Drown in My Own Tears
Ray Charles | Artist Essentials
First released: 1956 (year verified)
Original 1956 Atlantic single recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The slow pace lets the lead voice and backing responses accumulate emotional weight.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1956 (year verified)
Original Atlantic single released in 1956 before the later album and anthologies; only year precision is established.
Recording: Original 1956 Atlantic single recording
Credit: Ray Charles
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Drown in My Own Tears
Drown in My Own Tears - original single-version metadata
The explicitly named original Atlantic single version retains 1956 within a later anthology. The anthology and January 1 placeholder are not claimed as the original day. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Rhino - original Atlantic single chronology
Label history identifies Mess Around in 1953 and Drown in My Own Tears in 1956. Its broader 1955 I Got a Woman success reference is not used against the explicit original 1954 single evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Ray Charles
Ray Charles was a singer, pianist and bandleader whose recordings connected blues, gospel phrasing, jazz and popular song. His early Atlantic singles range from the piano-driven Mess Around to the vocal exchanges of What'd I Say. Orchestral albums and the two Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music volumes broadened his settings without smoothing away his distinctive vocal grain. Later studio work continued to pair that expressive voice with country, soul and familiar standards.
Artist background sources
Ray Charles - original Atlantic singles before the debut LP
The distributor's historical account explicitly dates I Got a Woman to 1954 and places Mess Around four years before the 1957 album. The album is a collection of earlier singles; its 1957 date and 2005 copyright do not date those original recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Rhino - original What'd I Say studio single
The label history distinguishes the original 1959 studio performance and its editing into the two single sides, Parts I and II. The session day alone is not a release date, and a later concert is not selected. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Ray Charles - estate original album discography
Public album panels identify original programs and release years: The Genius of Ray Charles 1959; Genius Hits the Road 1960; Genius + Soul = Jazz and the Betty Carter duet album 1961; both Modern Sounds volumes 1962; Ingredients 1963; Crying Time 1966; Invites You to Listen 1967; A Message from the People 1972; My World 1993. Award years and later remasters are not release dates. The distinct 2004 guest recordings are also identified. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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