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November 8, 2014
How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. Recorded at RPM International in 1966 or 1967. With the Orchestra and lots of strings. Arranged by Sid Feller. Irving Berlin tribute, 1988:Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you […]
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November 8, 2014
How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky) (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott, Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine TRC 1501, 1963. Recorded at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962.Jimmy later remembered that Ray wanted him to record this song as it was Ray’s all-time favorite. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.
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November 8, 2014
How Did You Feel The Morning After
Read moreAlbum: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio in Studio City. For details on personnel, follow the album link, above.
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November 8, 2014
How Long Blues (aka How Long)
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 178, 1949, b/w Blues Before Sunrise.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1949. Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee and Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.
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November 8, 2014
How Long Blues (aka How Long) (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded in New York on 12 September 1957. How Long Blues is the most extended example of Ray’s sax playing on record. Milt Jackson – vibraharp, (during Ray’s sax chorus and Pettiford’s 1st bass chorus:) piano; Ray Charles – alto saxophone, piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best […]
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November 8, 2014
How Long Has This Been Going On
Read moreAlbum: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, The Raelettes and studio musicians. Arranged by Larry Muhoberac. Trumpet intro by Johnny Coles. Toyohashi 1986: Live: ’73? LC Germany – Pseudo Basie – Released’76 LC Antibes’76 LC Stuttgart’80 LC Northsea’85 LC NewHaven’86 […]
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November 8, 2014
I Ain’t Got Nobody
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953, in New York.
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November 8, 2014
I Believe To My Soul
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 2043, October 1959 b/w I’m Movin’ On.Compilation: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Recorded in New York on 26 June 1959. Ray Charles – piano, vocals, backing vocals; Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – tp; Hank Crawford – as, bs; David Newman – ts; Teagle Fleming – ds; Edgar […]
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November 8, 2014
I Can Make It Thru The Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)
Read moreAlbum: Through The Eyes Of Love, ABC/Tangerine 765, August 1972.Single (A): ABC 11351, April 1973, b/w Ring of Fire. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians and backing vocals remained uncredited. Arrangement by Sid Feller.An audiotape of a working session where Feller and Charles discussed and worked on the arrangement of the song has survived. […]
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November 8, 2014
I Can See Clearly Now
Read moreAlbum: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977.Single (A): Crossover/Atlantic 3443, November 1977, b/w Anonymous Love. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians, The Raelettes and studio musicians. The performance in Stuttgart, in late September of 1976, may imply that the song was already studio-recorded by then. Gladys 1977 (sorry for […]
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November 8, 2014
I Can’t Change It
Read moreAlbum: Brother Ray Is At It Again, Crossover/Atlantic SH 8546, March 1980. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by Ray Charles. This is how the Genius churchified this Frankie Miller song (who wrote it when he was 12):
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November 8, 2014
I Can’t Do No More
Read moreSingle (A): Sittin’ In With 651, b/w Roly Poly. Recorded in Miami (?), usually dated in 1951 (but see date of Billboard clip, below).Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Ray Charles – voc, p; possibly Gosady McKee – g; Otto McQueen – b; Manzy Harris – ds. I Can’t Do No More was originally released as […]