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Dedicated to You
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	January 1961
Recorded	August 23, 1960
Genre	Soul
Length	39:11
Label	ABC-Paramount
Producer	Sid Feller
Ray Charles chronology
The Genius Hits the Road (1960) Dedicated to You (1961) Soul Meeting (1961)

Dedicated to You is a 1961 album by Ray Charles. Originally released in January 1961 the album collects Charles' musical love notes to twelve very special women, by name.

A 1998 Rhino Records re-issue combined, on a single CD, Dedicated to You and Ray Charles and Betty Carter.

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Track listing

1. "Hardhearted Hannah" (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow) – 3:14
2. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:02
3. "Margie" (Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson, Benny Davis) – 2:44
4. "Ruby" (Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld) – 3:51
5. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 2:29
6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:47
7. "Cherry" (Ray Gilbert, Don Redman) – 3:37
8. "Josephine" (Burke Bivens, Kahn, Wayne King) – 2:14
9. "Candy" (Mack David, Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney) – 4:09
10. "Marie" (Irving Berlin) – 2:21
11. "Diane" (Lew Pollack, Erno Rapee) – 3:51
12. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 2:30

Personnel

• Betty Carter – vocals, performer
• Ray Charles – piano, keyboards, vocals
• Marty Paich – arrangements, conductor

References/External links

• ABC 355
• Album summaries at Allmusic.com
• Album summaries at warr.org

• 1962 albums
• Ray Charles albums
• ABC Records albums
• Albums conducted by Marty Paich
• Albums arranged by Marty Paich
• Albums produced by Sid Feller