1957

  • November 21, 2014

    I Surrender Dear (With The Ray Charles Sextet)

    Album: 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 Fool For You

    Single (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

    Ain’t That Love

    Single (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 17, 2014

    Black Coffee

    Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 30 April 1956 at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York. Session personnel: David Newman – tenor saxophone; Emmott Dennis – baritone saxophone; Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – trumpet; Roosevelt Sheffield, Oscar Pettiford – bass; William Peeples, Joe Harris – drums.

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  • November 15, 2014

    Come Back Baby (aka Come Back)

    Single (B): Atlantic 1050, December 1954, b/w I’ve Got A Woman.Compilation album: Ray Charles,  Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded in Atlanta on 18 November 1954 with Joe Bridgewater, Charles Whitley – tp; Don Wilkerson – ts; David Newman – bs; Glenn Brooks – d; Wesley Jackson – g; Jimmy Bell – b. Ray’s songwriter’s credits (repeated on […]

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  • November 13, 2014

    Doodlin’ (With The Ray Charles Sextet)

    Doodlin’ (With The Ray Charles Sextet) 1st edit (Atlantic master #2227): Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957.EP: Atlantic 597, November 1957, b/w Sweet Sixten Bars. See this.2nd edit (Atlantic masters #4759, 4760): Single (A. Part 1; B. Part 2): Atlantic 5005, September 1960. Recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios in New York on 26 November 1956  with […]

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  • November 13, 2014

    Drown In My Own Tears

    Single (B): Atlantic 1085, January 1956, b/w Mary Ann.Compilation: Ray Charles,  Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded at the Atlantic Studio in New York City, on November 30, 1955. With “his band”: Joe Bridgewater, Joshua Willis – trumpets; Don Wilkerson – tenor saxophone; Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone; Paul West – bass; Panama Francis – drums. This was […]

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  • November 11, 2014

    Funny (But I Still Love You)

    Single (B): Atlantic 999, July 1953, b/w Mess Around.Compilation: Ray Charles,  Atlantic 8006, June 1957. 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.

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  • November 10, 2014

    Greenbacks

    Single (B): Atlantic 1076, October 1955 b/w Black Jack.Compilation album: Ray Charles,  Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded in Atlanta on 18 November 1954 with Joe Bridgewater, Charles Whitley – tp; Don Wilkerson – ts; David Newman – bs (solo); Glenn Brooks – d; Wesley Jackson – g; Jimmy Bell – b.

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  • November 10, 2014

    Hallelujah I Love Her So

    Single (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 3, 2014

    I’ve Got A Woman (aka I Got A Woman, I Gotta Woman)

    Single (A): Atlantic 1050, December 1954 b/w Come Back Baby.Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957.Live single with 1964 Shrine version (A: Part 1/B: Part 2) ABC 10649, March 1965. Charles told that he performed the song for about a year before he recorded it in Atlanta at the studio of Georgia Tech radio station WGST on […]

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  • October 30, 2014

    Losing Hand

    Single (A): Atlantic 1037, August 1954 b/w Don’t You Know.Compilation album: Ray Charles,  Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with Jesse Drakes – tp; Sam Taylor- ts; Dave McRae – bs; Connie Kay – ds; Mickey Baker – g; Lloyd Trotman – b.

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