1993
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January 21, 2017
Newport 1993 Now Complete
Read moreOn August 14, 1993, Ray performed at the Fort Adams State Park in a program of the Newport Jazz Festival. Until today I had only seen 4 of the tunes, but now Concert Vault has brought the complete concert online. See this for more context.
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November 20, 2014
A Lover’s Blues (aka Lover’s Blues) (By Margie Hendrix, Backed By The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine TRC 940, April 1964, b/w Let No One Hold You. Compilation album: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic Records TR-CD 4422, 1993. Written and produced by Ray Charles (also on piano). The Vocals: Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, and Floyd Butler. David Fathead Newman on tenor sax. Two years later The Raelettes – […]
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November 20, 2014
A Song For You
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Single (A): Warner Bros. 18611, March 1993, b/w I Can’t Get Enough. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. Arranged by Jeremy Lubbock. For the names of the session musicians, follow the […]
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November 10, 2014
Happy Birthday
Read moreAlbum3: Willie Nelson, The Big Six-O (Laserdisc: CBS Video, S.a.; VHS: 20th Century Fox, 1 January 1998). Willie Nelson, Big Six-O, 1993: Update 10.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd Live:’93 TV Willie’97 TV Bassey NM
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November 6, 2014
If I Could
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For the names of the session musicians, follow the link to the album description, above. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer […]
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November 5, 2014
If You Wanna Keep Him (aka If You Want To Keep Him) (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 1031, 1973 (b/w Jimmy Cliff, Many Rivers To Cross).Album3: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic TR-CD 4422, 1993. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or most from the Ray Charles Orchestra).
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November 5, 2014
I’ll Be There
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993.Promo Single (A – remix; B – album version): Warner Bros PRO-CD-5978, 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For the names of the session musicians, follow the link to the album […]
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October 31, 2014
Let Me Take Over
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For the names of the session musicians, follow the link to the album description, above. Update 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer […]
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October 30, 2014
Love Has A Mind Of Its Own
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For the names of the session musicians and singers (a.o. Mavis Staples), follow the link to the album description, above. Update 14.02.2021: the video of […]
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October 28, 2014
Many Rivers To Cross (The Raelettes, Ray Charles on keyboards)
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 1015, March 1971, b/w Booty Butt.Album3: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic TR-CD 4422, 1993. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra. The girl singing solo sounds most like Dorothy Berry. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, and Dorothy Berry.
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October 26, 2014
More Love Than Ordinary
Read moreThis was a bonus track (only) on a French release of the CD: My World, Warner Bros 26735, 1993*. The song was originally written by Francis Cabrel (cf. this Youtube clip), and adapted in English by (Ray’s longtime French girlfriend) Arlette Kotchounian**. It was added as a bonus track to a (French?) (re?)release of Ray’s album My World (Disk ID: 1674286*). Ray’s original audio version, with […]
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October 25, 2014
My World
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For the names of the session musicians, follow the link to the album description, above.