1960
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November 4, 2014
I’m Ready
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969. Written and produced by Jimmy Lewis. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Raelettes, and members of The Ray Charles Orchestra. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available, please let me know in the comments below if you have any […]
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November 4, 2014
I’m Satisfied (With The Raelettes, Ft Susaye Greene)
Read moreSingle (B): BC 11213, April 1969, b/w Let Me Love You.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.
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November 4, 2014
In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963.Album: Live In Concert, ABC/Paramount 500, 1964. Recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. Ray’s take on this song almost seemed like a personal lesson in blues (re-)interpretation for Ella Fitzgerald, who released the song on her These Are The Blues album that same year. Where […]
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November 4, 2014
In The Heat Of The Night
Read moreSingle (A): ABC/Tangerine 10970, August 1967. B/w Something’s Got To Change.Album3 (soundtrack): United Artists Records, 1C 064-82 893, 1967.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. The song was arranged and produced by Quincy Jones for the 1967 film with the same title. Director Norman Jewison recalled songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman singing their bluesy tune […]
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November 3, 2014
Indian Love Call (aka When I’m Calling You)
Read moreAlbum: I’m All Yours Baby, ABC/Tangerine 675, February 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited musicians (incl. strings). Ray’s voice got an unusual echo in this production (by Sid Feller). In live concerts it became a duet with Susaye Greene, and an ideal vehicle for her highest notes. Update 13.02.2021: the video of […]
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November 3, 2014
It Makes No Difference Now
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, ABC/Paramount 410, April 1962. The album was recorded on 5 and 7 February 1962 at Capitol Studios in New York City, and on 15 February at United Recording Studios in Hollywood. Arranged by Gil Fuller. For the little that is known about the personnel, follow the link to […]
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November 3, 2014
It Should’ve Been Me (With Jesse Stone)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1021, March 1954, b/w Sinner’s Prayer.EP: Atlantic 567, 1956, It Should’ve Been Me, Don’t You Know/I’ve Got A Woman, Come Back.Single (B) alternate take: Atlantic 2106, May 1961, b/w Am I Blue .Compilation album: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Recorded on 17 May 1953 in New York. With Jesse Drakes […]
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November 3, 2014
It’s A Man’s World
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in 1965 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With unnamed members of The Ray Charles Orchestra (probably Bobby Womack on guitar). Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — […]
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November 3, 2014
I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail
Read moreAlbum: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. One of the four Ray Charles tunes that were labeled with the ‘swingova’-tag. The term was invented by arranger Sid Feller, to emphasize their hybrid swing/bossa nova style. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles. The musicians were not credited. The Jack Halloran […]
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November 2, 2014
I’ve Got News For You
Read moreAlbum: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961.Single (A): Impulse 202, June 1961, b/w I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 or 27 December 1960. Session line-up: John Frosk, Jimmy Nottingham, Philip Guilbeau, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, […]
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November 2, 2014
Josephine (With Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreAlbum: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 or 24, 1960. John Hunt – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Martin Banks, Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Irving Cottler – drums. Marty […]
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November 2, 2014
Joy Ride (With Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b.