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The "Mess Around" is a song written by Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder and then-vice-president of Atlantic Records, [1] under the pseudonym of A. Nugetre, [2] or "Nuggy". [3] It was performed by Ray Charles , and was one of Charles's first hits.
The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), You Don't Mess Around with Jim was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974. [5] It was listed at No. 6 on the 1974 Cash Box year-end album ...
The lyrics are set around an underground pool hall on 42nd Street in New York City. "Big" Jim Walker, a pool hustler who is not too bright but is respected because of his tough reputation, his considerable strength and size, and his skill at pool, has formed a sort of gang of "bad folks" who regularly gather at night in the pool hall.
After the single had finished its two-week run at the top in early January 1974, the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim became No. 1 for five weeks. [33] After seven weeks of its release, I Got a Name reached No. 2 behind You Don't Mess Around with Jim. [34] [35] A greatest hits album titled Photographs & Memories was released in 1974.
"Mess Around" is a song by Australian alt-R&B singer Forest Claudette featuring American hip hop duo, EarthGang. It was released on 24 March 2023 as the lead single from Claudette's second EP, Everything Was Green .
"Mess Around" is a song by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and was released as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album Tell Me I'm Pretty on October 29, 2015. It topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in the United States, becoming the band's sixth overall chart-topper. [1]
Mess Around or Messing Around or variants may refer to: "Mess Around", song by Ray Charles "Mess Around" (Cage the Elephant song) "Mess Around" (Forest Claudette song) "Mess Around" (Redd Kross song) "Messed Around", song by Squeeze; Messing Around or Messin' Around "Messin' Around" (Memphis Slim song), R&B chart No. 1 hit by Memphis Slim, 1948
Facets is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released and self-published in 1966.Croce had five hundred copies of the album pressed, [2] financed with a $500 cash wedding gift that he and his wife to be, Ingrid Croce, received from his parents.