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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 31, 2014
Let The Good Times Roll (With Bono, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones)
Read moreAlbum3: Quincy Jones, Q’s Jook Joint, Quest/Warner/WEA 9362-45875-2, November 1995. Q’s Jook Joint was Quincy Jones’ fourth concept album in a quartet (with Body Heat, The Dude and Back On The Block).The concept is based on the juke joints that served as makeshift nightclubs in the South. Quincy establishes his own juke joint in track 1, with Ray’s Let The Good Times […]
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October 31, 2014
Let’s Get Back To Where We Left Off (With Peggy Scott-Adams)
Read moreAlbum: Would You Believe? Warner Bros 26343, October 1990. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Musicians remained uncredited; Rich Cason produced the synthesizer parts. In an interview, Peggy later stated: “One of the highlights of my career was being able to work with Ray. He and Jimmy [Lewis] had been friends and worked together over the years. […]
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October 30, 2014
Living Without You
Read moreAlbum: Would You Believe? Warner Bros 26343, October 1990. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Musicians remained uncredited; Rich Cason produced the synthesizer parts. Living Without You by 08 – RAY CHARLES on Grooveshark
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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
Misty (with Steve Turre) (Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Steve Turre, In The Spur Of The Moment, Telarc 83484, 1999. The sessions with Ray Charles were recorded at Avatar Studios, Studios A & C, New York, New York on August 14 and October 8, 1999. Steve Turre – shells, trombone; Ray Charles – piano; Peter Washington – bass; Peter Turre – drums.
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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 Buddy
Read moreAlbum3: Quincy Jones, Q – The Musical Biography, Rhino R2 74363-2, 1991. DVD: Quincy Jones & Claude Nobs Present: Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 & 1992, Montreux, S.a. (track #20). In the 1984 documentary I Love Quincy, the protagonist surprised the film makers by giving them a tape that he had just found back, advising them to let Ray Charles […]
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October 25, 2014
My Friend (With Take 6)
Read moreAlbum3: Take 6, Join The Band, Reprise Entertainment 9 45497-2, 1994. Ray Charles joined the close harmony group Take 6 for the 3d track on their album Join The Band. In September 2014 their successful Ray Charles tribute show in Las Vegas premiered. Soundclip:
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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.
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October 24, 2014
No Time To Waste Time
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. Follow the album link for more details.