- Drown in My Own Tears
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"Drown in My Own Tears" (also billed as "I'll Drown in My Own Tears") is a 1956 Blues single, written by Henry Glover and released by the singers Ray Charles & Dinah Washington on the Atlantic & EmArcy record labels respectively.
The song was one of Charles' most important singles during his Atlantic period, where he dominated the R&B & Jazz singles charts.
The song would later influence Charles to recruit a singing group he later called the Raelettes. It was also his third number-one single on the Billboard R&B singles chart.
The song was first recorded in 1951 by Lula Reed, on the King label (KING 4527) as part of a split-single 78rpm (blues pianist Sonny Thompson was featured on the A-side with the instrumental track, "Clang, Clang, Clang"). The record was a #5 Billboard R&B hit.[citation needed]
Contents
Credits
- Lead vocal and piano by Ray Charles
- Instrumentation by the Ray Charles band
- Background vocals by assorted singers
Cover versions
- The Smithereens
- Billy Preston
- Humble Pie
- Jeff Buckley
- Sonny Thompson
- Earl Grant
- Don Shirley
- Joe Cocker
- Aretha Franklin from "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" (1967)
- Janis Joplin
- Dinah Washington
- Stevie Wonder
- Johnny Winter
- Jackie DeShannon
- The Righteous Brothers
- Chuck Brown
- David Clayton-Thomas
- Jeff Beck
- Floyd Cramer
- Ronnie Earl
- Richie Havens
- Shirley Horn
- Simply Red
- Percy Sledge
- Jimmy McGriff
- Jack McDuff
- Houston Person
- Spencer Davis Group
- The Derek Trucks Band with Gregg Allman [1]
- Aaron Neville
- Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
- The Cockroaches
- Billy Hawks
- Eva Cassidy
- Norah Jones
References
See also
Categories:- 1956 singles
- Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
- Ray Charles songs
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