1958

  • November 6, 2014

    I Want To Know

    Single (A): Atlantic 1143, January 1957 b/w Ain’t That Love.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 16 May 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater,  John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield; The Cookies (Margie Hendricks, Dorothy Jones, Darlene McCrea) – backing vocals. […]

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  • November 4, 2014

    In A Little Spanish Town (With The Ray Charles Septet)

    Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Single (B) [edited version]: Atlantic 2239, June 1964 b/w Talkin’ ‘Bout You. The tune is only known from two live recordings. The Newport 1958 version of course made it to the album, but also to a heavily edited single release. The line-up in Newport was: David Newman – tenor […]

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  • November 3, 2014

    It’s All Right (aka It’s Alright) Single (A)

    Single (A): Atlantic 1143, June 1957 b/w Get On The Right Track Baby.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 27 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b; The Raelettes.

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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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  • November 1, 2014

    Leave My Woman Alone

    Single (B): Atlantic 1108, August 1956 b/w Lonely Avenue.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 16 May 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield; The Cookies – backing vocals. The song goes back on […]

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  • October 30, 2014

    Lonely Avenue

    Single (A): Atlantic 1108, August 1956, b/w Leave My Woman Alone.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 16 May 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – d; Roosevelt Sheffield; The Cookies – backing vocals.

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  • October 19, 2014

    Sherry (aka Sherri) (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

    Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958. Original tune by Hank Crawford. Ray Charles – piano; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Newman – tenor saxophone; Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Richie Goldberg – drums. 1958 Live: In 1962 Crawford recorded it again – this time in the Atlantic studio […]

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  • October 16, 2014

    Soul Brothers (With Milt Jackson)

    Album: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York City. Milt Jackson – piano; Ray Charles – alto saxophone; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums.

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  • October 15, 2014

    Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ‘Bout That River)

    Ad from Billboard,  7 October 1957.  Single (A): Atlantic 1154, August 1957 b/w I Want A Little Girl. Compilation (studio and Newport versions): Pure Genius, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. Recorded on 28 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Edgar […]

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  • October 14, 2014

    Talkin’ ‘Bout You

    July ’64 (Newport ’58). January ’58(studio). Single (A): Atlantic 1172, January 1958, b/w What Kind Of Man Are You. Single (A): Atlantic 2239, July 1964, b/w In A Little Spanish Town. Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. The studio version was recorded on 28 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – […]

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  • October 12, 2014

    The Right Time (Night Time Is –) (With Margie Hendricks)

    Single (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 Sun’s Gonna Shine Again

    Clipping 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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