# A Fool for You

"A Fool for You"
Single by Ray Charles
from the album Ray Charles (or, Hallelujah I Love Her So)
Released | 1955
Recorded | 1954-1955
Genre | Soul blues
Length | 3:03
Label | Atlantic
Writer(s) | Ray Charles
Producer(s) | Jerry Wexler
Ray Charles singles chronology

"Greenbacks" (1955) | "A Fool for You" (1955) | "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (1956)

"A Fool for You" is a bluesy, proto-soul single recording written by Ray Charles and released by him in 1955 on the Atlantic label.

## Personnel

- Lead vocal and piano by Ray Charles
- Instrumentation by the Ray Charles band
- Produced by Jerry Wexler

## Covers

- Otis Redding on The Immortal Otis Redding
- Van Morrison on A Night in San Francisco
- Michael Jackson on Soulsation!

Ray Charles

Studio albums

- Ray Charles (Hallelujah, I Love Her So)
- The Great Ray Charles
- Yes Indeed!
- Soul Brothers
- What'd I Say
- The Genius of Ray Charles
- Genius+Soul = Jazz
- The Genius Hits the Road
- Dedicated to You
- Ray Charles and Betty Carter
- The Genius Sings the Blues
- Soul Meeting
- The Genius After Hours
- Ray Charles Greatest Hits
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2
- Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
- Sweet & Sour Tears
- Have a Smile with Me
- Together Again / Country and Western Meets Rhythm and Blues
- Crying Time
- Ray's Moods
- Ray Charles Invites You to Listen
- A Portrait of Ray
- I'm All Yours Baby!
- Doing His Thing
- My Kind of Jazz
- Love Country Style
- Volcanic Action of My Soul
- A Message From the People
- Through the Eyes of Love
- Jazz Number II
- Come Live With Me
- Renaissance
- My Kind of Jazz Part 3
- Porgy and Bess with Cleo Laine
- True to Life
- Love & Peace
- Ain't It So
- Brother Ray Is at It Again
- Wish You Were Here Tonight
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?
- Friendship
- The Spirit of Christmas
- From the Pages of My Mind
- Just Between Us
- Would You Believe?
- My World
- Strong Love Affair
- Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again
- Genius Loves Company

Posthumous
studio creations

- Genius & Friends
- Ray Sings, Basie Swings
- Rare Genius

Live albums

- Ray Charles at Newport
- Ray Charles in Person
- Live in Concert
- Live in Japan
- Ray Charles Live
- Berlin, '62
- Ray Charles Celebrates a Gospel Christmas with the Voices of Jubilation
- Live at the Olympia, 2000

Notable
compilations

- Do the Twist! with Ray Charles
- The Ray Charles Story, Vol 1~4
- A Man and His Soul
- The Best of Ray Charles
- Anthology
- Seven Spanish Angels and Other Hits
- The Birth of Soul
- Genius and Soul
- The Complete Swing Time & Down Beat Recordings
- Ultimate Hits Collection
- Ray Charles in Concert
- Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959)

Billboard Hot 100
Top 10 Singles

- "What'd I Say "
- "Georgia on My Mind "
- "Hit the Road Jack"
- "One Mint Julep"
- "Unchain My Heart"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You "
- "You Don't Know Me"
- "You Are My Sunshine"
- "Busted"
- "Take These Chains from My Heart"
- "Crying Time"

Other Billboard Charts
#1 singles

- "I Got a Woman"
- "A Fool for You"
- "Mary Ann"
- "Drown in My Own Tears"
- "Together Again"
- "Let's Go Get Stoned"
- "Seven Spanish Angels"
- "I'll Be Good to You"

Grammy Awarded Works
(not included above)

- "Let The Good Times Roll"
- "Living for the City"
- "A Song for You"
- "Heaven Help Us All "
- "Here We Go Again"

See also

- Discography
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Fathead / Ray Charles Sextet
- Hank Crawford
- The Raelettes
- Ray (soundtrack)
- Quincy Jones
- The Blues Brothers
- Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles
- Tribute to Uncle Ray
- "Confession Blues"
- Diet Pepsi

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