1950
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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 […]
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October 10, 2014
Unfinished Song
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. Named “Unknown Title” in Pure Genius‘ liner notes. Just a few slivers of lyrics and some chords; probably an unfinished original song. From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun (New York, 1953).
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October 9, 2014
Walkin’ And Talkin’ (aka Talkin’ ‘Bout You)
Read moreRe-release. Ray dated the recording in 1947. The Miami-based music business veteran Henry Stone has claimed several times that he recorded and released the tune in 1950 or 1951, together with St. Pete’s Blues, Why Did You Go, and I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’. The verdict, for now, is that the tune was recorded in Miami (?), in 1951. Ray […]
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October 9, 2014
What Have I Done? (aka Ray Charles Blues; aka Tell Me Baby)
Read moreReview in ,Cashbox Sep. 15, 1951. Single (B): Down Beat 217, 1950, b/w See See Rider. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1950. Ray Charles Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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October 9, 2014
What Kind Of Man Are You (With Mary Ann Fisher)
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1172, January 1958, b/w Talkin’ ‘Bout You. Compilation: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, September 1959. Recorded on 28 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Edgar Willis – b. Mary Ann Fisher; The Cookies – voc. […]
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October 9, 2014
What Would I Do Without You (aka Don’t Deceive Me)
Read moreJimmy Cleveland’s original. Single (B): Atlantic 1096, May 1956, b/w Hallelujah I Love Her So. Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded in New York on 30 November 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Joshua Willis – tp; Don Wilkerson – ts; Cecil Payne – bs; Panama Francis – d; Paul West – b. The composition and lyrics […]
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October 8, 2014
What’d I Say
Read moreAtlantic vault’s single masters #3263, 3264: Single (A) and (B): What’d I Say (Part 1)/What’d I Say (Part 2), Atlantic, 2031, 1959-06. Atlantic vault’s first album edit master #3363: Album: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, 1959-09. Recorded on 18 February 1959 in New York with David Newman – as, ts; Hank Crawford – bs; Milt Turner – d; […]
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October 8, 2014
When Your Lover Has Gone
Read moreAlbum: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. The Quincy tracks on this album were recorded in New York on 23 and 26 June 1959 with Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snookie Young, Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – trumpets; Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell, Al Gray – trombones; Frank Wess – flute, […]
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October 8, 2014
Why Did You Go
Read moreThe Miami-based music business veteran Henry Stone has claimed several times that he recorded and released the tune in 1950 or 1951, together with St. Pete’s Blues, Walkin’ And Talkin’, and I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’. In the excellently researched liner notes of the “early years” compilation album The Way I Feel, though, only Walkin’ And Talkin’ and I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’ are located in […]
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October 7, 2014
Worried Life Blues (Someday Baby)
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10118, May 1960, b/w Sticks And Stones. Compilation album: Pure Genius, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Worried Life Blues is one of the most ‘waxed’ blues songs of all time, first recorded by Major “Big Maceo” Merriweather in 1941 (Bluebird 8827). It was inspired by Someday Baby Blues, recorded by […]
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October 7, 2014
Yes Indeed
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1180, March 1958, b/w I Had A Dream. Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded in New York on 20 February 1958 with Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – tp; David Newman – ts, as; Emmett Dennis – bs; Edgar Willis – b; Richie Goldberg – ds; The Raelettes – backing vocals. Yes […]
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October 7, 2014
You Be My Baby
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1196, August 1958, b/w My Bonnie. Compilation album: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, September 1959. Song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. “Ray Charles recorded it only after getting a third of the song” (source here). Recorded in New York on 20 February 1958 with Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – tp; David Newman – […]