1986
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October 9, 2014
What Child Is This?
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, John Boice, Dan […]
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October 8, 2014
Winter Wonderland
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, […]
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December 24, 2013
A Second Version Of Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (1994)
Read moreSanta Claus Is Comin’ To Town was part of Ray Charles’ The Spirit Of Christmas album, recorded in the Fall of 1984, and officially released in early 1986. Today, hearing this – radically different – version came as a big surprise: This rendition was produced for the movie Miracle On 34th Street (1994). Ray almost […]