Tribute to Uncle Ray

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Tribute to Uncle Ray
Tribute to Uncle Ray cover
Studio album by Stevie Wonder
Released 1962
Label Motown
Stevie Wonder chronology
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Wonder
(1962)
Tribute to Uncle Ray
(1962)
Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius
(1963)


"Tribute to Uncle Ray" is the second album released by Stevie Wonder during his Little Stevie Wonder phase in 1962. The album was, as it was aptly titled, a tribute to Wonder's mentor, fellow blind musician Ray Charles. The album was traditionally followed by other tribute albums to Nat "King" Cole and Sam Cooke by Marvin Gaye and The Supremes respectively. Like his debut, this album failed to generate hit singles as Motown struggled to find a sound to fit Wonder, who was only 12 when this album was released.

[edit] Track Listing

  1. Hallelujah I Love Her So (Ray Charles)
  2. Ain't That Love (Ray Charles)
  3. Don't You Know (Ray Charles)
  4. The Masquerade (Herb Magidson/Rubel)
  5. Frankie & Johnny (Traditional)
  6. Drown In My Own Tears (Ray Charles)
  7. Come Back Baby (Ray Charles)
  8. Mary Ann (Ray Charles)
  9. Sunset (Stevie Wonder/Clarence Paul)
  10. My Baby's Gone (Berry Gordy, Jr.)