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October 9, 2014
Walkin’ And Talkin’ (aka Talkin’ ‘Bout You)
Read moreRe-release. Ray dated the recording in 1947. The Miami-based music business veteran Henry Stone has claimed several times that he recorded and released the tune in 1950 or 1951, together with St. Pete’s Blues, Why Did You Go, and I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’. The verdict, for now, is that the tune was recorded in Miami (?), in 1951. Ray […]
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October 9, 2014
Watch It Baby
Read moreAlbum: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. Ray recorded this typical Percy Mayfield song at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians were not credited. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. Listen here.
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October 9, 2014
Way Down Home On The Farm (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreCompilation album3: Percy Mayfield, His Tangerine And Atlantic Sides, Rhino Handmade RHM2 7828, 2003. Recorded in Los Angeles on January 20, 1964. Percy Mayfield – vocals; Ray Charles – piano; Edgar Willis – bass; other personnel unidentified. Listen here.
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October 9, 2014
We Can Make it
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969. Single (A): ABC 11239, August 1969, b/w I Can’t Stop Loving You, Baby. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Raelettes, The Ray Charles Orchestra (all musicians remained uncredited. Doug “Doctor Music” Riley contributed as arranger and “second keyboardist” (for the single version; the album version didn’t […]
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October 9, 2014
We Didn’t See A Thing (With Chet Atkins And George Jones)
Read moreSingle (A): Columbia 4297, November 1983, b/w I Wish You Were Here Tonight. Album: Friendship, Columbia 39415, February 1985. Also released on George Jones’ album By Request, Epic FE39546, 1984. The Friendship album was recorded at the Eleven Eleven Studios and the Soundshop Studio in Nashville, and the Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, with c&w veteran Billy Sherrill. Ray […]
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October 9, 2014
We Don’t See Eye To Eye
Read moreAlbum: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, 1966-01. Recorded in Q3 of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With the Ray Charles Orchestra. The album doesn’t credit any of the musicians. Listen here. Live: According to a concert souvenir booklets from c. 1966 and 1968, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but no recordings have […]
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October 9, 2014
We Had It All
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Live: ’78 TV Exclusif
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October 9, 2014
Weird Beard (With David Fathead Newman)
Read moreAlbum3: Fathead, Atlantic 1304, 1960. Recording date: November 5, 1958 at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York. Ray Charles (p), David Newman (ts), Marcus Belgrave (tp); Hank Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (ds). Arranged by Hank Crawford. Recording engineer: Tom Dowd.
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October 9, 2014
We’re Gonna Make It
Read moreAlbum: Renaissance, Crossover 9005, June 1975. The album was recorded in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes, and on a few tracks also with some alumni of the band and other session musicians. The band members were: Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack […]
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October 9, 2014
What Am I Living For
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726. April 1971. Single (A): ABC 11317, December 1971, b/w Tired Of My Tears. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 9, 2014
What Child Is This?
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, John Boice, Dan […]
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October 9, 2014
What Have I Done? (aka Ray Charles Blues; aka Tell Me Baby)
Read moreReview in ,Cashbox Sep. 15, 1951. Single (B): Down Beat 217, 1950, b/w See See Rider. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1950. Ray Charles Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.