Hallelujah I Love Her So

Infobox Single
Name =Hallelujah I Love Her So


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Artist =Ray Charles
Album = Ray Charles (or, Hallelujah I Love Her So)
A-side = "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
B-side = "What Would I Do Without You"
Released =1956
Format =7" 45rpm
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Length = 2:35
Label =Atlantic
Writer =Ray Charles
Producer =Jerry Wexler
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Last single ="A Fool for You"
(1955)
This single ="Hallelujah I Love Her So"
(1956)
Next single ="Mary Ann"
(1956)
Misc ="Hallelujah I Love Her So" is a proto-soul single written by and released by American singer Ray Charles in 1956 on the Atlantic label.

The song peaked at number five on the "Billboard" R&B chart and much like "I Got a Woman" and "This Little Girl of Mine" before it was a song based on a gospel hymn with lyrics changed around to fit a secular blues format.

These songs predated the groundbreaking success Charles had near the end of the fifties with "What'd I Say" but they helped contribute to Charles' huge success with the R&B community at the time.

"Hallelujah I Love Her So" is a testament to the joyous release of love, featuring a sophisticated horn arrangement, and memorable tenor sax solo (by Don Wilkerson). Peggy Lee, Eddie Cochran and later, Humble Pie would successfully cover the song. [ [http://www.raycharles.com/ Ray Charles website] ]

Credits

*Lead vocal by Ray Charles
*Instrumentation by the Ray Charles Orchestra
*Produced by Jerry Wexler

Cover versions

*Peggy Lee (as "Hallelujah I Love Him So")
*Connie Francis (as "Hallelujah I Love Him So")
*Eddie Cochran (single A-side)
*Jerry Lee Lewis
*Frank Sinatra (taken at a slow, bluesy pace, appears on "My Way")
*The Beatles
*The Animals
*Gerry And The Pacemakers
*Humble Pie
*Eva Cassidy (as "Hallelujah I Love Him So")
*The Holloways
*New Zealand Jazz singer "Erna Ferry" covered the song for her 2005 album Devil May Care (as "Hallelujah I Love Him So") with the Rodger Fox big band

References