1960
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October 22, 2014
P.S. I Love You (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: 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 22, 2014
Peace Of Mind
Read moreAlbum: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With woodwinds (probably all session musicians), a rhythm section including Rene Hall on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums, and The Raelettes. Live: According to concert souvenir booklets from c. 1966 and 1968, this number […]
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October 22, 2014
People
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. Wait for the falsetto finale! Recorded at RPM International in January 1967. With woodwinds, strings, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums. Arranged by Sid Feller. Live: According to a concert souvenir booklet from 1968, this number was part of […]
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October 22, 2014
People Will Say We’re In Love (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums; The Jack Halloran […]
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October 22, 2014
Please Forgive And Forget
Read moreAlbum: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood in January 1965 (Rene Hall on guitar, Earl Palmer on drums). Arranged by Sid Feller. On the album it was stated that the song was originally produced for the film Ballad In Blue, whereas it’s […]
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October 22, 2014
Please Say You’re Fooling
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Single (A): ABC 10865, October 1966, b/w I Don’t Need No Doctor. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With strings and singers (uncredited); Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums. Live: According to a concert souvenir booklet from 1968, this number was […]
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October 22, 2014
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. The bossa nova song Corcovado by Antônio Carlos Jobim got this title when Gene Lees added his lyrics. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians.
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October 21, 2014
Ray’s Blues
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. Live: According to a concert souvenir booklet from […]
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October 21, 2014
River’s Invitation (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 931, 1963, b/w Baby Please. Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963. Brother Ray replaced Maxwell Davis’ sax break from Mayfield’s 1952 version with a pretty piano solo. With Percy Mayfield – vocals; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; […]
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October 20, 2014
Rosetta
Read moreAlbum: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 and 24, 1960. John Hunt (trumpet); Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Martin Banks, Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Irving Cottler – drums. Marty Paich […]
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October 20, 2014
Ruby
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10164, November 1960, b/w Hard Hearted Hannah. Album: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 or 24, 1960. The single version was cut back to a little less than 3 minutes. With strings and singers. Marty Paich – arranger, conductor. Antibes 1961 (starts at 57:30): […]
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October 19, 2014
Sentimental Journey
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in April 1966. With uncredited musicians (incl. all or most of the following musicians: Preston Love on alto, Leroy Cooper on bari, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums) and The Raelettes (Merry Clayton, Gwen Berry, Clydie King, […]