LITTLE STEVIE WONDER - Tribute to Uncle Ray [1962]

 "Little Stevie Wonder, Tamla's 11-year-old musical genius, is blind, a similarity he shares with a famed musician and vocalist of today," shamelessly announce the liner notes of this album. Unfortunately, Wonder at 11 does not share much of Ray Charles's vocal abilities, even when he is singing Charles' songs (others are "originals in the style of his idol") and, since he doesn't play on the record, there's no similarity there either. Today, listening to a child emote his way through songs like "Drown In My Own Tears" is a curiosity at best, and the album is only for hardcore Wonder fanatics. by William Ruhlmann

Tracklist  

1 Hallelujah I Love Her So

Written-By – Ray Charles

2 Ain't That Love

Written-By – Ray Charles

3 Don't You Know

Written-By – Ray Charles

4 The Masquerade

Written-By – Rubel, Migidson

5 Frankie & Johnny

Arranged By – Clarence Paul

6 Drown In My Own Tears

Written-By – Henry Glover

7 Come Back Baby

Written-By – Ray Charles

8 Mary Ann

Written-By – Ray Charles

9 Sunset

Written-By – Paul, Judkins

10 My Baby's Gone

Written-By – Berry Gordy, Jr.

STEVIE WONDER - Tribute to Uncle Ray 

[1962] MOTOWN / CBR320 / scan

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