Appearances
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February 11, 2013
Ray Charles In Dinah! (1979)
Read moreCopy from a microfilm of the Daily World article. The Atlanta Daily Worldof 19 April 1979 showed a photo of Ray Charles and Dinah Shore sitting together for a studio interview. The TV program was “to be seen in the near future”. From the comments: “This was an episode of Dinah & Friends, which aired […]
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February 11, 2013
Ray Charles Performing In Atlanta PBS Program (1979)
Read moreOn 8 February 1979 the Atlanta Daily World reported on a week-long series of programs about black culture, aired by the PBS station WETV-Channel 30 (nowadays WPBA TV). On the 10th they televized “a performance by pianist-singer Ray Charles”. Who knows more about the content of that show?
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February 7, 2013
Ray Charles At The Beacon Theatre (1982)
Read moreFrom New York Times, Oct. 15. Boycott scene, from New York Amsterdam News, Oct. 30, 1982. One of Ray Charles’ two concerts on October 23, 1982 at the Beacon Theatre in New York was partially taped by someone in the audience. The sound quality is bad, but a YouTube user took the trouble to submit […]
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January 30, 2013
Ray Charles In Belgrade (1972)
Read moreFrom the same concert. This clipping says there were 4 concerts. What I understand of this video clip is that it’s looking back at Ray Charles life, using a few well known old photos, footage from the biopic Ray, and – here it becomes special – a color film from a concert in Yugoslavia (Serbia) […]
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January 25, 2013
Ray Charles Guesting In The Glen Campbell Radio Show (1984)
Read moreBetween 1982 and 1986 Narwood Productions syndicated The Music Makers. A subseries was titled Country Close-Up; a weekly one-hour country music radio program presented by Lon Helton and Glen Campbell. Every week another star guested. Each show contained from 11 to 13 of the guest’s famous tunes, cross cut with a studio interview. The program […]
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January 14, 2013
Ray Charles Ft In This Is My Country (c 1985)
Read moreThis Is My Country was a 6-minute film, probably sponsored by the United States Department of Commerce. It shows cliché footage of famous American landmarks, cross cut with scenes of ‘ordinary American people’ doing ordinary American things. Ray Charles is heard (and seen for a few seconds) as he performed America The Beautiful. The clip can […]
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January 11, 2013
Ray Charles In Concert In Tampa (1991)
Read moreOn April 28, 1990, Ray Charles received an honorary doctorate of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida, at the Sun Dome in Tampa. “When Charles, in cap and gown, was officially awarded his degree, the crowd again erupted,” a local newspaper wrote. The next year, on February 15, 1991*, Ray came back at […]
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January 8, 2013
Ray Charles Ft. In 19th Annual Music City News Country Awards (1985)
Read moreRay Charles and Willie Nelson were among the 5 nominees for the Duet of the year Award at the 19th Annual Music City News Country Awards, telecast live from the Opry House in Nashville on June 10, 1985, no doubt for their recording of Seven Spanish Angels, as released on Ray’s album Friendship (February 1985). They possibly […]
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December 27, 2012
Ray Charles Live In Moscow (1994)
Read moreAnnouncement on the Russian torrent website [name withheld]. Through the Jazz On The Screen database I was aware of two concerts by Ray Charles at the Russia Concert Hall in Moscow on 13 and 14 July 1994, sponsored by Alfa-Bank, and of the fact that the second one, directed by Sergei Antipov, was recorded for […]
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November 30, 2012
Joe Smith’ Interview With Ray Charles Now Online (1987)
Read moreWhile president of Capitol Records/EMI, Joe Smith recorded 238 hours of interviews with noted record artists and executives for his book, Off the Record: An Oral History Of Popular Music (1989). He donated this collection to the Library of Congress, who are digitizing the rough tapes, as a part of their Recorded Sound Research Center. […]
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November 17, 2012
Ray Charles Promoting A Smithsonian Exhibition (1996)
Read moreIn 1996 Ray Charles contributed to a promotion for the America’s Smithsonian exhibition national tour, celebrating the 150th anniversary of this institute. The Smithsonian keeps photos (collection ID# SIA Acc 97-074) and VHS tapes (SIA Acc. 05-058) of the event. (Since 2005, the Smithsonian also displays a rather sinister permanent exposition of RC memorabilia).
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November 17, 2012
Ray Charles In Paris (1984)
Read moreOn 29 and 30 October 1984 Ray Charles performed at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, where he was interviewed for Pathé by Michel Jonasz. The Gaumont Pathé archives keep a “3:29” reel, also including footage of Ray performing Georgia, and a cassette of rushes (ID# 124, 124 Rush); including that footage the reel appears […]