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Ray Charles
single · Aug 1959

What'd I Say

Ray Charles

R&B singer-songwriter Ray Charles has his first hit to crossover to the U.S. Pop chart when his single "What'd I Say" goes to No. 6 Pop and No. 1 R&B. It was Charles' sixteenth Top 10 hit on the R&B charts and fifth No. 1 single.