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October 7, 2014
You Better Go Now (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 7, 2014
You Better Watch Them Dogs (aka Watch Them Dogs) (Ft Estella Yarbrough)
Read moreRaelettes-tune, claimed by Estella Yarbrough, only known from concerts in the second half of the ninetees. Written by Melvin Williams. Live: ’95 LC Tramps – 2x ’97 LC Saratoga ’97 LC Montreux – Released on DVD ’99 LC Glasgow ’97 LC Montreux:
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October 7, 2014
You Don’t Know Me
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, ABC/Paramount 410, April 1962. Single (A): ABC 10345, July 1962, b/w Careless Love. The album was recorded on 5 and 7 February 1962 at Capitol Studios in New York City, and on 15 February at United Recording Studios in Hollywood. Arranged by Marty Paich. The tune was also used […]
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October 7, 2014
You Don’t Love Me No More (With Legends Of Rock ‘n’ Roll)
Read moreAlbum3 (DVD): Legends Of Rock ‘n’ Roll Live, Image Entertainment, 5 December 2000. Part of an all-star jam, recorded by Cinemax in Rome in February 1989. Ray had a good time sitting behind his keyboards. The other legends were James Brown, B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Esther Phillips, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard. The […]
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October 7, 2014
You Don’t Understand (With The Raelettes)
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in June 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. Ray on organ! With session musicians Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, and one of The Raelettes (Lilian Fort or Merry Clayton?). Arranged by Rene Hall. You Don't Understand by Ray Charles on Grooveshark
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October 7, 2014
You Feel Good All Over
Read moreUK single. Album: Wish You Were Here Tonight, Columbia 38293, March 1983. Single (B), Columbia 3810, March 1983. Recorded between 1981 and 1983 with uncredited session musicians in Nashville, finished at RPM International in Los Angeles. The tune is also documented through a demo tape that Ray used to brief arranger Sid Feller.
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October 7, 2014
You Have A Way With Me (The Raelettes, Ft Susaye Greene, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine 1029, January 1973, b/w You Must Be Doing Alright. Album3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. Ray Charles on piano. Featuring Susaye Greene. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited members […]
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October 7, 2014
You Leave Me Breathless
Read moreAlbum: Through The Eyes Of Love, ABC/Tangerine 765, 1972-08. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arrangements by Sid Feller.
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October 7, 2014
You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want To Do It)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, in 1966 or 1967. The album was recorded with The Ray Charles Orchestra, a strings section, and The Raelettes (all uncredited; Bobby Womack on guitar; Billy Preston on organ). Arrangements by Sid Feller. Smothers Brothers Show, 1969 (at […]
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October 7, 2014
You Must Be Doing Alright (The Raelettes, Ft Mable John, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreDJ promo. Single3 (A): Tangerine 1029, January 1973, b/w You Have A Way With Me. Album3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. Mable John, backed by Ray – kb and voc. The Raelettes: Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, […]
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October 7, 2014
You Ought To Change Your Ways
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Raelettes, The Ray Charles Orchestra (all musicians remained uncredited, but Doug “Doctor Music” Riley contributed as arranger and “second keyboardist”. Written and produced by Jimmy Lewis.
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October 6, 2014
You Were There (With Gladys Knight)
Read moreAlbum: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. Ray Charles laid down most of the songs of the later Genius And Friends album at his own studio, RPM International in Los Angeles, in 1997 and 1998. Post mortem, duet parts of these tunes were dubbed in by virtual duet partners. I doubt if Gladys would have cooperated with […]