Shake a Tail Feather

~ Recording by Ray Charles with the Blues Brothers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1980-06-20
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 16017
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATL 50 715
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:51Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATL 50 715
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)XSD 16017
1.4Shake Your Tailfeather2:51Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)16017-2, 250 715
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81471-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:51Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81471-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)16017-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81471-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:51Ray Charles with the Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (Price Code (FRANCE): WE 835)The Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81471-2
1.11Shake Your Tailfeather2:51Blues BrothersEverybody Needs Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)241 379-2
1.11Shake Your Tailfeather2:51Blues BrothersEverybody Needs Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
1.18Shake Your Tailfeather2:49Blues Brothers feat. Ray CharlesThe Definitive CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD 82428
1.18Shake Your Tailfeather2:49Blues Brothers feat. Ray CharlesThe Definitive CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)82428-2
1.6Shake a Tailfeather2:48Ray CharlesThe Very Best: Georgia On My MindRay CharlesAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Carrère (just "CARRERE", not "CARRERE MUSIC")7567-80588-2, CA 851
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray CharlesThe Blues Brothers: Music From the SoundtrackBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE1995-08-29
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-82787-2
1.9Shake Your Tailfeather2:48Blues Brothers feat. Ray CharlesThe Very Best of the Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
EastWest Records America (this label only briefly used between 1990–91, please read annotations before use)7567 80620-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray Charles with the Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
  • JP1997-11-25
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)AMCY-3052
5.12Shake Your Tailfeather2:50Ray Charles with The Blues BrothersGenius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary CollectionRay CharlesAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)8122 72859 2
5.12Shake Your Tailfeather2:50Ray Charles with The Blues BrothersGenius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary CollectionRay CharlesAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2/R4 72859
2.1Shake a Tail Feather2:50Blues BrothersBlues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
wea (has logo with just “wea” on it), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-80755-20
2.1Shake a Tail Feather2:50Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers CompleteBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1998-05-25
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567 80840 2
2.1Shake a Tail Feather2:50Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: CompleteBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2000-05-02
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), EastWest7567 80840 2
2.1Shake a Tail Feather2:50Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: CompleteBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), CGD East West (New CGD after WEA acquisition)7567 80840-2, EW 805
2.1Shake a Tail Feather2:50Blues BrothersThe Definitive Blues Brothers CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567808405
2.19Shake Your Tailfeather2:51Ray Charles feat. the Blues Bros.The Definitive Ray CharlesRay CharlesAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-08-13
8122 73556-2
2.19Shake Your Tailfeather2:51Ray Charles feat. the Blues Bros.The Definitive Ray CharlesRay CharlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-10-09
Warner Strategic Marketing, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)8122 73556-2
1.18Shake Your Tailfeather2:49Blues Brothers feat. Ray CharlesThe Definitive CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 237884
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray Charles with The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack RecordingThe Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2011-08-09
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
1.18Shake Your Tailfeather2:49Blues Brothers feat. Ray CharlesThe Definitive CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2017-11-30
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)WPCR-26233
1.9Shake your Tail Feather2:50Blues BrothersHit Disc Music: Hit Disc ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Hit Disc Music
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:49Ray CharlesMastermix Classic Cuts 43: Early SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationMusic Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CC043
2.10Shake Your Tailfeather2:50Ray CharlesMastermix Jock in a Box, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + CompilationMusic Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray Charles with the Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + SoundtrackAtlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD 82787
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:52Ray CharlesThe Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersAlbum + SoundtrackAtlantic (Warner Music imprint)16017-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray Charles with the Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)Blues BrothersAlbum + SoundtrackAtlantic (Warner Music imprint)82787-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:50Ray CharlesThe Blues Brothers: Music From the SoundtrackBlues BrothersAlbum + SoundtrackAtlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-82787-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:51Ray Charles with the Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (FRANCE CA 835)The Blues BrothersAlbum + SoundtrackAtlantic (Warner Music imprint)250 715 (16017-2), 7567-81471-2
Promotion
1.10Shake a Tail Feather2:47Blues Brothers feat. Ray CharlesDigital DJ, Series 4, Volume 10Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CD PoolDD 510
Bootleg
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:47Blues Brothers & Ray CharlesMusic From the Soundtrack & 10 Bonus TracksBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-82787-2
1.4Shake a Tail Feather2:46Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
(unknown)
1.6Shake a Tailfeather2:48Ray CharlesThe Very BestRay CharlesAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

bass guitar:Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):Willie "Too Big" Hall
guitar:Steve Cropper
Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist)
keyboard:Murphy Dunne
saxophone:Tom “Bones” Malone (US trombonist)
Lou Marini
trumpet:Al Rubin
background vocals:Elwood J. Blues (Saturday Night Live character portrayed by Dan Aykroyd)
Jake E. “Joliet” Blues (Saturday Night Live character portrayed by John Belushi)
lead vocals:Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
performer:Blues Brothers (blues/soul revivalist band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1992)
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1992)
recording of:Shake a Tail Feather (cover)

Shake a Tail Feather

writer:Andre Williams (US RnB vocalist/musician/producer/songwriter)
Otha Hayes
Verlie Rice
publisher:Spirit One Music
Vapac Music Publishing Inc.