전설적인 블루스, 소울의 아이콘이라 할 수 있는 Ray Charles가 발표한 초기작 모음집. 레이 찰스(Ray Charles)는 소울 음악에 지대한 공헌을 한 뮤지션이다. 샘 쿡(Sam Cooke), 재키 윌슨(Jackie Wilson)과 함께 그는 소울 음악에 지대한 공헌을 한 뮤지션으로 가스펠과 컨트리, 재즈, 블루스를 절묘하게 섞은 50년대식의 새로운 리듬 앤 블루스 음악을 창조했다. 맹인이라는 신체적 결함을 넘어서 펼쳐지는 흥겨웠던 그의 젊음 가득한 목소리를 들을 수 있다.
You have loved lots of girls in the sweet long-ago And each has meant heaven to you You have vowed your affection to each one in turn And have sworn to them all you'd be true You have kissed 'neath the moon while the world seemed in tune, Then you've left her to hunt a new game. Does it ever occur to you later my boy, that she's probably doing the same? If you want to feel wretched and lonely and blue, Just imagine the girl you love best In the arms of some fellow who's stealing a kiss From the lips that you once fondly pressed But the world moves apace and the loves of today Flit away with a smile and a tear, So you can never tell who's kissing her now Or just whom you'll be kissing next year. I wonder who's kissing her now, I wonder who's teaching her how, I wonder who's looking into her eyes, breathing sighs, telling lies. I wonder who's buying the wine for lips that I used to call mine. I wonder if she ever tells him of me, I wonder who's kissing her now.
Baby let me hold your hand Until I make you understand Ohh, baby, baby let me hold your hand I really believe, everything will sure be grand
Baby I want you by my side Our love we could never hide Ohh, baby, baby I want you by my side Well you know pretty baby, our love we would never hide
Baby I'll buy you a diamond ring Cadillac and everything Then baby, I'm gonna buy you a house in style Then I'll live there forever, yes lord with my little wife and child
I got the blues I feel so lonely I'd give the world if I could only make you understand Yes, it surely would be grand I'm simply wild about my baby Ask her won't she please come home Since she's gone I stay worried all the time So, baby, won't you please come home? You know your daddy's all alone I have tried but all in vain Never no more to call your name Since you left, you know you broke my heart But that will never make us part Every hour, every day You can hear me say Baby, won't you please come home to your daddy? Baby, won't you please come home? Since you left you know you broke my heart But that will never make us part Every hour, every day You can hear me say Baby, won't you please come home to your daddy? Baby, won't you please come home?
Well I wanta be your, lover man, so Baby won't you let me hold your hand Kissa me baby (all night long) Well, kissa me baby (all night long) Well, baby, love a dovey all the time
Well I want you right, by my side To love and keep me satisfied Kissa me baby (all night long) Well, kissa me baby (all night long) Well, baby, love a dovey all the time
Well the boys all wonderin' why, you're so hot But they don't know jussa what you've got Kissa me baby (all night long) Well, kissa me baby (all night long) Well, baby, love a dovey all the time
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Well tell me baby, what is your name You've got such a fine brown frame Kissa me baby (all night long)
Well, kissa me baby (all night long) Well, baby, love a dovey all the time
Well I'm gonna buy you a diamond ring Cadillac and everything Kissa me baby (all night long) Well, kissa me baby (all night long) Ohh, baby, love a dovey all the time
Well I'm gonna buy a house in style For me and my little wife and child Kissa me baby (all night long) Well, baby (all night long) Ohh, baby, love a dovey all the time