After signing with Swing Time Records, Ray recorded two R&B hits under the name Ray Charles: “Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand” (1951), which reached number five, and “Kiss Me Baby” (1952), which reached number eight. The following year, and Ahmet Ertegün signed him to Atlantic Records. Charles reached the peak of his success at Atlantic with the release of “What’d I Say”, which combined gospel, jazz, blues and Latin music. Charles said he wrote it spontaneously while he was performing in clubs with his band. Despite some radio stations banning the song because of its sexually suggestive lyrics, the song became his first top ten pop record.