1950
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November 24, 2014
Kentucky Waltz
Read moreAlbum: Pure Genius, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. Captured during the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun in 1953, in New York City. Ray Charles loved to reminisce about his earliest endeavors in country music. Shortly after his 17th birthday, in 1947, he landed a gig with The Florida Playboys. In Michael Lydon’s biography, Ray Charles – […]
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November 21, 2014
I Surrender Dear (With The Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 20 November 1956 at the Capitol Recording Studios in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Quincy Jones. Bob Arnold and Johnny Cue were the engineers. Ray […]
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November 20, 2014
A Bit of Soul (aka Blues Hangover)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 2094, February 1961, b/w Early In The Morning. Compilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings [“Remastered LP version”], Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. The erroneous […]
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November 20, 2014
A Fool For You
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1063, June 1955, b/w This Little Girl Of Mine.Compilation: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. One could call Sweet Sixteen Bars an instrumental […]
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November 20, 2014
A Sentimental Blues
Read moreSingle (A): Swing [Time] Records 179, 1949, b/w You’ll Never Miss the Water (Until the Well Runs Dry). Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1949. Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee and Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.
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November 20, 2014
Ain’t That Fine
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 216, 1950, b/w Don’t Put All Your Dreams In One Basket. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1949. The Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee, Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.
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November 20, 2014
Ain’t That Love
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1124, January 1957, b/w I Want To Know. Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded on November 27, 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Jerry Wexler played the tambourine. Live: […]
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November 20, 2014
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Read moreAlbum: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. Recorded in New York on 23 June 1959 with Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snookie Young, Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – trumpets; Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell, Al Gray – trombones; Frank Wess – flute, alto and tenor sax; Marshall Royal – alto sax; Paul […]
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November 19, 2014
All To Myself (aka All To Myself Alone)
Read moreSingle (B): Swing Time 249, 1951, b/w I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, November 24, 1950. Ray Charles Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p (= “88”), cel; Oscar Moore – g; Johnny Miller – b.
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November 19, 2014
Alone In This City
Read moreSingle (A): Down Beat 211. B/w Can Anyone Ask For More.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Seattle, in February 1949. Maxin Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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November 19, 2014
Am I Blue (1, 2)
Read moreAm I Blue (1) Album: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. Single (A): May 1961, Atlantic 2106 b/w It Should Have Been Me. Recorded on May 6, 1959 in New York with Bob Brookmeyer – tb; Ted Sommer – d; Allen Hanlon – g; Wendell Marshall – b; unidentified woodwinds, strings and singers. Ralph […]
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November 18, 2014
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (aka Oh Baby)
Read moreSingle (B): Swing Time 250. B/w Lonely Boy. Recorded in Los Angeles, November 24, 1950. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. “Ray Charles Trio”: Ray Charles – voc, p, cel; Oscar Moore – g; Johnny Miller – b. Many years later, Ray played the song for Clint Eastwood: see this. In 2003, for the […]