1960
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October 19, 2014
She’s Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. A mini-masterclass in soulful falsetto balladeering. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in 1966 or 1967. With a strings section and members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (all uncredited). Arrangement by Sid Feller.
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October 18, 2014
She’s Lonesome Again
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With strings and choir (uncredited), and a rhythm section with Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass and Earl Palmer on drums.
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October 18, 2014
Side By Side (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums. Marty Paich – […]
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October 17, 2014
Smack Dab In The Middle
Read moreAlbum: Have A Smile With Me, ABC/Paramount 495, June 1964. Single (A): ABC 10588, September 1964, b/w I Wake Up Crying. Recorded in New York in the first week of May 1964. Arranged by Benny Carter. For session details follow album link, above. In July 1961 Ray was in the audience when the Count Basie band played […]
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October 17, 2014
Somebody Ought To Write A Book About It
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10938, April 1967, b/w Here We Go Again. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded in January 1967 at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited: woodwinds, strings, Billy Preston on organ, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on bass, and The Raelettes: Gwen Berry, […]
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October 17, 2014
Someday
Read moreAlbum: I’m All Yours Baby, ABC/Tangerine 675, February 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited musicians (incl. strings). Produced by Sid Feller. 1982, Le Grand Studio: Live: ’82 TV Legrand According to concert souvenir booklets from 1963, 1964, 1966 and 1968, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but no recordings […]
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October 17, 2014
Someday (You’ll Want Me To Want You)
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2, ABC/Paramount 435, October 1962. Recorded on 5 September 1962 in New York City. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. Musicians not credited.
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October 17, 2014
Someone To Watch Over Me (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: Jimmy Scott, Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine, TRC 1501 (Monaural)/TRCS 1501 (Stereo), 22 June 1963. Recorded with uncredited musicians at the United Recordings Studios, Hollywood, California in 1962. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. David Ritz wrote (in The Guardian of 9 January 2003): “Charles thought Scott’s problem was that he didn’t have the right material. That was […]
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October 17, 2014
Something Inside Me
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10901, February 1967, b/w I Want To Talk About You. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in April 1966. With uncredited musicians (incl. Preston Love on alto, Leroy Cooper on bari, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums) and […]
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October 17, 2014
Something’s Got To Change
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10970, August 1967, b/w In The Heat Of The Night. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Written by Ray Charles and Billy Preston (who also added a few organ licks). Recorded on April 11, 1967, at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Bill King, Walter Miller – tp; Fred Murrell, Henry […]
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October 17, 2014
Something’s Wrong
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10557, May 1964, b/w My Baby Don’t Dig Me. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Beautiful lament, penned by Percy Mayfield. Recorded with uncredited musicians.
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October 16, 2014
Soul Meeting (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Recorded on April 10, 1958 in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Percy Heath – bass; Art Taylor – drums.