about.
¤ Tell your mama,
tell your pa ¤
¤ I'm gonna send you back
to Arkansas ¤
¤ Oh yes, ma'am,
you don't do right ¤
¤ Don't do right ¤
¤ What'd I say? ¤
¤ Tell me what'd I say ¤
¤ Tell me what'd I say ¤
Where can I get
that record from?
I don't know.
It doesn't exist yet.
I'll tell Ray
he should record it.
¤ Oh, no ¤
¤ Mmm ¤
¤ Mmm ¤
¤ Ooh ¤
¤ Ooh ¤
¤ Eee ¤
¤ Eee ¤
¤ Ooh ¤
¤ Ooh ¤
¤ It's all right ¤
¤ Baby, it's all right ¤
¤ Baby, it's all right ¤
¤ Oh, it's all right ¤
¤ Baby, it's all right ¤
¤ Mama, it's all right ¤
¤ Baby, it's all right ¤
¤ It's all right ¤
¤ It's all right ¤
¤ It's all right, now ¤¤
Yeah, that's it.
Oh, this is it.
I'm telling you,
that is out of sight.
That's a hit.
It's fantastic, Ray.
But what the hell are we
gonna do with this?
It's too damn long.
Every night we play this, man,
we bring the house down.
I'm telling you,
it's guaranteed.
Tom, cut the playback!
Come on out here.
¤ Baby, it's all right ¤¤
You know what, Ray,
you're probably right.
I mean,
I'm sure you're right.
I've never heard
a sound like this before.
But how the hell are
we gonna market this?
We could cut the second verse,
pop back into the chorus.
Man, you cut that,
I'll cut you in half.
All right, all right,
Ray. Ahem.
We could, uh,
split it up.
Do a Side AISide B
type of thing.
It's been done before.
What the hell, right?
Yeah.
It's s-sexual.
It's just too
damn sexual for kids.
Let's do it.
Yeah, baby!
That's why
I love y'all, man.
All right. What the hell?
It's Atlantic, right?
Atlantic!
We'll release it
in the summer.
There's less censorship,
school's out.
The kids are ready
to kick loose.
Ha, okay!
Tom, let's see
if we can cut
this pumpkin in two.
Show me what your
genius is all about.
You got it, boss.
Yeah, that is it.
You put one on Side A,
put another on Side B.
Man, that sounds
out of sight.
How you feeling, Ray?
I feel groovy, baby.
I'm talking about the junk.
What?
It's starting
to show.
You're scratching
all the time.
You can't sit still.
Hey, man, have I ever
missed a date?
No, you never have.
Who's the one
who delivers a record
in one take, hmm?
Ray, you deliver better
than anybody I know
but I'm not talking to you
as a businessman.
Now come on,
listen to me.
I'm worried about you.
As a friend,
I'm telling you, man,
your slip is hanging.
"Your slip is hanging."
You been hanging out
with us country boys
too much, man.
Uh, don't worry about this,
man. If this monkey gets
too heavy on my back,
I'll get an organ grinder,
man, and put him to work.
¤ One more time ¤
¤ One more time ¤
He's off the Chitlin' Circuit.
Down Beat voted him
Best Male Jazz Vocalist
by a 2-to-1 margin.
Well, if you want to keep him
in Philadelphia,
you're going to find him
a bigger venue.
¤ Make me feel so good ¤
What'd I Say!
¤ Make me feel so good ¤
¤ Make me feel so good ¤
¤ Make me feel so good, yeah ¤
Forget second billing.
Ray Charles headlines
at a thousand per
or no deal.
¤ Make me feel so good, yeah ¤
Terrific.
¤ Make me feel so fine ¤
¤ Make me feel so fine ¤
¤ Make me feel so fine ¤
¤ Make me feel so fine ¤
¤ Baby, it's all right ¤
¤ Baby, it's all right ¤
Ray, I'm... I'm having
second thoughts about this.
I don't... I don't know
nobody in L.A.
Bea, I don't want my kids
growing up in the South.
Now, L.A. Is where,
you know, a Negro can
spread his wings and fly.
Ray, my whole family's
in Texas.
That's why
we're moving to L.A.
Tell you what, Jeff,
tell the boys
they can go ahead
and start their
vacation right now.
All right, boss.
Once I get you inside.
¤ Make me feel all right ¤¤
Look at that
huge coconut tree!
That ain't
no coconut tree, Della.
That's a palm tree.
There's thousands
of them.
Okay.
Here's the keys
to your life,
a brand-new life.
Oh, Ray.
Ray, this is too much.
Have you seen
the dining room?
But, baby,
it's October.
But you know