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November 3, 2014
It Was A Very Good Year (With Willie Nelson)
Read moreAlbum: 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 Man’s World
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in 1965 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With unnamed members of The Ray Charles Orchestra (probably Bobby Womack on guitar). Update 13.02.2021: 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 — […]
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November 3, 2014
It’s A Miracle (With Barry Manilow)
Read moreAlbum3 (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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November 3, 2014
It’s All Right (aka It’s Alright) Single (A)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1143, June 1957 b/w Get On The Right Track Baby.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 27 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b; The Raelettes.
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November 3, 2014
It’s Almost Here (The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Keyboard)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine 986, 1968, b/w. I Want To Thank You.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Ray Charles on piano. The Raelettes (possible line-up): Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Gwen Berry and Alex Brown (but in the Summer of ’68 the girls’ line-up went through several changes; cf. the Raelettes Page). Recorded at RPM International, Los […]
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November 3, 2014
I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail
Read moreAlbum: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. One of the four Ray Charles tunes that were labeled with the ‘swingova’-tag. The term was invented by arranger Sid Feller, to emphasize their hybrid swing/bossa nova style. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles. The musicians were not credited. The Jack Halloran […]
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November 3, 2014
I’ve Got A Woman (aka I Got A Woman, I Gotta Woman)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1050, December 1954 b/w Come Back Baby.Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957.Live single with 1964 Shrine version (A: Part 1/B: Part 2) ABC 10649, March 1965. Charles told that he performed the song for about a year before he recorded it in Atlanta at the studio of Georgia Tech radio station WGST on […]
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November 2, 2014
I’ve Got News For You
Read moreAlbum: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961.Single (A): Impulse 202, June 1961, b/w I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 or 27 December 1960. Session line-up: John Frosk, Jimmy Nottingham, Philip Guilbeau, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, […]
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November 2, 2014
I’ve Had My Fun (aka Going Down Slow)
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 215. B/w Sitting On Top, 1950.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1950. Ray Charles Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee, Michael Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b. Lloyd Glenn – supervisor (i.e. producer a/o arranger?).
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November 2, 2014
Jambalaya (With Fats Domino & Jerry Lee Lewis)
Read moreAlbum3: Fats & Friends (German LP: Exclusive Records, 1987; VHS: Atlantic/WEA, 28 May 1991; DVD: Time Life Records, 6 March 2007; German DVD: High Planet Entertainment, 8 September 2004, titled Rockin’ Pianos). Medley-ish jam with Lewis Boogie, from the TV show Fats & Friends, recorded on 5 June 1986 at the Storyville Jazz Hall, in New Orleans. With Fats […]
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November 2, 2014
Josephine (With Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreAlbum: Dedicated To You, ABC/Paramount 355, January 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on August 23 or 24, 1960. John Hunt – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Martin Banks, Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Irving Cottler – drums. Marty […]
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November 2, 2014
Joy Ride (With Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b.