Appearances
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February 4, 2011
Ray Charles On Public People, Private Lives (1989)
Read morePublic People, Private Lives was a gossip talkshow, hosted by Sarah Purcell, featuring interviews with famous personalities in the stars’ own homes. It ran for one season, 1988/89. On or around 2 October 1989 Purcell had Cheryl Tiegs, Larry Hagman and Ray Charles on her show. Here’s the – surprisingly candid – interview segment with […]
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February 3, 2011
Ray Charles On Donahue’s 25th Anniversary Show (1992)
Read moreFrom the late 60s to the mid 90s Phil Donahue hosted a series of successful talkshow formats for NBC. His last day-show format was aptly titled Donahue. On 15 November 1992 he was celebrated by fellow talk show hosts as a mentor and patriarch of the genre, with Donahue: The 25th Anniversary, directed by Gary Halvorson. […]
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January 29, 2011
Ray Receives Heraldo De Mexico Award From Cantinflas (1970)
Read moreAd (from Cashbox?). In (late) February 1970 Ray Charles was at Camino Royal in Mexico City, to be presented – by the famous comedian Cantinflas – with the annual Heraldo de Mexico Award for being “the most outstanding international artist”. Ray was his typical self in his acceptance speech, throwing in a lot of shy […]
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January 22, 2011
Ray Charles Live In Antibes (1990)
Read moreThe taping of Ray Charles’ concert in Antibes on 19 July 1990 at the 30th edition of Jazz à Juan was directed – as always – by Jean-Christophe Averty. The footage of the concert was re-edited into three 30-minute programs, titled Special Ray Charles (#1, #2, #3) which were broadcast by France 2. The choice for […]
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January 22, 2011
Ray Charles Live In Antibes (1987)
Read moreThe 1987 Jazz À Juan concert took place on 19 July. The songs were: 1. Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues (Ray Charles Orchestra) 2. High On The Hogg (Ray Charles Orchestra) Intro RC 3. Then We’ll Be Home (Sadies Tune) 4. Busted 5. Georgia On My Mind 6. Mississippi Mud 7. Just For A Thrill (solo: Jeff Kaye […]
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January 21, 2011
Ray Charles (Probably Not) On IMNtv.com (2000)
Read moreIn 2000 Ray Charles was part of a brief dotcom-ish adventure with InVision Records, a division of Falcon Entertainment Corp. Falcon was a crossmedia concept focused on three areas: broadcasting and cable networks, music, and internet websites. Part of the deal was exposure through Independent Music Network Television (IMNtv), a medium intended to offer amateur […]
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January 20, 2011
Ray Charles On Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show (1970 – 1992)
Read moreAt one of the ’87 shows. Photo: NBC/Getty. Ray Charles always enjoyed guesting on the Tonight Show. The performances that I have watched – with Carson’s studio band (conducted by Doc Severinsen), or with his own rhythm section, and even the ones where he only brought a prerecorded orchestra tape – were always inspired, without […]
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January 20, 2011
Ray Charles On Jay Leno’s Tonight Show (1993)
Read moreRay Charles was a guest on the Tonight Show on 15 September 1993. Ray brought his Orchestra. They played Oh, What A Beautiful Morning. The other guests were Halle Berry and Jerry Seinfeld. Seinfeld did two segments, leaving no time for Berry. Halle cried sour tears backstage because – even though she would be re-scheduled […]
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January 19, 2011
Ray Charles In Thank You Rock ‘N Roll (1978)
Read moreThank You Rock ‘N Roll was a 1 hour television show with Rita Coolidge, The Carpenters, Johnny Mathis, The Bee Gees and Ray Charles. It was promoted as a “joint effort by top singing groups of today and rock stars of the past”. It probably was a syndicated format – I’ve found broadcast dates for […]
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January 19, 2011
Ray Charles Interviewed About What’d I Say (1991)
Read moreIn ’91 listeners selected What’d I Say as part of the NPR 100, representing as many songs “that are among the best American music of the 20th century”. On 21 February 2000 Robert Siegel aired his interview with Ray. Listen here. More on the genesis of the song here.
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January 18, 2011
Ray Charles At The The National Constitution Center (2003)
Read moreOn 4 July 2003 The National Constitution Center, a new $185 million museum on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, opened to the public. Ray contributed to the dedication ceremony with a rendition of America The Beautiful (live, with orchestra tape). You can watch it here; it starts at 1:43:43. (Ray stopped performing after a concert on […]
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January 18, 2011
Ray Charles Live In Washington (2003)
Read moreI thought I had sufficiently harvested the web for any trace of streaming media with Ray Charles’ music, but I just found this C-Span page, with Ray’s complete, 45-minute performance at The 89th Annual White House Correspondents Dinner on 26 April 2003, in a ballroom at the downtown Washington Hilton Hotel. Much of the attention […]