1950
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October 29, 2014
Low Society Blues
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953. Released on Disk 7 (3 tracks) of the Pure Genius box set (titled Low Society). Ray knew the tune from Lowell Fulson, probably by performing it with him in the period they toured together.
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October 27, 2014
Mary Ann
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1085, January 1956 b/w Drown In My Own Tears.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; Cecil Payne – bs; Panama Francis – ds; Paul West – b. The theme must have sounded familiar to […]
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October 27, 2014
Mess Around
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 999, July 1953 b/w Funny But I Still Love You.Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with “his orchestra”: Jesse Drakes – tp; Sam Taylor- ts; Dave McRae – bs; Connie Kay – d; Mickey Baker – g; Lloyd Trotman – b. The song peaked […]
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October 27, 2014
Misery In My Heart (aka Going Down To The River; aka Givin’ It Up; aka I’m Going To Drown Myself)
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 326, 1953, b/w The Snow Is Falling.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1951. “With Orchestra”: Ray Charles – voc, p; arr; Billy Brooks, Fleming Askew – tp; Marshall Royal, Earl Brown – as; Stanley Turrentine, Maurice Simon – ts; Charles Waller – bs; Frank […]
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October 26, 2014
My Bonnie
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1196, August 1958, b/w You Be My Baby. Compilation: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, September 1959. 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 Raelettes – backing vocals. O […]
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October 25, 2014
My Melancholy Baby (With The Ray Charles Band)
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 26 November 1956 in New York at the Coastal Recording Studios. Ray Charles – p; Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Ray Charles.
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October 23, 2014
Olympia Beer (Jingle)
Read moreCompilation: Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino/WEA R2 72859, 16 September 1997. Ray produced the 30- and 60-second versions at RPM International in Los Angeles in (circa) 1973. The making-of story is here. The commercials were written and produced by Dean Tonkin, the film was shot by Vilmos Czigismond, Conrad Hall and Haskell Wexler. The […]
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October 22, 2014
Piano Improvisations (Not Titled)
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959), Disk 7 (4 tracks). From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953, in New York.
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October 21, 2014
Rockhouse
Read moreSingle (A/B; Part 1/2) Atlantic 2006, October 1958. Compilation album: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, September 1959. Recorded on 27 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts (solo); Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Read this about the authorship of the tune. […]
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October 21, 2014
Rockin’ Chair Blues
Read moreSwing “Beat” as label name. Single (B): Swing Beat 212. B/w Let’s Have A Ball. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Seattle, February 1949. Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b. Review in Billboard on November 12, 1949. Note “Maxim” Trio.
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October 20, 2014
Roly Poly (aka Back Home) (?)
Read moreFrom Billboard, October 11, 1952. Mentioning release of Sittin’ In With 651: I Can’t Do No More and Roly Poly. Single (B): Sittin’ In With, 651, b/w I Can’t Do No More. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1952. Ray Charles – p (?); Rufus Beacham – p; Jack McVea – […]
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October 19, 2014
See See Rider (aka C.C. Rider)
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 217, b/w What Have I Done. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1950. “With The Ray Charles Trio”: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.