1957
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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 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 17, 2014
Sinner’s Prayer
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1021, March 1954, b/w It Should’ve Been Me. Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with Jesse Drakes – trumpet; Sam Taylor- tenor sax; Dave McRae – bari; Connie Kay – drums; Mickey Baker – guitar; Lloyd Trotman – bass. B.B. King, at the session. […]
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October 15, 2014
Sweet Sixteen Bars
Read moreAtlantic 597. Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. EP: Atlantic 597, November 1957, b/w Doodlin’. See this. Single (B): Atlantic 2068, July 1960, b/w Tell The Truth. A moving piano blues, composed by Ray Charles. One could call it an instrumental version of A Fool For You. Recorded on 20 November 1956 at 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 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
Undecided
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. A fine instrumental (solos by Fathead and Ray), recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios in New York on 26 November 1956 with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Fathead Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Quincie […]