn't deserve a musician of his caliber...

[@beltonite2243]

Tickling them ivories. Legend.

[@Juan08135]

RIP on this day 6/10/2004 a true legend the father of soul 👓👓👓🎤🎤🎤🎹🎹🎹🫡🫡🫡🔥🔥🔥

[@jimg1787]

Hard to believe its been 20 years already.

[@PutItAway101]

Beating the hell out of that electric piano!

[@johnnylane9441]

What’s that. What’s that. one time, ALRIGHT…… lol man Mr Ray Charles was the man in his day.

[@MzLadyToya84]

Continue To Rest In Paradise Ray Charles

[@jmrodas9]

Timeless, this one is still good to hear 62years later.

[@PathfinderHistoryTravel]

Paul McCarney said when they heard Ringo playing this drum part, they knew he was real good. Not many drummers could do it.

[@fade2blk289]

I can remember my mom dad playing this on their "high-fi" and dancing in the living room. THOSE were really the good ol' days! Dats what I say!

[@johnp8625]

Shake dem bones!

[@NENAFLE13]

I am. Enyoing Ray Charles and. dancing by myself. Best memories.

[@susankramer5584]

Oh my I'm dancing to

[@pab1941]

YEAH, you'RE RIGHT.

[@sabrinaneves-demps9496]

Miraculous!

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

One of the greatest intros ever… an all time classic that will be forever ‘in the groove’!

[@ManuelFernandez-h2x]

🫵🏻😎🎵 Paul said when the three Beatles just hired Ringo they play this song and the three Beatles turn around and said wow fucking Ringos kicking ass👏🏼👏🏼

[@johnt118]

Quite simply one of the greatest songs sung by one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever.

[@francoishuglo]

Un événement historique : le passage de Nat King Cole (que j'adore) à autre chose, qui était encore du jazz (Ray Charles ne l'a jamais quitté) et en même temps autre chose : rock ? rythm and blues ? What'd I say en 1959, c'est un gand virage. Les sixties lui doivent tout.

[@JuanRodriguez-mk3yk]

Ray Charles, was the boss.. My only regret, I never got to see him in person...

[@tinapatton7346]

Wed Feb 18, Rockin '59: NYC Lannic Reckuds, Leccy Piana, Unca Ray - What'd I $ay???

[@zz5aa]

This is amazing. It's so sad there's not one station on the air dedicated to preserving such genius!

[@stringbean9521]

Radio is dying anyway. Its here on youtube, and apple music and spotify, forever.

[@dschoenewald7320]

Thank God for YT

[@KitC916]

Also KPLU Seattle

[@raydonato4884]

I can make you r radio station rattle the rafters. It's me again sjcool 😎 baby spinning them up

[@donaldshaw1242]

One of the greatest Rock&Roll/R&B tunes ever made.

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

He mixed R&B with gospel this was the birth of SOUL!

[@idag7221]

He couldn't have done it better indeed.

[@teresaroberts6373]

.....

[@Soufside_Slim]

@@blackflagsnroses6013 R&B came from Gospel.....All modern American music came from Gospel

[@paulnicholls1074]

Hey you rock n rollers remember this is where it all began

[@BrandonForeman-oe3qf]

OH THIS THAT MAN OH YES THE BLIND SENSATION THE KING OF JAZZ

[@johnbaringer5933]

The incomparable RAY CHARLES ROBINSON.

[@elizabethrose3667]

Ray Charles was gift. Man you can turn on Ray and dance and clean your house. Bootie shaken music!

[@daveelzacky9987]

He wrote this entire song in less than 10 minutes lads..... *LESS. THAN. 10. MINUTES!!* That is beyond outstanding..

[@DeliriousSquid]

Man was insanely talented.

[@amandaarnold1409]

Nothing left to say…..GENIUS!

[@DARKEMERALDFLAME]

Here because of Paul McCartney... You too?

[@hugopato.]

Yeap!

[@bahaouiabderrahim1963]

وقد ربح القيصر الروسي الحرب

[@ja60123]

Sometimes it be like that😂

[@marc_2398]

Yes!

[@StevenWhite-w5j]

Yep

[@bones357]

Nothing better than some Ray Charles while tokin some Ray Charles on a couple 10mg Ray Charles.💗💯🎵🎶😊

[@williamfulgham2010]

I remember when 'Whad I Say' was played in clubs and it could go on for 45 minutes rolling into, "see the girl dressed in red" and then black, and every other color possible. I always loved the perfect blend with the Rayletts chorus in the background.

[@UrbanOutlawsSk8Co]

Some people are so beyond their years, that for generations after them, their work never ages.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

The definitive Ray Charles song. I remember back in 1972 when I was 15 working at a skating rink and the owner, (the infamous Carl Clark, Idabel, Oklahoma, former B17 pilot) was always playing Ray Charles. Such a good skate two-stepping song. Ray, you was always rocking the rink!

[@mthzb]

When those drums kick on is one of the most monumental and important moments in the history of music

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

Exactly ❤

[@BlackyLee88]

I remember when I heard the song for the first time, almost twenty years ago when the movie "Ray" with Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles came out. And since then I've loved Ray's music and the film starts right with that song. Simply legendary.

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

My mom loved Ray charles too may she rip ❤ and Stevie Wonder both artists were visionaries ...

[@lawrencefernandez6372]

MY DAD WAS A BIG RAY CHARLES FAN, HAD ALL THE ALBUMS, MY 2 SISTERS AND I COULDN'T WAIT FOR MY DAD TO PLAY THE MUSIC, WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME, & MY MOM AND DAD WOULD DANCE LIKE CRAZY.... SOME OF THE BEST MEMORIES.

[@redcabbage6640]

THATS AMAZING

[@bestgreenpest]

OMG!!! YOU'RE SOOO BLESSED!!!

[@savvaszenonos2944]

You my friend had a childhood. Respect

[@africabroadcastingaroundab8604]

So am I.... he was the man and still

[@ashiaku9864]

I still can't believe he made this song up on the spot

[@natalievitale1371]

It should be recognised as the best freestyle of music to the existence of humans 😂😂🎉

[@peterhansen1161]

Was für eine Energie und Rhythmus ....!!Eines der ganz großen Songs des Blues & Soul...!!!!

[@hmackie6823]

tttthis song was a HUGE influence on whether to even get into music...who am I kidding,I was born with this in my soul...love Ray

[@appleyardgardenwoodencraft8736]

Whoes feet are moving whoes head swaying whoes hands are taping yours are 😊❤

[@bivouaqc]

I listen to lots of different kinds of music and I’m kinda thinking that Ray Charles was/is the best ever.

[@jamarlchambliss9779]

How can people dislike a masterpiece by a certified KING of Rock n Roll.

[@joe6096]

Man, I'm a white 43 year old guy and the first time I hear this song I was about 7 on the jukebox at a restaurant and I kept playing it over and over!! When I got older I started getting what this jam is all about, and there may not be a sexier song ever made lol! It's addictive! I mean, you feel like a million bucks when you hear it. I can imagine ol Ray and his band playing this in nightclubs for hours and the crowd begging him to keep it going!

[@brianhines1452]

Listening to this makes me want to see Ray again! - (The Ray Charles Biopic) - one of the best Black Music biopics ever made!