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"Mess Around" was one of the first big hits by music legend Ray Charles. Written by Atlantic Records president and founder Ahmet Ertegun and built among the 1929 blues anthem, "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie", by Pinetop Smith, it became a big R&B charted hit when released as a single in early-1953. Though a big hit, it took until Charles' "I Got a Woman" to establish the blind pianist-singer into the national spotlight.

Related Topics:
Ray Charles - Atlantic Records - Ahmet Ertegun - Pinetop Smith - R&B - 1953

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