1960
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October 24, 2014
No Greater Love (There Is —) (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. The 1936 standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 24, 2014
No Letter Today
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2, ABC/Paramount 435, October 1962. Single (B): ABC 10435, March 1963, b/w Take These Chains from My Heart. Recorded on 5 September 1962 in New York. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. Musicians not credited. Ray sang second voice. Live: According to concert souvenir booklets from 1963 and 1964, this […]
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October 24, 2014
No One
Read moreSingle (A): No One, ABC 10453, May 1963, b/w Without Love (There Is Nothing). Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. With the Ray Charles Orchestra and The Raelettes. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. Live: ’63 LC Gênio
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October 24, 2014
No One To Cry To
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10571, June 1964, b/w A Tear Fell. Album: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964. Recorded around 8 May 1964 at the Bell Sound Studios in New York and arranged by Sid Feller. With strings and the Gene Lowell Singers. Arranged by the Sid Feller.
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October 24, 2014
No Use Crying
Read moreAlbum: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. One of Ray’s darkest masterpieces. Recorded during the second fall session of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Rene Hall on guitar, Earl Palmer on drums, probably Billy Preston on organ, and The Raelettes. Don Peake remembers playing the guitar intro on his 1931 Gibson L5 acoustic […]
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October 24, 2014
Nobody Cares
Read moreCompilation album: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Taped in New Orleans on 4 December 1953 with Wallace Davenport, Frank Mitchell – tp; O’Neil Gerald – as; Joe Tillman – ts; Warren Bell- bs; Oscar Moore – d; Lloyd Lambert – b.
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October 24, 2014
Ode To Billie Joe (Ft Clydie King)
Read moreAlbum: It’s A Blues Thing, Monad B000003J7X, 1995 (1968). F.l.t.r. Merry Clayton, Alex Brown, Gwen Berry, Clydie King at Newport Jazz Fest on July 7, 1968. From Michigan Daily (Jul. 13): “Charles is an unequaled musical institution. He closed his performance with High-Heeled Sneakers [= Hi Heel Sneakers], bringing the house down 8 times. One highlight […]
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October 24, 2014
Oh, Lonesome Me
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2, ABC/Paramount 435, October 1962. Recorded on 5 September 1962 in New York. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. Musicians not credited. Live: ’83 TV CMA – Partial, in medley with Ronnie Milsap
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October 24, 2014
Ol’ Man River
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York with uncredited strings and The Jack Halloran Singers. Arranged by Marty Paich. In 1988 and 1989 Ray recreated the 1963 chart of Ol’ Man River with the orchestra and choir of the New York Ballet […]
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October 23, 2014
Ol’ Man Time
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Single (B): ABC 10509, November 1963, b/w That Lucky Old Sun. Recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. The big band tracks were produced with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, and a few session musicians: Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, […]
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October 22, 2014
One Mint Julep
Read moreAlbum: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. Single (A): Impulse 200, February 1961, b/w Let’s Go. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 and 27 December 1960. Ray Charles – organ; John Frosk, Jimmy Nottingham, Philip Guilbeau (trumpet solo), Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Keg […]
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October 22, 2014
Over The Rainbow
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Ray solo, in a majestic arrangement, recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. With strings (uncredited) and The Jack Halloran Singers. Arranged by Marty Paich. Live: ’72 LC San Carlos – With Susaye Greene