Appearances
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November 1, 2014
Learn To See (Duet)
Read moreUnreleased. “One of Mr. Scacciaferro’s proudest accomplishments is a documentary exploring the life of people with Down Syndrome featuring a music video written by Mr. Scacciaferro and performed by his long time friend Ray Charles,” his website says. Part of it was a song titled Learn To See, written and produced by Scacciaferro, and performed […]
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October 31, 2014
Lewis Boogie (With Fats Domino & Jerry Lee Lewis)
Read moreAlbum3: Fats & Friends (German LP: Exclusive Records, 1987; VHS: Atlantic/WEA, 28 May 1991; DVD: Time Life Records, 6 March 2007; German DVD: High Planet Entertainment, 8 September 2004, titled Rockin’ Pianos). In a medley-ish jam with Jambalaya, from the TV show Fats & Friends, recorded on 5 June 1986 at the Storyville Jazz Hall, in New Orleans. With Fats […]
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October 31, 2014
Lift Every Voice And Sing
Read moreAlbum: A Message From the People, ABC/Tangerine 755, April 1972. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in 1972. Ray may have played the organ on this one. The musicians remained uncredited (but follow the link to the album for the identified session players). The Raelettes contributing to the Cavett shows were Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, […]
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October 31, 2014
Light Out Of Darkness
Read moreAlbum: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. Ray wrote this wonderful song in ’64 for the film Ballad In Blue. Arranged by Sid Feller.The – longer – album version was delivered with strings and choir, and was recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood in January 1965 (Rene Hall on guitar, […]
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October 31, 2014
Lil’ Darlin’ (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005 (DVD with Newport 1960 concert). “An unusually slow instrumental from the Basie Book”, warned Willis Connover in his introduction to the 1960 performance of the tune. With Ray Charles – piano; Phil Guilbeau – trumpet, John Hunt – flugelhorn; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; […]
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October 30, 2014
Listen Up (With Quincy Jones A.O.)
Read moreSingle3: Quincy Jones, Listen Up, Warner Bros/Quest Records, 7 September 1990 (CD single: Warner Bros, 14 September 1990). The exact release history is totally unclear to me, but this maxi single was part of a multimedia package with the documentary and “book with music” Listen Up – The Lives Of Quincy Jones, “a Warner Bros. motion picture”, […]
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October 30, 2014
Lonesome Blue Yodel [Partial]
Read moreAlbum (Laserdisk): Ray Charles Live – In Concert With The Edmonton Symphonie, Optical Programming Associates 74-612 LV, 1982 (also on VHS: MCA, 1982; and on DVD: Eagle Rock B0002WZTHA, 21 September 2004). Around 1980 Ray briefly quoted the tune – penned by Hank “The Yodeling Ranger” Snow – as a part of his intro to What’d I Say. […]
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October 29, 2014
Love Makes The Changes (With Toots Thielemans & Michel Legrand)
Read morePhilips released a 7-inch (# 872936-7) in France, in 1989 (I’ve also seen a 7″ promo single from Ost, 1989).The DVD of the movie was released by Seven 7, on September 23, 2003. Cinq Jours En Juin is a film from 1989, directed by Michel Legrand, who also composed this song (lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman). The recording […]
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October 28, 2014
Makin’ Whoopee
Read moreAlbum: Live In Concert, ABC/Paramount 500, 1964.Single (A – vocal; B – piano): ABC 10609, November 1964. Ray Charles – piano; Don Peake – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Wilbert Hogan – drums. Live:’64 LC Copenhagen’64 LC England’70 TV Humperdinck’91 LC Montreux
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October 28, 2014
Mama Caleba’s Blues
Read moreAlbum3: In The Heat Of The Night, United Artists Records 1C 064-82 893, 1967. Ray never sounded better on piano. Quincy Jones remembered that “the microphone was placed behind the piano, to create a somewhat ‘surreal’ echo effect”. Ray Charles – piano; Billy Preston – organ; ?Ray Brown? – base; ?Don Elliot? or ?Earl Palmer? – drums; ?Toots […]
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October 27, 2014
Merry Christmas Baby
Read moreAlbum (VHS, France): Ray Charles Live, Cinéthèque VCV 402, S.a. A great rendition of the Charles Brown song, from the TV show Christmas In Ettal – A Black Ceremony at a Monastery in Germany, taped (most probably) in 1976, on Christmas Eve.The VHS erroneously titled the song Santa Claus Blues. With Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone; Carmell Jones, […]
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October 27, 2014
Milk Cow Blues (With Willie Nelson)
Read moreUnreleased. Willie taking the lead on this Sleepy John Estes song (1930), recorded for the TV show Willie Nelson, Texas Style, first broadcast by CBS on 5 March 1988.