<P> The song was recorded on November 18, 1954 in the Atlanta studios of Georgia Tech radio station WGST . It was a hit--Charles' first--climbing quickly to #1 R&B in January 1955 . Charles told the Pop Chronicles that he performed this song for about a year before he recorded it . The song would lead to more hits for Charles during this period when he was with Atlantic . It was later ranked No. 239 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of Charles' five songs on the list . A re-recorded version by Ray Charles, entitled "I Gotta Woman" (ABC - Paramount 10649) reached No. 79 on the Billboard pop chart in 1965 . </P> <P> The Beatles recorded two versions of the song for BBC radio . The first version was recorded on 16 July 1963 at the BBC Paris Theatre in London for the Pop Go The Beatles radio show . This version was first released in 1994 on the Live at the BBC compilation . </P> <P> The second version the band recorded was recorded on 31 March 1964 at the Playhouse Theatre in London for the Saturday Club radio show . This version was released in 2013 for the On Air--Live at the BBC Volume 2 compilation and is shorter than the Live at the BBC version . </P> <P> Other versions that have made the pop or R&B charts in the US are those by Jimmy McGriff (#20 pop, #5 R&B, 1962), Freddie Scott (#48 pop, 1963), and Ricky Nelson (#49 pop, 1963). </P>

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