Mary Ann (Ray Charles song)

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"Mary Ann"
Single by Ray Charles
Released 1956
Genre Rhythm & blues, blues
Length 2:48
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Ray Charles
Ray Charles singles chronology
"Hallelujah I Love Her So
(1956)		 "Mary Ann"
(1956)		 "Lonely Avenue"
(1956)

"Mary Ann" is a song written and performed by Ray Charles and released in 1956 as a single on the Atlantic Records label. It was the third Ray Charles song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Best Selling Rhythm & Blues chart. The song is set to a Latin beat, but switches into a swing rhythm, "an alternation that adds fun for the dancers."[1] It has been described as "a sexy blues,"[1] and "a lightly lascivious tune."[2]

The song was written about Mary Ann Fisher, a singer who had recently joined Charles' band as a featured vocalist in his touring shows. Despite Charles' marriage, the two became lovers, and Fisher appears on a number of his Atlantic recordings. Fisher left Ray Charles in 1958 after he had added the Raelettes, formerly the Cookies, as female vocal backup to his band.[3][4][5][6]

References

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  6. ↑ Ritz, David. 2009. Faith In TIme: The Life of Jimmy Scott. De Capo Press. P 122-125
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