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October 17, 2014
Someday
Read moreAlbum: I’m All Yours Baby, ABC/Tangerine 675, February 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited musicians (incl. strings). Produced by Sid Feller. 1982, Le Grand Studio: Live: ’82 TV Legrand According to concert souvenir booklets from 1963, 1964, 1966 and 1968, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but no recordings […]
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October 17, 2014
Someday (aka Blues Is My Middle Name)
Read moreFrom Cashbox, Nov. 4, 1950. Swing Time 229-A. Note writing credits for R.C. Robinson. Single (A): Swing Time 229, b/w I’ll Do Anything But Work. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, May 26, 1950. Ray Charles, voc, p; Teddy Buckner – tp; Marshall Royal – as; Jack McVea – ts; Charles Waller […]
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October 17, 2014
Someday (You’ll Want Me To Want You)
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2, ABC/Paramount 435, October 1962. Recorded on 5 September 1962 in New York City. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. Musicians not credited.
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October 17, 2014
Someone To Watch Over Me
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 11251, November 1969, b/w Claudie Mae. Album: Through The Eyes Of Love, ABC/Tangerine 765, August 1972. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles (note that the single was released 3 years before the album). The musicians remained uncredited. Arrangement by Sid Feller.
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October 17, 2014
Someone To Watch Over Me (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: Jimmy Scott, Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine, TRC 1501 (Monaural)/TRCS 1501 (Stereo), 22 June 1963. Recorded with uncredited musicians at the United Recordings Studios, Hollywood, California in 1962. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. David Ritz wrote (in The Guardian of 9 January 2003): “Charles thought Scott’s problem was that he didn’t have the right material. That was […]
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October 17, 2014
Something
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller. George Harrison’s wrote the tune in 1969. He later stated: “It has probably got a range of five notes, which fits most singers’ needs best. When I wrote it, in my […]
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October 17, 2014
Something Inside Me
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10901, February 1967, b/w I Want To Talk About You. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in April 1966. With uncredited musicians (incl. Preston Love on alto, Leroy Cooper on bari, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums) and […]
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October 17, 2014
Something’s Got To Change
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10970, August 1967, b/w In The Heat Of The Night. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Written by Ray Charles and Billy Preston (who also added a few organ licks). Recorded on April 11, 1967, at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Bill King, Walter Miller – tp; Fred Murrell, Henry […]
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October 17, 2014
Something’s Wrong
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10557, May 1964, b/w My Baby Don’t Dig Me. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Beautiful lament, penned by Percy Mayfield. Recorded with uncredited musicians.
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October 16, 2014
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (With Elton John)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. Ray’s last recording, at RPM International in Los Angeles in March 2004. For an unabridged personnel listing check Wikipedia. Making of:
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October 16, 2014
Soul Brothers (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York City. Milt Jackson – piano; Ray Charles – alto saxophone; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.
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October 16, 2014
Soul Meeting (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Recorded on April 10, 1958 in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Percy Heath – bass; Art Taylor – drums.