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November 5, 2014
I’m Gettin’ ‘Long All Right (Ft Merry Clayton, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine 984, 1968, b/w All I Need Is His Love.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971 (titled I Get Along All Right). Merry Clayton rarely sounded more soulful than on this A-side of Tangerine 984 from 1968 (with yet another title variarion: I’m Gett’n Long Alright).Ray Charles played piano, and can be heard calling off the […]
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November 4, 2014
I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, Bob Coassin – trumpets; Ken Tussing, Glenn Childress, Steve Davis, Wally Huff – trombones; Eddie Pratt, Clifford Solomon – alto saxophones; James […]
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November 4, 2014
I’m Gonna Keep On Singin’
Read moreCompilation album: Rare Genius – The Undiscovered Masters, Concord Records, 25 October 2010. Recorded with uncredited (band and session) musicians and The Raelettes at RPM International in Los Angeles between (probably) circa 1975 and circa 1985.The track sounds like genuine Genius. I doubt if it required any “sweetening” by the producers of the Rare album. From the mid […]
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November 3, 2014
Into Something Fine (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 976, 1967, b/w Lover’s Blues.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor). Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or most from the Ray Charles orchestra).
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November 3, 2014
Is There Anyone Out There
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles (that choir sounds BIG, though).
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November 3, 2014
Isn’t It Wonderful
Read moreCompilation album: Rare Genius – The Undiscovered Masters, Concord Records, 25 October 2010. Recorded with uncredited (band and session) musicians at RPM International in Los Angeles from the ’70s to the ’90s. According to the album’s press release, “Adding a little sweetening to some of the sparse, stripped-down tracks was a team of top-notch musicians and […]
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November 3, 2014
Isn’t It Wonderful (By Lim Taylor, Ray Charles On Keyboard)
Read moreAlbum3: Lim Taylor, You Hear Me Knocking, Crossover CR-9001-A*, 1972. The song was written by Joel Webster and Lim Taylor. Lim Taylor is the son of Mable John (and the brother of Joel Webster whose Elixir LP also came out on Crossover). The album was produced by Lim Taylor, Joel Webster and Edward Langford (who also penned most […]
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November 3, 2014
It Ain’t Easy Being Green (aka It Isn’t Easy Being Green, Bein’ Green)
Read moreAlbum: Renaissance, Crossover 9005, June 1975. Recorded in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes, on a few tracks also with some alumni of the band and other session musicians. An audiotape of a working session where Sid Feller and Ray Charles discussed and worked on […]
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November 3, 2014
It Ain’t Necessarily So (With Cleo Laine)
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Cleo and Ray recorded together from 20 to 23 April 1976, and Ray’s instrumentals were recorded on 13 July, at RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For more details, click on the album’s link, above.
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November 3, 2014
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (With Cast)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS, France): Duke Ellington – We Love You Madly, VRV 1124, S.a. Opening of the 1973 CBS TV special Duke Ellington… We Love You Madly, recorded at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, on 10 and 11 January 1973. With Roberta Flack, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Count Basie, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Billy Eckstine, Quincy Jones, Joe […]
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November 3, 2014
It Hurts To Be In Love
Read moreCompilation album: Rare Genius – The Undiscovered Masters, Concord Records, 25 October 2010. The song was co-written by Rudy Toombs (of One Mint Julep and Teardrops From My Eyes fame). Recorded with uncredited musicians at RPM International in Los Angeles. Live:’81 TV Carter’82 TV Legrand’88 LC Leeuwin’90 LC Armenonville’91 LC McCallum – Released’96 LC Atlantic City’96 LC Warsaw’98 LC Charlotte NM’99 […]
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November 3, 2014
It Takes So Little Time
Read moreAlbum: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974. Recorded with strings and singers at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by Sid Feller. (An audiotape of a working session where Feller and Charles discussed and worked on the arrangement of the song has survived). Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available, […]