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October 18, 2014
Side By Side (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums. Marty Paich – […]
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October 18, 2014
Sidewinder (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreBillboard trade ad for Ray Charles, Orchestra, Raelettes – April 3. Album: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. Single (B): Tangerine 1015, March 1971, b/w Booty Butt. This Lee Morgan composition (fully known as The Sidewinder) was recorded with the band at RPM International in Los Angeles, between January 1 to 10, 1970. More than […]
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October 17, 2014
Silent Night
Read moreAlbum (VHS, DVD): Ray Charles Celebrates A Gospel Christmas, Urban Works, 23 November 2004; CD: EMI Records, 27 November 2006. Recorded on 8 December 2002 at the Resch Center in Green Bay (WI) with the Voices of Jubilation Gospel Choir.
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October 17, 2014
Sinner’s Prayer
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1021, March 1954, b/w It Should’ve Been Me. Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with Jesse Drakes – trumpet; Sam Taylor- tenor sax; Dave McRae – bari; Connie Kay – drums; Mickey Baker – guitar; Lloyd Trotman – bass. B.B. King, at the session. […]
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October 17, 2014
Sister Sadie (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded with the Ray Charles Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, Bob Coassin – trumpets; Ken Tussing, Glenn Childress, Steve Davis, Wally Huff – trombones; Eddie Pratt, Clifford […]
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October 17, 2014
Sitting On Top Of The World
Read moreSwing Time 215-A. Single (A): Down Beat 215. B/w I’ve Had My Fun (Going Down Slow). Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1950. Ray Charles, – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b. Also check the album Ray Charles: Unreleased for alternative takes. Soundclip:
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October 17, 2014
Slip Away
Read moreAlbum: From The Pages Of My Mind, Columbia 40388, September 1986. Single (B): Columbia 6172, June 1986, b/w The Pages Of My Mind. Recorded in Nashville; final mix in Los Angeles, at RPM International. For the line-up of other musicians follow the album link, above.
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October 17, 2014
Smack Dab In The Middle
Read moreAlbum: Have A Smile With Me, ABC/Paramount 495, June 1964. Single (A): ABC 10588, September 1964, b/w I Wake Up Crying. Recorded in New York in the first week of May 1964. Arranged by Benny Carter. For session details follow album link, above. In July 1961 Ray was in the audience when the Count Basie band played […]
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October 17, 2014
So Help Me God
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Remarkable – but nice – fusion between a bombastic hymn (“How can I hang in this environmental state of being / When everything I’m striving for it’s nothing that I’m seeing”) and a cliché love song (“Cause you are the one I love / […]
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October 17, 2014
Some Enchanted Evening
Read moreAlbum: Ain’t It So, Crossover/Atlantic 19251, September 1979. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by James Polk. With uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra and session musicians. Tenor solo by Clifford Solomon. 1979 Austin: Live: ’79 LC Antibes ’79 LC Viareggio ’79 LC Austin ’80 TV TS ’80 LC Northsea ’81 LC Edmonton […]
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October 17, 2014
Somebody
Read moreAlbum: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974. Single (B:) Crossover/Atlantic 974, March 1974, b/w Louise. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Ray Charles Orchestra and The Raelettes (uncredited), but Tony Horowitz and Ken Tussing (both on trumpet), Henry Coker (trombone) and David T. Walker (guitar) contributed. The song, written by Ray, sounds […]
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October 17, 2014
Somebody Ought To Write A Book About It
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10938, April 1967, b/w Here We Go Again. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded in January 1967 at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited: woodwinds, strings, Billy Preston on organ, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on bass, and The Raelettes: Gwen Berry, […]