File:CharlesKnow2.ogg

Summary

• 24-sec sample from "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles
• Source: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (Sample transcoded to Ogg vorbis using Audacity 1.3.7)
• Songwriters: Ray Charles
• Copyright: 1959 by Atlantic Records

Fair use rationale in "What'd I Say"

• The sample presents the portion of the song where call and response was employed between Ray Charles, his orchestra, and his backup singers that was significantly influenced by black gospel music, but used to portray a raw sexuality. The sounds presented in the clip were at the time of release in 1959, inflammatory, and not only caused the song to be banned on radio stations, but represented disparate views about black sexuality, marketing black gospel to white audiences, and the marriage of gospel and R&B that was the spark that began soul music. "What'd I Say" is held as the song that ushered in a new genre of music where call and response was later presented by artists such as Aretha Franklin and James Brown, who got their inspiration, according to music historians, from "What'd I Say". (These issues are cited from multiple sources in the article about the song.) As it is such an influential aspect of the song, words are inadequate in relaying the composition and performance. It illustrates an educational article specifically about the song from which this sample was taken.
• It is a sample of no more than 24 seconds from a 6:30 recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording or to recreate the original recording.
• It is of a lower quality than the original recording.
• It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
• It is believed that this sample will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original recording.
• It is uploaded on Wikipedia, a not-for-profit organisation.

Licensing

	This is a sound sample from a song, movie, sound effect, or other audio recording that is currently copyrighted. The copyright for it may be owned by the company who made it or the author. For a song, it may also be owned by the person(s) who performed it. It is believed that the use of this work qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law when used on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the U.S. by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, where: the sample is being used for commentary on the recording in question; the sample contributes significantly to the encyclopedia articles in which it is used (listed under the heading "File usage" below) in a way that cannot be duplicated by other forms of media; the sample is short in relation to the duration of the recorded track, and is of inferior quality to the original recording; no other samples from the same track are currently used in Wikipedia; there is no adequate free alternative available. A more detailed fair use rationale should be provided by the user who uploaded this sample. Any other uses of this sample, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. If you are the copyright holder of this sample and you feel that its use here does not fall under "fair use", please see Wikipedia:Copyright problems for information on how to proceed. To the uploader: If this is a free, non-copyrighted audio recording, please post it to Wikimedia Commons instead. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CharlesKnow2.ogg true