Tribute to Uncle Ray

Tribute to Uncle Ray
Studio album by Little Stevie Wonder
Released	October 1962
Recorded	1962 in Hitsville USA (Studio A)
Genre	Soul
Label	Tamla
Producer	Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul
Stevie Wonder chronology
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962) Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962) Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius (1963)

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Allmusic	[1]

Tribute to Uncle Ray is the second Stevie Wonder album to be released. Issued by Motown in October 1962 shortly after The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie, it had been recorded first, when Wonder was 11 years old.^[2] 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.^[3] Like his debut, this album failed to generate hit singles as Motown struggled to find a sound to fit Wonder, who was 12 when this album was released.

Track listing

All songs composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated.

Side One

1. "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
2. "Ain't That Love"
3. "Don't You Know"
4. "The Masquerade" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel)
5. "Frankie & Johnny" (Traditional)

Side Two

1. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
2. "Come Back Baby"
3. "Mary Ann"
4. "Sunset" (Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul)
5. "My Baby's Gone" (Berry Gordy, Jr.)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Bob Gulla (2008). Icons of R&B and Soul. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 314.
3. Ribowsky, Mark. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder