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October 12, 2014
The Hunt Is On (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreSingle3: Tangerine TRC 934, 1963, b/w Cookin’ In Style. Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963. Percy Mayfield – vocals; Ray Charles – organ; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Sonny Forriest – guitar; […]
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October 12, 2014
The Jealous Kind
Read moreAlbum: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians (from his Orchestra), session musicians, and The Raelettes. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Live: ’78 LC Antibes ’79 LC Antibes ’80 TV TS
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October 12, 2014
The Long And Winding Road
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971-04 Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller. McCartney told the Sunday Herald in 2003, “I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song, imagining it was going to be done […]
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October 12, 2014
The Man I Love
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on 30 April 1956 in New York with Joe Harris – drums; Oscar Pettiford – bass. Live: According to a concert souvenir booklet from 1962, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but no recordings with the band have surfaced.
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October 12, 2014
The Man With The Weird Beard
Read moreAlbum: Have A Smile With Me, ABC/Paramount 495, June 1964. Recorded in New York in the first week of May 1964. Arranged by Johnny Parker. For line-up details, follow the album link above.
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October 12, 2014
The Midnight Hour
Read moreClipping from Baltimore Afro American, 11 October 1952. French EP, 1961. Single (A): Atlantic 976, September 1952, b/w Roll With Me Baby. Compilation album: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Ad from Cashbox, Nov. 1, 1952. Taped in New York on 11 September 1952. Trumpet, saxes, drums, bass by unidentified musicians.
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October 12, 2014
The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
Read moreAlbum: Have A Smile With Me, ABC/Paramount 495, June 1964. Recorded in New York in the first week of May 1964. Arranged by Johnny Parker. For the session details follow the link to the album, above.
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October 12, 2014
The Pages Of My Mind
Read moreAlbum: From The Pages Of My Mind, Columbia 40388, September 1986. Single (A): Columbia 6172, June 1986, b/w Slip Away. Recorded in Nashville (follow link above for line-up), and mixed in Los Angeles, at RPM International. Rio 1986 (near-complete, starts at 25’10): Live: ‘ 86 LC Rio ‘ 88 LC Saratoga
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October 12, 2014
The Ray
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. This instrumental was written and arranged by Quincy Jones, and recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b.
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October 12, 2014
The Right Time (Night Time Is –) (With Margie Hendricks)
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 2010, November 1958 b/w Tell All The World About You. Compilation album: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Recorded on 28 October 1958 in New York with Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – ts; Hank Crawford – bs; Teagle Fleming – d; Edgar Willis – […]
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October 12, 2014
The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make You Cry)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Raelettes, The Ray Charles Orchestra (all musicians remained uncredited, but the little organ solo on this track may have been played by Doug “Doctor Music” Riley, who later remembered contributing as an arranger, and as the “second keyboardist”). […]
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October 12, 2014
The Snow Is Falling (aka Snowfall, I Used To Be So Happy)
Read moreSwing Time 326-A. Single (B): Swing Time 326. B/w Misery In My Heart. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1951. Ray Charles “With Orchestra”: Ray Charles – voc, p; arr; Billy Brooks, Fleming Askew – tp; Marshall Royal, Earl Brown – as; Stanley Turrentine, Maurice Simon – ts; […]