Album

• October 14, 2014

  Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me

  Atlantic 2084. Album: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312 (matrix # 3470), October 1959. Single (A) [edited version]: Atlantic 2084 (matrix # 5097), November 1960 b/w Come Rain Or Come Shine. Single (B) [edited version]: Atlantic 2470 (matrix # 5097), December 1967* b/w Come Rain Or Come Shine. Recorded on 6 May 1959 in New York with Bob Brookmeyer – […]

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• October 14, 2014

  Tell The Truth (With Margie Hendricks)

  Album: Ray Charles In Person, Atlantic 8039, May 1960 (1958). Single (B): Atlantic 2068, 1960-07 b/w Sweet Sixteen Bars. The taping comes from the 1958 live concert at Newport, being added to the 1959 concert in Atlanta for the In Person album. Also listen to this earlier version by The 5 Royales (Atlantic attributed Ray with the writing credits…). Studio: The […]

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• October 14, 2014

  Tell What You Want Me To Do

  Album: 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. For the personnel, follow the album link, above.

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• October 14, 2014

  Tempo

  Album3 (DVD): Blues Clues: Blue’s Big Musical Movie, Paramount, 3 October 2000. Album3 (CD + Book): Rhino/WEA, 17 October 2000. I’ve also seen VHS and Playstation versions. Performed by Ray Charles (in his audio-only role as G-Clef) and The Persuasions. The tracks Notes, Rhythm, and Tempo (and Dynamics, to which Ray didn’t contribute) represent a basic element of music, […]

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  October 13, 2014

  Th’ Ego Song (aka The Ego Song; All The Girls In Town; Sweet As Can Be)

  Ad in Cashbox, 15 July. From Cashbox, Aug. 12, 1950. Swing Time 228-A. Single (A): Swing Time 228. B/w Late In The Evening Blues. Alternative takes are known to exist. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in  Los Angeles, on May 26, 1950. Ray Charles, voc, p; Teddy Buckner – tp; Marshall Royal – […]

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• October 13, 2014

  Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again

  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. For the line-up, follow the album link, above.

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• October 13, 2014

  That Goes To Show You (The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Piano)

  Release fromJuly 1971. Single (B): Tangerine 1014, 1970, b/w Bad Water. Album3: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic TR-CD 4422, 1993. The Raelettes (feasible line-up): Ft. Susaye Greene. Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, ?Dorothy Berry? and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (and maybe […]

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  October 13, 2014

  That Lucky Old Sun

  Full page ads in Billboard (above) and Cashbox (below). Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Single (A): ABC 10509, November 1963, b/w Ol’ Man Time. For session details, follow the album link, above. The single version was cut back to a little longer than 3 minutes. The performance of this song at the Shrine […]

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• October 13, 2014

  That Spirit Of Christmas

  Album: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, and The Raelettes in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, John Boice, Dan Weinstein, […]

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• October 13, 2014

  That Thing Called Love

  Album: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969. Single (B): ABC 11259, January 1970, b/w Laughin’ And Clownin’. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Raelettes and The Ray Charles Orchestra (all musicians remained uncredited. Written and produced by Jimmy Lewis. Johnny Cash Show: Live: ’70 TV Cash ’70 TV Tom ’99 LC […]

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• October 13, 2014

  That’s A Lie

  Single (B): ABC 11045, January 1968, b/w Go On Home. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded on April 1, 1967, at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Bill King, Walter Miller – tp; Fred Murrell, Henry Coker – tb; Curtis Amy – ts; Leroy Cooper – bs; Barry Rillera – g; Edgar Willis […]

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• October 13, 2014

  That’s All I Am To You

  Single (B): ABC 10720, September 1965, b/w The Cincinnati Kid. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.

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