1960
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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 13, 2014
Early In The Morning
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 2094, February 1961 b/w A Bit Of Soul.Compilation: The Genius Sings the Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Recorded on 28 October 1958 in New York with Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – ts; Hank Crawford – bs; Teagle Fleming – ds; Edgar Willis – b, and The Raelettes. […]
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November 13, 2014
Eleanor Rigby
Read moreAlbum: A Portrait Of Ray, ABC/Tangerine 625, March 1968.Single (B): ABC 11090, May 1968, b/w Understanding. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in February 1968. With The Ray Charles Orchestra, studio musicians, a string section and The Raelettes (all uncredited). Carol Kaye played bass; Earl Palmer played drums. Tonight Show, 1968:Update 01.02.2021: the video of this […]
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November 12, 2014
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. The album was recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. With Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – […]
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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 12, 2014
Fathead (By David Fathead Newman, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Fathead, Atlantic 1304, 1960. Recording date: November 5, 1958 at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York. Ray Charles (p), David Newman (as), Marcus Belgrave (tp); Hank Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (ds). Arranged by Hank Crawford. Recording engineer: Tom Dowd. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available, please let me […]
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November 12, 2014
Feelin’ Sad
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1008, September 1953, b/w Carryin’ That Load.Compilation: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Taped in New Orleans on August 18, 1953, with Edgar Blanchard’s Band: Auguste “Bimes” Dupont – as; Warren Hebrew – ts; Elandro Smart – d; Edgar Blanchard – g; Frank Fields – b.
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November 12, 2014
Feudin’ And Fightin’
Read moreAlbum: Have A Smile With Me, ABC/Paramount 495, June 1964. Recorded in New York on May 7, 1964. Session personnel: Curt Miller, Oliver Beener, Floyd Jones, Philip Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrowes, Wallace Davenport – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, Julian Priester, Keg Johnson – trombones; Danny Turner, Harold Geezil Minerve, Bill Pearson, Hank Crawford – alto saxophones; […]
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November 12, 2014
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Raelettes and The Ray Charles Orchestra (all remained uncredited). Written and produced by Jimmy Lewis. Paris 1969 (track #3) – the Raelettes never moved this fast: Live:’69 LC Paris’70 TV Cash’70 LC Paris’71 LC Paris
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November 12, 2014
For All We Know (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. The album was recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. Session personnel: Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr […]
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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 […]