I Got a Woman

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Written by: Charles, Renald Richard
Produced by: Jerry Wexler
Released: Nov. '54 on ABC-Parliament
Charts: Predates pop charts

Charles was riding through Indiana one night in 1954 with his musical director Richard when they began singing along to a gospel tune on the radio. "Ray sang something like, 'I got a woman,' " said Richard, "I answered, 'Yeah, she lives across town.' " He finished the song the next day, and Charles cut it at an Atlanta radio station -- a session now recognized as the birth of soul.

Appears on: Atlantic Singles (Rhino)

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