This Little Girl Of Mine

Single (B): Atlantic 1063, June 1955, b/w A Fool For You.
Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957.

When Charles wrote this, he may have been a little bit more than just inspired by the gospel tunes This Little Light Of Mine and Satisfied With Jesus.

Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Fathead Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts (solo); William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b.
The backing vocals were sung by Fathead, Wilkerson and Mary Ann Fisher.