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October 29, 2014
Love Train (Ft Dorothy Berry, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreAlbum3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (and maybe some session musicians). Live:’72 LC San Carlos’73 LC Arbor’75 LC Paris’75 LC […]
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October 29, 2014
Lover’s Blues (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (B), Tangerine TRC 976, July 1967, b/w Into Something Fine.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor). Ray Charles on piano. On the compilation album Hits […]
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October 29, 2014
Love’s Gonna Bite You Back
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 in March 1980.
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October 29, 2014
Luvbug (With Susaye Greene & Scherrie Paine)
Read moreAlbum3: Susaye Greene & Scherrie Paine, Partners, Motown M7-920R1, 1979. Susaye and Ray were lovers when she was a Raelette, from 1968 to 1975. After that she became part of The Supremes.After The Supremes disbanded in 1977, Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene released their debut album, Partners. Guest vocals: “The Great Ray Charles As The Luvbug”. Susaye […]
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October 27, 2014
Merry Christmas Baby
Read moreAlbum (VHS, France): Ray Charles Live, Cinéthèque VCV 402, S.a. A great rendition of the Charles Brown song, from the TV show Christmas In Ettal – A Black Ceremony at a Monastery in Germany, taped (most probably) in 1976, on Christmas Eve.The VHS erroneously titled the song Santa Claus Blues. With Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone; Carmell Jones, […]
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October 27, 2014
Metamorphosis (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded with the Ray Charles Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Solos: Clifford Solomon – as; Phil Guilbeau – tp; Ernest Vantrease – p. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil […]
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October 26, 2014
Morning Of Carnival (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973-01. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Ray Charles – piano; 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 Newman […]
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October 25, 2014
My First Night Alone Without You
Read moreAlbum: Through The Eyes Of Love, ABC/Tangerine 765, August 1972. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arrangement by Sid Feller.
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October 25, 2014
My God And I
Read moreCompilation album: Recorded Live At Newport In New York, Buddah BDS5616, 1974 (1973). Album: Renaissance, Crossover 9005, June 1975. This is one of the rare cases where a live rendition sooner found its way to vinyl than the studio version. Ray’s delivery in the studio was excellent, but the live version is superior. This beautiful song was recorded twice on […]
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October 25, 2014
Neither One Of Us (With Gladys Knight & The Pips)
Read moreAlbum3 (DVD): Gladys Knight & The Pips – Featuring Ray Charles: Live In Los Angeles, Immortal, 13 January 2008. Filmed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, on or around September 1977. (Starts at 4’00):
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October 25, 2014
Never Ending Song Of Love
Read moreAlbum: Through The Eyes Of Love, ABC/Tangerine 765, August 1972. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with band and strings. Ray filled in his own backing vocals. The musicians remained uncredited. Arrangement by Sid Feller.
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October 25, 2014
Never No More (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine TRC 923, May 1962, b/w I Reached For A Tear. Album3: Percy Mayfield, Bought Blues, Tangerine TRCS 1510, 1971. Recorded in New York City on March 23, 1962. In the early 1960s Ray involved the members of his old septet in sessions for Percy: Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor […]