Tribute to Uncle Ray
1962 studio album by Little Stevie Wonder
Tribute to Uncle Ray | ||||
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Studio album by Little Stevie Wonder | ||||
Released | October 1962 | |||
Recorded | 1962 | |||
Studio | Studio A, Hitsville USA, Detroit | |||
Genre | Jazz pop[1] | |||
Length | 31:13 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
Producer | Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul | |||
Little Stevie Wonder chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Tom Hull | B[3] |
New Record Mirror | [4] |
Tribute to Uncle Ray is the second studio album by Little Stevie Wonder, released by Motown in October 1962, shortly after The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie. Even though it was released second, it had been recorded first, when Wonder was just 11 years old.[5] The album was an attempt by Berry Gordy and Motown to associate the young "Little Stevie Wonder" with the successful and popular Ray Charles who was also a blind African American musician.[6] Like his debut, this album failed to generate hit singles as Motown struggled to find a sound to fit Wonder, who was just 12 when this album was released.
Track listing
All songs composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated.
- Side one
- "Hallelujah I Love Her So" – 2:28
- "Ain't That Love" – 2:42
- "Don't You Know" – 3:03
- "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:19
- "Frankie & Johnny" (Traditional; arranged by Clarence Paul) – 2:51
- Side two
- "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 4:01
- "Come Back Baby" – 2:50
- "Mary Ann" – 2:59
- "Sunset" (Stevie Wonder as Stevie Judkins, Clarence Paul) – 3:32
- "My Baby's Gone" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 2:28
References
- ^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 56.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (14 September 1963). "Little Stevie Wonder: Tribute To Uncle Ray" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 131. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Bob Gulla (2008). Icons of R&B and Soul. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 314. ISBN 9780313340468.
- ^ Ribowsky, Mark. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder
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- Tribute to Uncle Ray
- With a Song in My Heart
- Stevie at the Beach
- Up-Tight
- Down to Earth
- I Was Made to Love Her
- Someday at Christmas
- Eivets Rednow
- For Once in My Life
- My Cherie Amour
- Signed, Sealed & Delivered
- Where I'm Coming From
- Music of My Mind
- Talking Book
- Innervisions
- Fulfillingness' First Finale
- Songs in the Key of Life
- Hotter than July
- In Square Circle
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- A Time to Love
- Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius
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- Live at the Talk of the Town
- Natural Wonder
- Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"
- The Woman in Red
- The Last Dragon
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- Looking Back
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- At the Close of a Century
- The Definitive Collection
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- "Hey Love"
- "I Was Made to Love Her"
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- "Another Star"
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- "Send One Your Love"
- "Master Blaster (Jammin')"
- "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It"
- "Lately"
- "Happy Birthday"
- "That Girl"
- "Ebony and Ivory"
- "Do I Do"
- "Ribbon in the Sky"
- "Front Line"
- "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
- "Love Light in Flight"
- "Part-Time Lover"
- "That's What Friends Are For"
- "Go Home"
- "Overjoyed"
- "Stranger on the Shore of Love"
- "Skeletons"
- "You Will Know"
- "Get It"
- "Gotta Have You"
- "For Your Love"
- "So What the Fuss"
- "From the Bottom of My Heart"
- "All About the Love Again"
- "Faith"
- "Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate"
- "My Love"
- "How Come, How Long"
- "California Roll"
- "You and I (We Can Conquer the World)"
- "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)"
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- "All in Love Is Fair"
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- "Black Man"
- "We Are the World"
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- "Seasons of Love"
- "True to Your Heart"
- "Stop Trying to Be God"
- "It's a Shame"
- "Tears of a Clown"
- "Tell Me Something Good"
- "Uptown Festival"
- "Let's Get Serious"
- "You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me"
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