1960

• October 16, 2014

  Stella By Starlight

  Album: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 and 24, 1960. With (uncredited) strings and singers. Marty Paich – arranger, conductor. Live: ’84 LC Carnegie NM (unsure). According to concert souvenir booklets from 1961 to c 1964, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but […]

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• October 15, 2014

  Sticks And Stones

  Single (B): ABC 10118, May 1960, b/w Worried Life Blues. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded at the Capitol Studios in New York on 27 April 1960. Phil Guilbeau – trumpet, John Hunt – flugelhorn; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis […]

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• October 15, 2014

  Stompin’ Room Only

  Album: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. Instrumental arranged by Ralph Burns, with Ray Charles on organ. The sessions at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, were on 26 and 27 December 1960. With Philip Guilbeau, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Clark Terry, Eugene (Snooky) Young – trumpets; Henry Coker, Urbie Green, Al […]

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• October 15, 2014

  Stranger In My Own Home Town (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

  Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Single (A). Tangerine 941, 1964, b/w Maybe It’s Because Of Love. Recorded in Los Angeles on January 20, 1964. Percy Mayfield – vocals; Ray Charles – piano; Edgar Willis – bass; other personnel unidentified.

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• October 15, 2014

  Strike Up The Band

  Album: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 and 27 December 1960. Ray Charles on Hammond, trumpet by Phil Guilbeau. Arranged by Quincy Jones. Follow the album link above for further details. Live: ”62 LC Berlin – Released

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• October 15, 2014

  Sweet Eyes (With David Fathead Newman)

  Album: Fathead, Atlantic 1304, 1960. Recording date: November 5, 1958 at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York. Ray Charles (p), David Newman (as), Marcus Belgrave (tp); Hank Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (ds). Arranged by Hank Crawford. Recording engineer: Tom Dowd.

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• October 15, 2014

  Sweet Georgia Brown

  Album: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Up tempo septet arrangement by Marty Paich, recorded at United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 – 24, 1960. Personnel for these sessions: John Hunt – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Martin Banks, Bill Pittman – […]

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• October 15, 2014

  A Sweet Young Thing Like You

  Album: A Portrait Of Ray, ABC/Tangerine 625, March 1968. Single (A): ABC 11133, August 1968, b/w Listen, They’re Playing My Song. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Ray Charles Orchestra, studio musicians, a string section and The Raelettes (all uncredited). Live: ’68 LC Paris ’68 LC Fresno

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• October 15, 2014

  Swing A Little Taste (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

  Album: Ray Charles Live In Concert, ABC/Paramount 500, January 1965. Ray and the band never recorded this great instrumental in the studio studio. The tune was written by Julian Priester (who, oddly, seems to have missed the two recordings during his stay at the band, in 1964 – the one in the UK taped several months […]

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• October 14, 2014

  Take These Chains From My Heart

  Album: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2, ABC/Paramount 435, October 1962. Single (A): ABC 10435, March 1963, b/w No Letter Today. Recorded on 7 September 1962 in Hollywood. Arranged by Marty Paich. Musicians nor singers credited. O Gênio 1963: ‘63 LC Gênio – 2x – Released (DVD) ’70 TV Cash ’78 TV Country ’80 LC […]

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• October 14, 2014

  Takes Two To Tango

  Album: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13-14, 1961. Ray Charles – piano, voc.; Betty Carter – voc; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, […]

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• October 14, 2014

  Teardrops From My Eyes

  Album: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964. Single (B): ABC 10615, January 1965, b/w Cry. Recorded on 8 May 1964 at the United Studios in Hollywood and arranged by Calvin Jackson. The track lost about 30 seconds to fit the 45 RPM (radio) format. Follow the link above to read about the line-up. Ray rediscovered […]

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