1950
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October 14, 2014
Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me
Read moreAtlantic 2084. Album: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312 (matrix # 3470), October 1959. Single (A) [edited version]: Atlantic 2084 (matrix # 5097), November 1960 b/w Come Rain Or Come Shine. Single (B) [edited version]: Atlantic 2470 (matrix # 5097), December 1967* b/w Come Rain Or Come Shine. Recorded on 6 May 1959 in New York with Bob Brookmeyer – […]
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October 13, 2014
Th’ Ego Song (aka The Ego Song; All The Girls In Town; Sweet As Can Be)
Read moreAd in Cashbox, 15 July. From Cashbox, Aug. 12, 1950. Swing Time 228-A. Single (A): Swing Time 228. B/w Late In The Evening Blues. Alternative takes are known to exist. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, on May 26, 1950. Ray Charles, voc, p; Teddy Buckner – tp; Marshall Royal – […]
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October 13, 2014
That’s Enough
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 2022, April 1959 b/w Tell Me How Do You Feel. Compilation: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, September 1959. Recorded on 26 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Edgar Willis – b. Mary Ann Fisher, The […]
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October 12, 2014
The Ray
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. This instrumental was written and arranged by Quincy Jones, and recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b.
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October 12, 2014
The Right Time (Night Time Is –) (With Margie Hendricks)
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 2010, November 1958 b/w Tell All The World About You. Compilation album: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Recorded on 28 October 1958 in New York with Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – ts; Hank Crawford – bs; Teagle Fleming – d; Edgar Willis – […]
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October 12, 2014
The Snow Is Falling (aka Snowfall, I Used To Be So Happy)
Read moreSwing Time 326-A. Single (B): Swing Time 326. B/w Misery In My Heart. 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; […]
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October 12, 2014
The Story (With Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreCompilation album (DVD): Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. The tune was written by tenor saxophonist James Moody and arranged by Ray Charles. The small band first played it at the 1960 Newport Festival. Hank Crawford played it on his first album, More Soul, played with the small band ex Ray. In 1961 […]
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October 12, 2014
The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
Read moreClipping from Billboard, 11 Oct. 1952. Single (A): Atlantic 984, January 1953, b/w Jumpin’ In The Mornin’. Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Taped in New York on 11 September 1952 (trumpet, saxes, drums, bass by unidentified musicians).
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October 11, 2014
There’s No You
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. This fine melody, written by Tom Adair, was recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios on 26 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by […]
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October 10, 2014
This Little Girl Of Mine
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1063, June 1955, b/w A Fool For You. Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. When Charles wrote this, he may have been a little bit more than just inspired by the gospel tunes This Little Light Of Mine and Satisfied With Jesus. Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – […]
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October 10, 2014
This Love Of Mine
Read moreCompilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Seattle, February 1949. Ray Charles, – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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October 10, 2014
Two Years Of Torture
Read moreAlbum: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, 1959-10. Percy Mayfield tune, recorded in New York on 23 June 1959. Arranged by Johnny Parks. Tenor solo by Paul Gonsalves.