Tribute to Uncle Ray

Tribute to Uncle Ray
Tribute to Uncle Ray
Studio album by Little Stevie Wonder
Released	October 1962
Recorded	1962
Studio	Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A, Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Jazz; soul;
Length	31:13
Label	Tamla
Producer	Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Tom Hull	B^[3]
New Record Mirror	^[4]

Tribute to Uncle Ray is the second studio album by Little Stevie Wonder, released by Motown in October 1962, shortly after The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie. Even though it was released second, it had been recorded first, when Wonder was 11 years old.^[5] 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.^[6] Like Wonder's debut, this album failed to generate hit singles, as Motown struggled to find a sound to fit Wonder, who was just 12 when this album was released.

Track listing

All songs composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated.

Side one

"Hallelujah I Love Her So" – 2:28
"Ain't That Love" – 2:42
"Don't You Know" – 3:03
"(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:19
"Frankie & Johnny" (Traditional; arranged by Clarence Paul) – 2:51

Side two

"Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 4:01
"Come Back Baby" – 2:50
"Mary Ann" – 2:59
"Sunset" (Stevie Wonder as Stevie Judkins, Clarence Paul) – 3:32
"My Baby's Gone" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 2:28

References

^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 56.
^ Tribute to Uncle Ray review by William Ruhlmann, AllMusic.
^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ Watson, Jimmy (September 14, 1963). "Little Stevie Wonder: Tribute To Uncle Ray" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 131. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
^ Bob Gulla (2008). Icons of R&B and Soul. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 314. ISBN 9780313340468.
^ Ribowsky, Mark. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder.

[Number_Ones_2022-1] Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 56.

[2] Tribute to Uncle Ray review by William Ruhlmann, AllMusic.

[Hull-3] Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[4] Watson, Jimmy (September 14, 1963). "Little Stevie Wonder: Tribute To Uncle Ray" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 131. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.

[Icon314-5] Bob Gulla (2008). Icons of R&B and Soul. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 314. ISBN 9780313340468.

[6] Ribowsky, Mark. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder.

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Discography
Studio albums	The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Tribute to Uncle Ray With a Song in My Heart Stevie at the Beach Up-Tight Down to Earth I Was Made to Love Her Someday at Christmas Eivets Rednow For Once in My Life My Cherie Amour Signed, Sealed & Delivered Where I'm Coming From Music of My Mind Talking Book Innervisions Fulfillingness' First Finale Songs in the Key of Life Hotter than July In Square Circle Characters Conversation Peace A Time to Love
Live albums	Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius Stevie Wonder Live Live at the Talk of the Town Natural Wonder
Soundtracks	Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" The Woman in Red The Last Dragon Jungle Fever
Compilations	Looking Back Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection At the Close of a Century The Definitive Collection The Complete Stevie Wonder
Singles	"Fingertips" "Hey Harmonica Man" "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" "With a Child's Heart" "Blowin' in the Wind" "A Place in the Sun" "Someday at Christmas" "Hey Love" "I Was Made to Love Her" "I'm Wondering" "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" "You Met Your Match" "Alfie" "For Once in My Life" "I Don't Know Why" "My Cherie Amour" "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" "Never Had a Dream Come True" "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" "Heaven Help Us All" "We Can Work It Out" "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" "If You Really Love Me" "What Christmas Means to Me" "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" "Superstition" "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" "Higher Ground" "Living for the City" "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" "He's Misstra Know-It-All" "You Haven't Done Nothin'" "Boogie On Reggae Woman" "I Wish" "Sir Duke" "Another Star" "As" "Pops, We Love You" "Send One Your Love" "Master Blaster (Jammin')" "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" "Lately" "Happy Birthday" "That Girl" "Ebony and Ivory" "Do I Do" "Ribbon in the Sky" "Front Line" "I Just Called to Say I Love You" "Love Light in Flight" "Part-Time Lover" "That's What Friends Are For" "Go Home" "Overjoyed" "Stranger on the Shore of Love" "Skeletons" "You Will Know" "Get It" "Gotta Have You" "For Your Love" "So What the Fuss" "From the Bottom of My Heart" "All About the Love Again" "Faith" "Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate"
Featured singles	"My Love" "How Come, How Long" "California Roll"
Other songs	"You and I (We Can Conquer the World)" "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" "Golden Lady" "All in Love Is Fair" "They Won't Go When I Go" "Love's in Need of Love Today" "Knocks Me Off My Feet" "Pastime Paradise" "Isn't She Lovely" "Black Man" "We Are the World" "Just Good Friends" "Seasons of Love" "True to Your Heart" "Stop Trying to Be God"
Songwriting credits	"It's a Shame" "Tears of a Clown" "Tell Me Something Good" "Uptown Festival" "Let's Get Serious" "You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me"
Tours	Songs in the Key of Life Tour
Related articles	Lula Mae Hardaway Syreeta Wright KJLH SuperEgo Wonderin' "Wonder-ful" Super Bowl XXXIII halftime show
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