studio.
It's gonna take
a month to do that...
What are we gonna do?
We got to do somethin'.
Ray's got a whole
new band up there.
How the hell did he put
together a band so fast?
Boss! Boss,
they're here.
Come on. Let's get together
so we can show 'em this.
...break this to Ray.
Oh, you're gonna let
me break it to Ray?
Why me?
Because Ruth Brown
was your idea.
Ruth Brown is a good idea,
Ruth Brown was a good idea,
and still is a good idea.
Shh!
¤ That's good to me ¤
¤ Oh, yeah ¤
¤ I got a woman ¤
¤ Way over town ¤
¤ Good to me ¤
¤ Whoa, yeah ¤
¤ She give me money ¤
¤ When I'm in need ¤
¤ Yeah, she's the kind of ¤
¤ friend indeed ¤
¤ I got a woman ¤
Ahmet.
Yeah.
We gotta get this on wax.
Oh, yeah.
¤ Oh, yeah ¤
Hear that, New York?
The sound is huge!
But there's only seven cats
on this record.
This is the new
Ray Charles, baby,
and there's nothing
out there like it!
And you heard it first
on The Moondog Show!
¤ Just for me ¤
¤ Oh, yeah ¤
¤ She give me money ¤¤
The Shaw Agency's
the best booker
on the Chitlin' Circuit,
that's my opinion.
Milt Shaw, meet Ray Charles.
Ray, It was
Milt's dad, Billy,
who first drew my attention
to a certain blind pianist
when he was
booking Lowell Fulson.
Ray Charles.
We believe in your talent.
We wanna be
in the Ray Charles business.
We've already got you
booked on a 10-city tour
with Roy Milton's
Solid Senders...
Oh, Roy Milton,
I love him.
...and Tangula
the Exotic Shake Dancer.
She is gorgeous.
Ray,
I gotta tell you,
we think you're onto
something very big here.
Nobody's ever combined
R&B and gospel before.
I've Got A Woman is a smash.
You better start thinking
about a follow-up, my friend.
Right now.
You know, this sounds good.
I gotta run to Texas
and take care
of some business,
and, I'll be right back.
Well, make it fast. I'm ready
to sell, sell, sell.
A-a-as long as you book
me in front of Tangula.
Della, hold on!
Let me get my camera.
Let me get one picture.
Y'all, y'all,
stay right there! Ray!
Della, let me
get one picture!
Come on. One picture, Della!
Come on, now.
Be careful, Ray.
These are your last steps
of freedom, man.
Don't open that door.
Ray, you gotta carry her
over the threshold.
To the right, Ray!
To the right, now!
Ray, you need some help?
You sure you know
what you're doing?
¤ He knows a woman's place ¤
¤ Right there now,
in her home ¤
¤ I got a woman ¤¤
Ray.
Ray.
Can I come in?
H-H-Hold on.
What's goin' on, Ray?
Open this door.
Why are you
locking doors
on me, Ray?
You know
the place is small.
We gotta have
a little privacy.
Uh, what we need is
a little more room.
You know, we're gonna
need some space
while we start a family.
Well, Bea, you know
I'm gonna be on the road
for most of the year.
Ray.
I'm just thinking,
what if I'm not
a good father?
My daddy
was never around.
And he had
three different families.
Well,
you are gonna have one,
starting right now.
Right now?
Mmm-hmm.
Well, what do you think?
That's all is
what I know.
¤ I know ¤
¤ Hallelujah,
I just love her so ¤
¤ Now, if I call her
on the telephone ¤
¤ And tell her
that I'm all alone ¤
¤ By the time I count
from one to four ¤
¤ I hear her ¤
¤ on my door ¤
Stop it!
Y'all done lost your minds!
Stop all this stuff!
You need to be saved!
I can't take it
no more. Stop it!
I can't take it!
Hold on. Now,
wait a minute, man.
Take your hands off me!
This ain't right!
Just let the people
hear the music.
Y'all sitting here,
listenin' to this devil!
You're just givin'
your money to Satan,
that's what you're doin'.
Hold on,
y- you got a problem?
Yeah, I got a problem!
That's gospel
you're singin'!
You're turning
God's music into sex.
You're making
money off the Lord!
Don't y'all smile at me!
All of y'all are in it, too!
All of y'all are
going straight to hell!
She's right.
No, this here's wrong.
The whole thing's wrong.
It's okay. It