1960
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November 11, 2014
Frenesi (With The Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles In Person, Atlantic 8039, May 1960 (1959). Ray recorded this Alberto Dominguez tune only once, live, in Atlanta at the Herndon Stadium on May 29, 1959. (Charles Carpenter in 1939 added lyrics to the song, using the pseudonym Ray Charles…). Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – trumpet, David Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone; Hank […]
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November 11, 2014
Georgia On My Mind
Read moreAlbum: Album: Genius Hits the Road, ABC/Paramount 335, July 1960.Single (A): ABC 10135, August 1960, b/w Carry Me Back To Old Virginny. Recorded at the Capitol Studios in New York on March 25, 1960. With Milt Turner on drums and Edgar Willis on bass, uncredited strings, and choir.According to the original liner notes, the song was arranged […]
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November 11, 2014
Go On Home
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 11045, January 1968, b/w That’s A Lie.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded in January 1967 at RPM International in Los Angeles. All musicians remained uncredited: woodwinds, Billy Preston on organ, Carol Kaye on bass, Rene Hall on guitar, Earl Palmer on drums, and The Raelettes (Gwen Berry, Alex Brown, Merry Clayton, […]
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November 9, 2014
Hide Nor Hair
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10314, March 1962, b/w At the Club.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Written by Percy Mayfield. Read this about the historic Dr. Foster. 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 — Cyd Shrine […]
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November 9, 2014
Hit The Road Jack (With The Raelettes)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10244, August 1961, b/w The Danger Zone.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Steve Hoffman wrote that “Ray Charles recorded both Hit The Road Jack and Unchain My Heart on one 30-minute reel of tape in real ‘reel’ time. In other words, both songs finished, recorded and mixed within 1/2 hour!” When Hoffman was remastering the song […]
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November 8, 2014
Hot Rod (aka The Spirit-Feel) (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Album: Ray Charles In Person, Atlantic 8039, May 1960 (1959). The tune, written by Milt Jackson, is only known from the two earliest released live concerts in Newport (1958) and Atlanta (1959). 1958 line-up:Ray Charles – voice, piano, alto saxophone; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Fathead Newman – […]
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November 8, 2014
I Can’t Stop Loving You, Baby
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 11239, August 1969, b/w We Can Make It.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With a-typical male backing vocals (by Jimmy Lewis?).
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November 8, 2014
I Chose To Sing The Blues
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10840, August 1966, b/w Hopelessly.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded in June 1966 at RPM in Los Angeles. Carol Kaye played bass. She remembered: “We cut [this tune] about the same time as I Don’t Need No Doctor – mid 60s; live band in the studio… Raelettes were there […]. A […]
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November 7, 2014
I Don’t Need No Doctor
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10865, October 1966, b/w Please Say You’re Fooling.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Radio DJs received a promo single with a rare, much longer (5’09”), version. But making this hypnotizing tune a B-side probably wasn’t the smartest release decision ever made. Don’t miss the marvelous performance in Stockholm (below). Recorded at […]
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November 6, 2014
I Wake Up Crying
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10588, September 1964, b/w Smack Dab In The Middle.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.
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November 6, 2014
I Want To Talk About You
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10901, February 1967, b/w Something Inside Me.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded at United Studios in Hollywood in February 1965. The rhythm section included Rene Hall on guitar, and Earl Palmer on drums.
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November 6, 2014
I Wonder
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10141, August 1960, b/w Them That Got.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Steve Hoffman discovered that at ABC the compiler of the Greatest Hits album (at least of the stereo version, ABC-Paramount ABCS-415, 1962) used or received the wrong take. Greatest Hits (ABCS-415), 1962: Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance […]