1970
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October 11, 2014
There’s A Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon For New York
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles & Cleo Laine, Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. For the personnel listing, follow the link to the album.
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October 10, 2014
This Here (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. They knew it from the road. With uncredited band members, but the best possible reconstruction – with some uncertainties – is: Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpets; Glen Childress, Henry […]
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October 10, 2014
Till I Can’t Take It Anymore
Read moreAlbum: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970. Single (B): ABC 11271, August 1970, b/w If You Were Mine. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. Arranged by Sid Feller. With strings, and a rhythm section. The musicians remained uncredited. Carol Kaye possibly on bass; David T. Walker and Steve Guillory contributed on guitar.
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October 10, 2014
Till There Was You
Read moreAlbum: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With strings and singers. All individuals remained uncredited. Sid Feller took care of the arrangements Live: ’75 LC Madrid ’75 LC Japan – Released ’94 TV World ’99 LC Miami – Released (DVD) Miami 1999 (with filmed rehearsals):
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October 10, 2014
Togetherness (With Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Jimmy Heath. Ray Charles – piano; With Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) – trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David […]
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October 9, 2014
We Had It All
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Live: ’78 TV Exclusif
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October 9, 2014
We’re Gonna Make It
Read moreAlbum: Renaissance, Crossover 9005, June 1975. The album was recorded in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes, and on a few tracks also with some alumni of the band and other session musicians. The band members were: Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack […]
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October 9, 2014
What Am I Living For
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726. April 1971. Single (A): ABC 11317, December 1971, b/w Tired Of My Tears. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 8, 2014
What’ll I Do
Read moreAlbum: Ain’t It So, Crossover/Atlantic 19251, September 1979. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra and session musicians. Tenor solo by Clifford Solomon. In 1988 Ray performed a perfect version during Irving Berlin’s 100th Birthday Salute (below). Live: ’88 TV Irving
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October 8, 2014
Wheel Of Fortune
Read moreCompilation album: Rare Genius – The Undiscovered Masters, Concord Records, 25 October 2010. The Rare Genius album compiled recordings with uncredited (band and sesson) musicians at RPM International in Los Angeles from the ’70s to the ’90s. A few details in this nice track sound as if it has been victim of “adding a little sweetening to some […]
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October 8, 2014
Where Was He
Read moreAlbum: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With members of The Ray Charles Orchestra and The Raelettes, strings and singers. All individuals remained uncredited, but Tony Horowitz and Ken Tussing (both on trumpet), Henry Coker (trombone) and David T. Walker (guitar) contributed. Sid Feller arranged.
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October 8, 2014
Why Me, Lord (With Johnny Cash)
Read moreCompilation album: Rare Genius – The Undiscovered Masters, Concord Records, 25 October 2010. This duet track with Why Me, Lord was discovered in the Sony vaults; the Kristofferson song was produced by Billy Sherrill in Nashville in 1981 for a Johnny Cash CBS album – which never was released. Ray added some fantastic keyboard licks. Hear this Johnny Cash version, […]