Let's Go Get Stoned

"Let's Go Get Stoned"
"Let's Go Get Stoned"
Single by Ray Charles
from the album Crying Time
B-side	"The Train"
Released	1966
Genre	R&B
Length	2 : 57
Label	ABC
Songwriter(s)	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson , Josephine Armstead
Producer(s)	Joe Adams
Ray Charles singles chronology

"Let's Go Get Stoned" is a song originally recorded by The Coasters in May 1965. ^[1] It was written by Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson , and Josephine Armstead . Ronnie Milsap recorded it in October 1965 as a B-side to the single, "Never Had It So Good. ^[2]

Ray Charles recording [ edit ]

It was a 1966 number one R&B hit for American recording artist Ray Charles . ^[3] The single was released shortly after Charles was released from rehab after a 16-year heroin addiction. Charles heard a 1965 recording of the song by Ronnie Milsap . According to Milsap, Charles liked his version of the song so much that he decided to record it himself. It is notable for being one of Ashford & Simpson's first successful compositions together; the duo also penned Charles' " I Don't Need No Doctor ". ^[4]

Chart positions [ edit ]

Chart (1966)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	31
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	1

Other notable covers [ edit ]

Manfred Mann recorded the song on their #1 British EP No Living Without Loving , which topped the UK EP chart in December 1965. ^{[
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The Amboy Dukes recorded a cover for their 1967 eponymous album ^[5]
James Brown released a recording of the song as a single. ^[6]
Big Mama Thornton recorded the song for her 1969 album Stronger Than Dirt . ^[7]
Joe Cocker performed the song at Woodstock in August 1969. ^[8]

References [ edit ]

^ "Recording: Let's Go Get Stoned" . Second Hand Songs. 18 February 2011 . Retrieved 14 June 2011 .
^ "Ronnie Milsap - Never Had It So Good" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 30 May 2021 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 . Record Research. p. 113.
^ "I Don't Need No Doctor - Ray Charles | Song Info" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 May 2021 .
^ Joe Viglione. "The Amboy Dukes - The Amboy Dukes | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-07-26 .
^ "Fine Old Foxy Self - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 May 2021 .
^ Michael Sporke. "Big Mama Thornton: The Life and Music" . Mcfarlandbooks.com . Retrieved 2015-10-07 .
^ "Joe Cocker: 50 Years of Peace & Music" . Bethel Woods Center for the Arts . Retrieved 30 May 2021 .

[1] "Recording: Let's Go Get Stoned" . Second Hand Songs. 18 February 2011 . Retrieved 14 June 2011 .

[2] "Ronnie Milsap - Never Had It So Good" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 30 May 2021 .

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 . Record Research. p. 113.

[4] "I Don't Need No Doctor - Ray Charles | Song Info" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 May 2021 .

[5] Joe Viglione. "The Amboy Dukes - The Amboy Dukes | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-07-26 .

[6] "Fine Old Foxy Self - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 May 2021 .

[mcfarlandbooks.com-7] Michael Sporke. "Big Mama Thornton: The Life and Music" . Mcfarlandbooks.com . Retrieved 2015-10-07 .

[8] "Joe Cocker: 50 Years of Peace & Music" . Bethel Woods Center for the Arts . Retrieved 30 May 2021 .

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v t e The Coasters
Carl Gardner Billy Guy Bobby Nunn Leon Hughes Adolph Jacobs Young Jessie Cornell Gunter Will "Dub" Jones Vernon Harrell Earl "Speedo" Carroll Ronnie Bright Jimmy Norman
Singles	" Down in Mexico " " One Kiss Led to Another " " Young Blood " " Yakety Yak " " Charlie Brown " " Along Came Jones " " Poison Ivy " " What About Us " " Besame Mucho (Part I) " " Wake Me, Shake Me " " Shoppin' for Clothes " " Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) " " Girls Girls Girls " " T'ain't Nothin' to Me " " Let's Go Get Stoned " " D. W. Washburn " " Love Potion Number Nine " " Cool Jerk "
B-sides	" Brazil " " Searchin' " " Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart " " Three Cool Cats " " Besame Mucho (Part II) " " Lovey Dovey " " Money Honey " " Saturday Night Fish Fry "
Other songs	" Autumn Leaves " " But Beautiful " " Don't Get Around Much Anymore " " Easy Living " " Frosty the Snowman " " Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You " " I Love Paris " " If I Had a Hammer " " The 'In' Crowd " " Moonglow " " Moonlight in Vermont " " Mustang Sally " " My Babe " " On Broadway " " On the Sunny Side of the Street " " Satin Doll " " The Way You Look Tonight " " Willow Weep for Me " " You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To "