1966
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November 20, 2014
A Born Loser
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in June 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With uncredited horns, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, The Raelettes (Merry Clayton, Gwen Berry, Clydie King, Lilian Fort or possibly Edna Wright), and Ray contributing to the backing vocals. Arranged by Rene Hall. […]
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November 20, 2014
A Girl I Used To Know
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With strings; a choir; Ray Charles – organ and piano; Rene Hall – guitar; Carol Kaye – bass; Hal Blaine – drums. The live version, with The Raelettes and Billy Preston’s pedal work on organ – was considerably better. ’68 LC […]
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November 18, 2014
Baby Please (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreAlbum: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962. With Percy Mayfield – vocals; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; Ray Charles – organ; Howard Roberts – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Al McKibbon – bass; Milt Turner – drums.
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November 16, 2014
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in June 1965 at the United Studios in Hollywood. With woodwinds and a rhythm section including Rene Hall on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums, and The Raelettes. Update 27.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available, please let me know in the comments below if you […]
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November 15, 2014
Chitlins With Candied Yams
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. Ray Charles – organ and piano; Rene Hall – guitar; Carol Kaye – bass; Hal Blaine – drums; The Raelettes – backing vocals.
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November 14, 2014
Crying Time (With The Raelettes, Ft Lillie Fort)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC/Paramount 10739, October 1965, b/w When My Dream Boat Comes Home.Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded on June 23, 1965 at RPM Studios in Hollywood. Ray Charles (vocals, piano); John Audino, Conte Candoli (trumpet); Milton Bernhart, Frank D. Strong (trombone); Bill Perkins (tenor saxophone); Bill Carson (alto saxophone); Jewel Grant (baritone saxophone); […]
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November 13, 2014
Don’t You Think I Ought To Know
Read moreAlbum: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded in February 1965 at the United Studios in Hollywood. With Ray’s piano, a rhythm section (including Rene Hall on guitar, and Earl Palmer on drums), strings, and singers (all uncredited). Live:The song was longlisted as being part of the live repertoire in tour brochures from 1966 to […]
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November 13, 2014
Drifting Blues
Read moreAlbum: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded in Q3 of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by Onzy Matthews. With his rhythm section, a few strings and a choir. The violins and the (white) singers may seem odd in a blues number like this, but it worked our marvelously.The album doesn’t credit any […]
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November 12, 2014
Fading Love (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine TRC 950, 1965, b/w Stand By.Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Recorded in Los Angeles in circa 1964. The other musicians were not credited. Fading Love by Percy Mayfield on Grooveshark
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November 11, 2014
Give Me Time To Explain (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 957, 1965 , b/w My Jug And I.Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Recorded in Los Angeles in circa 1964. Ray Charles – piano; other musician unnamed. Arrangement by Gerald Wilson. Give Me Time to Explain by Percy Mayfield on Grooveshark
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November 11, 2014
Going Down Slow
Read moreAlbum: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded during the second fall sessions of 1965, at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Ray on piano, Billy Preston on organ, Rene Hall on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums. The 1968 rendition in Paris, with Billy, is a monument for all the times they worked together. Live:’67 […]
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November 10, 2014
Granny Wasn’t Grinning That Day
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With woodwinds (uncredited session musicians), and a rhythm section including Rene Hall on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums. The parlando male group rap was probably sung-said by session musicians.