1950
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November 10, 2014
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1096, May 1956, b/w What Could I Do Without You.Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded in New York on 30 November 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Joshua Willis – tp; Don Wilkerson – ts (solo); Cecil Payne – bs; Panama Francis – ds; Paul West – b. The composition and lyrics go […]
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November 9, 2014
Heartbreaker
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 2055, March 1960, b/w Just For A Thrill.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with Jesse Drakes – tp; Sam Taylor- ts; Dave McRae – bs; Connie Kay – d; Mickey Baker – g; Lloyd Trotman – b. (Outtakes):Update 10.02.2021: the video of this performance is […]
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November 9, 2014
Hey Now
Read moreSingle (B): Swing Time 297, 1952, b/w Baby Won’t You Please Come Home.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1951. Ray Charles “With Orchestra”: Ray Charles – voc, p; arr; Billy Brooks, Fleming Askew – tp; Marshall Royal, Earl Brown – as; Stanley Turrentine, Maurice Simon – ts; Charles […]
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November 8, 2014
Honey, Honey
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 218, 1950, b/w She’s On The Ball.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1950. “Ray Charles & Trio”: Ray Charles, voc, p; Gosady Mckee, g; Milton S. Garred, b.
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November 8, 2014
Hot Rod (aka The Spirit-Feel) (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Album: Ray Charles In Person, Atlantic 8039, May 1960 (1959). The tune, written by Milt Jackson, is only known from the two earliest released live concerts in Newport (1958) and Atlanta (1959). 1958 line-up:Ray Charles – voice, piano, alto saxophone; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Fathead Newman – […]
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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
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 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 […]
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November 7, 2014
I Had A Dream
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1180, April 1958 b/w Yes Indeed.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Written by Ricky (Ricci) Harper and Ray Charles. Recorded in New York on 20 February 1958 with Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; Richie Goldberg – d; Edgar Willis – b. The Raeletes […]
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November 7, 2014
I Love You, I Love You (I Will Never Let You Go) (aka I Won’t Let You Go)
Read moreSingle (A): Down Beat 171, 1949, b/w Confession Blues.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Seattle (possibly at the KOL radio studios), February 1949. The “Maxin” Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on […]
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November 6, 2014
I Want A Little Girl
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1154, August 1957 b/w Swanee River Rock.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 26 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Edgar Willis – b. It’s a shame that the Carnegie 1957 concert still […]