death_date death_place years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name
yes 1964 1941 washington , d.c. , united states 1950s - 1960s washington , d.c. , united states james ray solo_singer yes 1941 vocals rhythm and blues , soul james ray -lrb- singer -rrb-
 james jay raymond
james ray -lrb- singer -rrb-

`` for other people named james ray , see james ray -lrb- disambiguation -rrb- .
james ray -lrb- 1941 -- c. 1964 -rrb- , born james jay raymond , was an african-american r&b singer of the early 1960s best known for the hit single `` if you got ta make a fool of somebody '' , which went to number 10 on billboard 's r&b chart and number 22 on the pop chart in 1962 .
he also recorded the original version of `` got my mind set on you '' , later a number-1 hit for george harrison .
