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• November 9, 2014

  Hey Girl (With Michael McDonald)

  Album: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. Recorded at RPM International (and some of the orchestral parts elsewhere) in Los Angeles between mid 2003 and March 2004. For an unabridged personnel listing see Wikipedia.

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• November 8, 2014

  How Did You Feel The Morning After

  Album: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio in Studio City. For details on personnel, follow the album link, above.

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• November 7, 2014

  I Just Can’t Get Enough Of You

  Album: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at the Ouistiti Studios and the Plus XXX Studios in Paris, mixed at RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio, Studio City. For personnel details, follow the album link, above. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available, please […]

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• November 7, 2014

  I Love You More Than I Ever Have

  Album: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio, Studio City, California. For the personnel, follow the album link, above. Listen to it here.

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• November 6, 2014

  I Will Be There (Virtually With Idina Menzel)

  Album: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. Ray Charles laid down most of the songs for this album at his own studio, RPM International in Los Angeles, in 1997 and 1998. Post mortem, duet parts of these tunes were dubbed in by virtual duet partners.

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  November 4, 2014

  Imagine

  In 1998 the French bank Crédit Agricole continued their long running “Imagine” advertising campaign with a small series of commercials for which Ray Charles’ friend Jean-Pierre Grosz produced the soundtrack, with Ray’s special version of John Lennon’s Imagine. You can still watch some samples online: here and here. The complete song was first released in France as a CD […]

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• November 3, 2014

  It All Goes By So Fast (Virtually With Mary J Blight)

  Album: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. Ray Charles laid down most of the songs at his own studio, RPM International in Los Angeles, in 1997 and 1998. Post mortem, duet parts of these tunes were dubbed in by virtual duet partners. For more production details, follow the album link, above.

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• November 3, 2014

  It Was A Very Good Year (With Willie Nelson)

  Album: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. Mid March 2004 Willie Nelson postponed one of his concerts to make it to the session: “Willie […] has an emergency recording with Ray Charles as Ray is not long for the world according to the production people that just called us”. Recorded at RPM International (and some of […]

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• November 3, 2014

  It’s A Miracle (With Barry Manilow)

  Album3 (DVD): Barry Manilow – The First Television Specials, Rhino, 6 November 2007. Ray Charles performed this duet with the “casually-dressed” host of the Second Barry Manilow Special, first broadcast by ABC on February 24, 1978. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if […]

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  October 27, 2014

  Mary Ann (With Poncho Sanchez)

  Album: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. Ray reviving his 1956 tune with some extra cha-cha soul! Personnel for the Out Of Sight album: Pancho Sanchez, David Torres, Tony Banda, George Ortiz, Sal Vasquez, Serofin Aguilar, Scott Martin, Francisco Torres, Dale Spauding, Francisco Aguabella. Looking at this EPK for the album, it seems safe to conclude […]

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• October 26, 2014

  Mother

  Album: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Promo single. A 5″ CD promo single was issued in 2002 by Crossover with a radio edit (4’03) and a bonus interview of Ray Charles by Barbara Blake. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio, […]

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• October 26, 2014

  Mr. Creole

  Album: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio, Studio City, California. For session details, follow the album link, above. Mr. Creole by Ray Charles on Grooveshark

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