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October 9, 2014
What Kind Of Man Are You (With Mary Ann Fisher)
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1172, January 1958, b/w Talkin’ ‘Bout You. Compilation: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, September 1959. Recorded on 28 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Edgar Willis – b. Mary Ann Fisher; The Cookies – voc. […]
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October 9, 2014
What Kind Of Man Is This (With James Cleveland)
Read moreUnreleased. This was a brief pre-taped segment of the TV show Ray Charles – A Man And His Soul, with Jimmy Cleveland and Ray Charles playing one piano, produced in the early summer of 1983. Watch it here (and this for the 1955 original). Ray played the song with a big choir, at the Ray Charles Celebrates A […]
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October 9, 2014
What Would I Do Without You (aka Don’t Deceive Me)
Read moreJimmy Cleveland’s original. Single (B): Atlantic 1096, May 1956, b/w Hallelujah I Love Her So. Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded in New York on 30 November 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Joshua Willis – tp; Don Wilkerson – ts; Cecil Payne – bs; Panama Francis – d; Paul West – b. The composition and lyrics […]
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October 9, 2014
What-Cha Doing In There (I Wanna Know)
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded between August and September 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With session musicians (incl. Rene Hall – guitar; Carol Kaye – bass; Earl Palmer – drums), and The Raelettes.
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October 8, 2014
What’d I Say
Read moreAtlantic vault’s single masters #3263, 3264: Single (A) and (B): What’d I Say (Part 1)/What’d I Say (Part 2), Atlantic, 2031, 1959-06. Atlantic vault’s first album edit master #3363: Album: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, 1959-09. Recorded on 18 February 1959 in New York with David Newman – as, ts; Hank Crawford – bs; Milt Turner – d; […]
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October 8, 2014
What’ll I Do
Read moreAlbum: Ain’t It So, Crossover/Atlantic 19251, September 1979. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra and session musicians. Tenor solo by Clifford Solomon. In 1988 Ray performed a perfect version during Irving Berlin’s 100th Birthday Salute (below). Live: ’88 TV Irving
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October 8, 2014
Wheel Of Fortune
Read moreCompilation album: Rare Genius – The Undiscovered Masters, Concord Records, 25 October 2010. The Rare Genius album compiled recordings with uncredited (band and sesson) musicians at RPM International in Los Angeles from the ’70s to the ’90s. A few details in this nice track sound as if it has been victim of “adding a little sweetening to some […]
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October 8, 2014
When I Stop Dreamin’
Read moreAlbum: A Portrait Of Ray, ABC/Tangerine 625, March 1968. Single (B): When I Stop Dreaming, ABC 11170, December 1968, b/w If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in February 1968. With strings, choir, and probably a rhythm section with studio musicians (all uncredited, but possibly with Carol Kaye on bass). Arranged […]
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October 8, 2014
When My Dreamboat Comes Home
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10739, October 1965, b/w Crying Time. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood in June 1965. With woodwinds (probably freelancers), a rhythm section including Rene Hall on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums, and the Jack Halloran Singers.
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October 8, 2014
When Your Lover Has Gone
Read moreAlbum: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. The Quincy tracks on this album were recorded in New York on 23 and 26 June 1959 with Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snookie Young, Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – trumpets; Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell, Al Gray – trombones; Frank Wess – flute, […]
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October 8, 2014
Where Can I Go
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Ray’s marvelous interpretation of Leo Fuld’s Wo Ahin Soll Ich Geh’n (Tell Me Where Shall I Go). Arranged by Johnny Parker. The album was recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. Follow the link to the album (above) to check on […]
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October 8, 2014
Where Was He
Read moreAlbum: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With members of The Ray Charles Orchestra and The Raelettes, strings and singers. All individuals remained uncredited, but Tony Horowitz and Ken Tussing (both on trumpet), Henry Coker (trombone) and David T. Walker (guitar) contributed. Sid Feller arranged.