''Yes Indeed!!'' is the fourth album by
Ray Charles, released in 1958 by
Atlantic. It was the second of three Atlantic LPs that compiled Charles' hit singles for the label.
(See discography)
''Ray Charles, Yes Indeed!!'' is also the title of the book and DVD tribute published in memory of Charles by his manager Joe Adams, The Ray Charles Marketing Group and
Genesis Publications
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in 2009.
Track listing
All songs written by Ray Charles except as indicated.
Side One
#"What Would I Do Without You?" – 2:32
#"It's All Right" – 2:14
#"I Want to Know" – 2:07
#
"Yes Indeed!!" (
Sy Oliver) – 2:12
#"Get On the Right Track Baby" (
Titus Turner) – 2:19
#"Talkin' 'bout You" – 2:48
#"
Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'bout That River)" – 2:15
Side Two
#"
Lonely Avenue" (
Doc Pomus) – 2:33
#"Blackjack" – 2:17
#"The Sun's Gonna Shine Again" (Sam Sweet) – 2:35
#"I Had a Dream" – 2:51
#"I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) – 2:50
#"Heartbreaker" (
A. Nugetre) – 2:49
#"Leave My Woman Alone" – 2:38
Personnel
*Ray Charles -
piano, vocals
*Joshua Willis -
trumpet (track 1)
*
Joe Bridgewater
Joe Bridgewater was an American R&B trumpeter who recorded often with Ray Charles.
In Houston in 1973, he played in the Sonny Franklin Big Band with Tom Archia, Arnett Cobb, Cedric Haywood and his bandmate from the Ray Charles band, Don Wilker ...
- trumpet (tracks 1, 6, 7, 9, 12)
*John Hunt - trumpet (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 14)
*
Marcus Belgrave
Marcus Batista Belgrave (June 12, 1936 – May 24, 2015) was an American jazz trumpet player from Detroit, born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He recorded with numerous musicians from the 1950s onwards. Belgrave was inducted into the class of 2017 ...
- trumpet (tracks 4, 11)
*Lee Harper - trumpet (tracks 4, 11)
*Ricky Harper - trumpet (tracks 6, 7, 12)
*Charles Whitley - trumpet (track 9)
*
Jesse Drakes - trumpet (track 13)
*
Don Wilkerson -
tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 9)
*
David Newman - tenor saxophone,
alto saxophone
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(tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14), baritone saxophone (track 9)
*
Sam Taylor
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- tenor saxophone (track 13)
*
Cecil Payne -
baritone saxophone
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(track 1)
*Emmet Dennis - baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14)
*Dave McRae - baritone saxophone (track 13)
*Wesley Jackson -
guitar (track 9)
*Mickey Baker - guitar (track 13)
*Paul West -
bass
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
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** Acoustic bass gui ...
(track 1)
*Roosevelt Sheffield - bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 14)
*
Edgar Willis
Edgar Willis is a jazz bassist.
Associated for many years with Ray Charles, Willis was also a member of the late 1950s Sonny Stitt Quartet, with Bobby Timmons and Kenny Dennis.
Discography
;With Curtis Amy
*'' Mustang'' (Verve, 1967)
With ...
- bass (tracks 4, 6, 7, 11, 12)
*Jimmy Bell - bass (track 9)
*
Lloyd Trotman
Lloyd Nelson Trotman (May 25, 1923 – October 3, 2007), born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, was an American jazz bassist, who backed numerous jazz, dixieland, R&B, and rock and roll artists in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He resi ...
- bass (track 13)
*
Panama Francis -
drums
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(track 1)
*
William Peeples - drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14)
*Richie Goldberg - drums (tracks 4, 11)
*Glenn Brooks - drums (track 9)
*
Connie Kay - drums (track 13)
*
The Cookies - vocals (tracks 3, 8, 14)
*
The Raelettes - vocals (tracks 6, 7, 12)
*Mary Ann Fisher - vocals (tracks 6, 7, 12)
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;Technical
* Marvin Israel - cover design
References
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1958 albums
Ray Charles albums
Albums produced by Jerry Wexler
Albums produced by Ahmet Ertegun
Atlantic Records albums