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November 21, 2014
I Wish I’d Never Loved You At All (With Gladys Knight)
Read moreAlbum: Just Between Us, Columbia 40703, September 1988. Recorded at RPM International with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (i.e. Mark Curry, Bobby Medina, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; Mike Christianson, Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, Charlie Schofner – trombones; Al Jackson, Ricky Woodard, Rudy Johnson, Leroy Cooper [and Chris Lega?] – saxophones; Ernest Vantrease […]
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November 21, 2014
You Don’t Exist No More (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine TRC 935, 1964 , b/w Memory Pain.Album3: Percy Mayfield – His Tangerine and Atlantic Sides, Rhino RHM 27828, 2003. One of Percy’s darkest songs ever, recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963. With Percy Mayfield – vocals; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; Ray Charles – piano; Howard Roberts – […]
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November 21, 2014
Your Love Is So Doggone Good
Read moreAlbum: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.Single (B): ABC 11308, July 1971, b/w Feel So Bad. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. A remarkable, strings dominated arrangement by Sid Feller. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The choir, and the rhythm section remained uncredited (Carol Kaye possibly on bass). Ray added […]
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November 20, 2014
3/4 Of The Time (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded on a new 16-track console in late 1974 and early 1975 at the RPM International Studio in Los Angeles. With Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, Bob Coassin – trumpets; Ken Tussing, Glenn Childress, Steve Davis, Wally Huff – trombones; Eddie Pratt, Clifford Solomon […]
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November 20, 2014
3/4 Time
Read moreAlbum: Wish You Were Here Tonight, Columbia 38293, March 1983.Single (A): Columbia 3810, March 1983, b/w You Feel Good All Over. Recorded with uncredited Nashville session musicians between 1981 and 1983, finished at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by James Polk. Columbia produced a clip of the song, directed by Marc Ball, edited by Captain Video, […]
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November 20, 2014
A Bit of Soul (aka Blues Hangover)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 2094, February 1961, b/w Early In The Morning. Compilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings [“Remastered LP version”], Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. The erroneous […]
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November 20, 2014
A Born Loser
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in June 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With uncredited horns, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, The Raelettes (Merry Clayton, Gwen Berry, Clydie King, Lilian Fort or possibly Edna Wright), and Ray contributing to the backing vocals. Arranged by Rene Hall. […]
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November 20, 2014
A Childhood
Read moreAlbum3: Silences On Crie, Fondation Pour L’Enfance, 18371-1, 1989 (distributed by CBS; CB 321); also on cassette (18371-4, 1989). A Childhood was part of an album titled Silences On Crie, a fundraising vehicle for and released by the Fondation Pour L’Enfance, a French charity fighting against child abuse, in November 1989. Among the other artists contributing were Richard Bohringer, Francis […]
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November 20, 2014
A Fool For You
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1063, June 1955, b/w This Little Girl Of Mine.Compilation: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. One could call Sweet Sixteen Bars an instrumental […]
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November 20, 2014
A Girl I Used To Know
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With strings; a choir; Ray Charles – organ and piano; Rene Hall – guitar; Carol Kaye – bass; Hal Blaine – drums. The live version, with The Raelettes and Billy Preston’s pedal work on organ – was considerably better. ’68 LC […]
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November 20, 2014
A Little Bit Of Heaven
Read moreAlbum: From The Pages Of My Mind, Columbia 40388, September 1986. Single (B): Columbia 6370, October 1986, b/w Dixie Moon. Recorded in Nashville, and mixed in Los Angeles, at RPM International. With Bobby Odgin, Timmy Tappan – piano; William Puett – horns; Hargus Pig Robbins, Bobby Wood – keyboards; Pete Bordonali, Pete Drake, Jerry Kennedy, Weldon […]
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November 20, 2014
A Little Bitty Tear
Read moreCompilation album: Rare Genius – The Undiscovered Masters, Concord Records, 25 October 2010. A tune from the Ray Charles Vaults at the RPM International studio in Los Angeles. The basic tracks were laid down by Ray himself, sometime in the ’70s or ’80s. You can almost touch how little energy he put into his voice. I […]