The Southern Tones "It Must Be Jesus" 1954 Duke 205 Gospel Series

[love81518]

Must be jesus to I got a women to golddigger

[KnocksX]

Now I ain't saying she's a a gold digger. But she ain't messing with a broke Jesus.

[J5MARLON]

Now I can understand church folks were so mad at Ray. My grandmother to this day says Ray cant sing and a sell out. She has the same feeling about Aretha Franklim jumping to "Rhythm and Blues."

[lladan211]

Lyrics?? Please!!!

[bmwMuzic]

Before accusing Ray of ripping someone off, give a listen to Josh White's There's a man goin around taking names, written by Leadbelly.it was recorded in the 30' long before the Southern Tones did It must be Jesus....musicians have used each other lyrics, melodies, chord progressions for since the beginning.

[WifeofJackson]

Regardless, I still love I Got A Woman.

[MikeMandaville]

That Ray Charles somehow "ripped off" the original composer of "It Must Be Jesus" by turning it into "I Got A Woman" is nonsense! Everytime someone sings "I Got A Woman", the original composer of "It Must Be Jesus" receives a check in the mail! Within the music industry, there is a name for this type of activity. It is called "doing business"! Everytime a waiter sings "Happy Birthday" to a customer, the original composer receives a check in the mail! ASCAP, BMI and SESAC protect composers!

[LocaMaria19]

Smh at Ray Charles! I was curious why they said you can't then a gospel music into R&B. He literally just changed the lyrics but I love it regardless. Thanks for posting this!

[addied4ever]

i always wanna know what people was talking about..thanks for posting

[BenePie]

Hey guys! Anyone got the lyrics??

[njp1185]

Are you even a musician? Probably not. Yes its the same melody but adding his piano playing and his r&b blues and jazz feeling to it made it totally different. You think ray charles is a rip off when he did modern sounds of country and western ?

[epcomics]

Wow, I really wish I hadn't listened to this. I just lost a lot of respect for Ray Charles, what a blatant rip off. He barely changed anything...

[yoface5494]

@epcomics thats kinda messed... so did you lose respect for almost all artist cuz alot of them do the same thing or take a verse from a song.

[epcomics]

@yoface5494 Being influenced by something is one thing, ripping something off is another. Ray Charles was a musical genius and most of his songs were original and exceptionally crafted; however, this is one of his biggest hits and it is indeed a blatant rip-off. So to answer your question: Did I lose respect for Ray Charles? Yup.

[Mithra3712]

It reminds me a song called "Ain't That Good News" recorded by Little Richard in... 1953 !!! (Few Years later Sam Cooke covered it in an uptempo version.) Could someoe tell me if The Thouthern Tones were directly inspired by this Little Richards' song? Thanks ;)

[busessuck1]

Both this and I got a woman are great songs but the whole "Ray Charles was doing something completely unprecedented by reworkin gospel" is nonsense, Blind Lemon Jefferson had reworked church songs way before and so did Dinah Washington in the early 50s

[sexytrackstar2008]

lol thats why in the movie his wife was like ray it sound sacrilegious but man this sounds sooooo good to me..i feel like i got an old spirit or sumthn and im only twenty..this is awesome thank goodness for youtube

[Cassalina879]

love this song!!!

[chess1458]

@Cassalina879 Thanks A Bunch For The Comment,Glad You Like It:)

[07cartlidgej]

ray charles got in trouble for writing 'i got a woman' because he stole the music from this song

[MrSoulSamCooke]

I love this voice

Glad I discovered Ray Charles

Inspiration for "I got a woman"

And also to mention

Legendary Gospel/Soul singer Sam Cooke

Made a Ghost Track to i got a woman

With his sing "Aint that good news"

Everyone Go check it out an see the resemblance in the Melody

[HBinswanger]

As the basis of "I Got a Woman" who wrote this (I mean "It must be Jesus")? What year did it come out?

[chess1458]

@HBinswanger This Was Recorded In The Summer Of 1954 In Houston,Texas

[bubaweezee]

a lot of negro gospel sounded the same in those days its rather hard to tell them apart.

the chorus patterns and beat where more common than songs.

[pujolsnumber1]

can you post the lyrics to this song?

[sadmanalpha]

Live the Ray !!

[luispedrolicea]

soy de mty

[thenapa4]

yea!!.. tmb en Cocula Jalisco bueno musica maaan...

[luispedrolicea]

mty buen rok esta noche

[luispedrolicea]

gadalajara i  love it

esspecial

GUDALAJARA

[erolbrown]

It's things like this that show the best of the internet.  I'd never have heard this in a million years without this video. Thanks for sharing.

[camking88]

@erolbrown Exactly. That's why I love the internet. I've been exposed to alot of great music. I probably wouldn't even been into Ray without it.

[shagotijuana]

si una me gustaba antes, por que no gustarme las dos !!!! las 2 rolas estan perras ...en TIJUANA se escucha buena music saludos.

[d820m]

if this is the song that became I Got A Woman, then it came out BEFORE 1957..because I Got A woman came out in 1955

[chess1458]

You';re Right This Came Out In "54" I Just Never Went Back And Changed The Video,Thanks For Pointing That Out!!!

[youngprofessor]

@d820m Yeah. It was recorded by the Southern Tones in 1954

[poppakind1]

This is based on "I Got A Woman" or the other way around?

[chess1458]

The Other Way Around,The Original Of This Was Out Before Ray Recorded I've Got A Woman,I Posted This One Because I Think This Is The Best Version Of It

[poppakind1]

Ah, makes sense now. I had heard Ray based "I Got A Woman" on a gospel tune but I had never heard it til now. Thanks for the great post and the info!