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Ray Charles

I Got a Woman

1958 · via Kanye West and 1 more

Ray Charles’ earliest release of “I Got a Woman” on file came out in 1958. Ray Charles shares the writing credit with Renald Richard. The earliest release on file is Elvis Presley’s, from 1956. Also recorded by Carl Perkins (released 1958), Johnny Cash (released 1972) and The Beatles (released 1981), among 754 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” (2005) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

Ray Charles – I Got a Woman
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Read the credits on "Gold Digger" and you find Ray Charles, whose "I Got a Woman" also got cut by Elvis in 1956 and Johnny Cash in 1972. Kanye wasn't the first to see what that song could carry.

Under "Gold Digger" sits a song Ray Charles co-wrote and sang himself, and Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash all took their turn with it too. Start with Ray, and half the jukebox opens up from there.

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Credited writers: Ray Charles and Renald Richard.

Earliest release on file: Elvis Presley, 1956.

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Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” (2005) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

754 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Kanye West's "Gold Digger" carries the writing credit of "I Got a Woman." Which of that song's writers also had it on record before Kanye?Ray Charles
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Ye's "Gold Digger" carries the writing credit of "I Got a Woman." Which artist both co-wrote that earlier song and had it on record before Ye?Ray Charles
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