Ray changed it up for this album, and got back into a funky Apollo-in-Harlem mood. Unlike past albums that had their share of Tin Pan Alley classics, all the tracks on “Doing His Thing” were written by the unknown Jimmy Lewis. Lewis had been in L.A. cranking out a living hustling songs and singing with The Drifters. Ray heard him singing demos, liked his raw style, and shocked Lewis by offering to do an entire album of his songs. Ray identified with Lewis‚ country-bred humor, and the two proved to have a real chemistry, so Ray made Jimmy Lewis one of his staff writers.

Tracks

The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make You Cry)
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
You Ought To Change Your Ways
Baby Please
Come And Get It
We Can Make it
I’m Ready
That Thing Called Love
If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck
I Told You So