A Message From the People

by Ray Charles

Overview

Ray Charles's time on ABC Records was about more than adding strings, choirs, and country tunes to his approach. By 1972's A MESSAGE FROM THE PEOPLE, he was turning out tracks full of funky soul, largely devoid of the overproduction plaguing much of his ABC discography. As was so often the case with Ray, a gospel feel mixed with R&B locomotion is the engine that drives things here, but he also uses it to transform Melanie's "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma" into a syncopated strut, and bring a Sunday Baptist church feel to the Dion hit "Abraham, Martin and John."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/24/2022
Label:	Tangerine Records
UPC:	0708857212224
Rank:	102852

Tracks

1. Lift Every Voice and Sing
2. Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong
3. Heaven Help Us All
4. There'll Be No Peace Without All Men as One
5. Hey Mister
6. What Have They Done to My Song, Ma
7. Abraham, Martin and John
8. Take Me Home, Country Roads
9. Every Saturday Night
10. America the Beautiful

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ray Charles   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Taffy Nivert   Composer
Betty Lapcevic   Composer
Ronald Miller   Composer
Sadye Shepard   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Sid Feller   Arranger
Ray Charles   Adaptation,Audio Production
L. Farr   Composer
Chris Clough   Reissue Producer
J. West   Composer
J. Williams Jr.   Composer
D. Ervin   Composer
Dick Holler   Composer
Dee Ervin   Composer
Samuel A. Ward   Composer
Melanie Safka   Composer
Quincy Jones   Arranger
R. Miller   Composer
Mike Post   Arranger
Albert Collins   Composer
Bill Danoff   Composer
John Denver   Composer
Public Domain   Composer
R. Holler   Composer
B. Lapcevic   Composer
David Braithwaite   Audio Engineer
Katharine Lee Bates   Composer
Lynne Farr   Composer