1960
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October 26, 2014
Music, Music, Music (With The Ray Charles Band)
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours; Atlantic 1369, June 1961. Recorded on 30 April 1956 in New York. Ray Charles – p; Joe Harris – d; Oscar Pettiford – b. Live: In 1962 the tune was listed in a concert souvenir brochure as being part of the band’s book, but no live recording has been made.
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October 26, 2014
My Baby (I Love Her, Yes I Do) (With Margie Hendricks)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10081, January 1960, b/w Who You Gonna Love. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. The first release on ABC-Paramount. Phil Guilbeau – trumpet, John Hunt – flugelhorn; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Milton Turner – drums. […]
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October 26, 2014
My Baby Don’t Dig Me
Read moreSingle (A): My Baby Don’t Dig Me, ABC 10557, May 1964, b/w Something’s Wrong. Compilation: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. One of the 16 Percy Mayfield-penned tunes that Ray Charles delivered on vinyl. Here with his big band.
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October 25, 2014
My Cup Runneth Over (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 25, 2014
My Heart Cries For You
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10530, February 1964, b/w Baby, Don’t You Cry. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Sid Feller produced the tune with strings and choir. It’s one of the very few tracks that Ray remixed later “because he hated the strings on the original mix”.
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October 25, 2014
My Jug And I (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine TRC 957, 1965, b/w Give Me Time To Explain. Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRC 1505, 1966. Recorded in Los Angeles on January 20, 1964. Percy Mayfield – vocals; Ray Charles – piano; Edgar Willis – bass; Other personnel unidentified. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.
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October 25, 2014
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
Read moreAlbum: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 or 24, 1960. With uncredited strings and (Jack Halloran’s?) singers. Marty Paich – arranger, conductor. Live: According to concert souvenir booklets from 1961 to 1964, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but no recordings with […]
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October 25, 2014
Never Had Enough Of Nothing Yet
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 11009, October 1967, b/w Yesterday. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Typical Jimmy Holliday song. Recorded on April 11, 1967, at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Bill King, Walter Miller – tp; Fred Murrell, Henry Coker – tb; Curtis Amy – ts; Leroy Cooper – bs; Barry Rillera […]
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October 25, 2014
Never Say Naw
Read moreAlbum: A Portrait Of Ray, ABC/Tangerine 625, March 1968. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in February 1968. Arranged by Sid Feller. With strings, woodwinds, and a rhythm section with studio musicians (all uncredited, but possibly with Carol Kay on bass). (Track #1, starts at 0’50): Live: According to a concert souvenir booklet from 1968, […]
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October 25, 2014
Never Say Naw (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Single (A): Tangerine 927, 1963, b/w Life Is Suicide. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962. Percy Mayfield – vocals; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Newman – tenor saxophone; Ray Charles – piano; Sonny Forriest, guitar.
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October 24, 2014
New York’s My Home
Read moreAlbum: Album: Genius Hits the Road, ABC/Paramount 335, July 1960. Recorded at Capitol Studios, New York on 29 March 1960. With John Hunt, Marcus Belgrave, Martin Banks – trumpet; David Newman – tenor saxophone, Hank Crawford – alto saxophone, Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Milt Turner – drums; Edgar Willis – bass. According to the liner […]
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October 24, 2014
Next Door To The Blues
Read moreAlbum: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles. With the Ray Charles Orchestra and The Raelettes. Arranged by Onzy Matthews.