Appearances
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January 16, 2011
Anytime (2004)
Read moreThe scene below didn’t make it to Ray, the movie. It depicts how Charles in early 1948 took the bus from Tampa to Seattle, and helps a few mariners to find the lyrics to Anytime, a contemporary hit by Eddy Arnold and The Tennessee Plowboys (who, later in ’48 would score #1 to #4 on […]
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January 13, 2011
Ray Charles’ Testimonial For Victor Vanacore (2003)
Read moreConductor Victor Vanacore and Ray Charles met in 1990. Vanacore served as his musical director, arranger, and opening act for symphony pops. In the first clip (probably from 2003, specially produced for Vanacore’s website) Ray gives a testimonial on their cooperation. In the second video you see an edit of the same footage, and a […]
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January 7, 2011
Ray Charles Joins In A Prayer For America (2001)
Read more“Tears flowed freely in Yankee Stadium” on Sunday Sunday 23 September 2001 “as mourners led by clergy from the world’s major religions paid somber tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks”. The program was called A Prayer For America. (The vigil was originally set for Central Park, but Mayor Giuliani moved it to […]
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January 5, 2011
Ray Charles Interviewed In Brussels (1962)
Read moreVideo still. The Sonuma archive has published* an early news report on a Ray Charles show, with some great shots of Ray, band members and the audience. It includes an interview with Ray. The item was shot at the Paleis der Schone Kunsten/Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels. Sonuma mentions 1 June 1962 as the […]
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January 5, 2011
What’d I Say (c 1973)
Read moreIt’s clearly taped for a tv program, I’d guess for the Tonight Show (Ray was on that program once in ’73, and twice in ’74). The keyboardist is John Henderson, who was on the band in 1973 and 1974. The Raelettes* are (fltr): Vernita Moss, Dorothy Berry, Mable John, ?Kathy Collier? and Madelyn Quebec. *Information […]
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December 20, 2010
Ray Charles On Larry King Live (1987)
Read moreIn 1987 Ray Charles talked “about his love of music” in Larry King Live, on CNN. U.S. citizens can watch a 90-second fragment here, and the rest of the show on Netflix. The interview is part of the DVD compilation Larry King Live – The Greatest Interviews (2007).
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December 17, 2010
Ray Charles Ft. In TV Commercials For Wisconsin Lottery (2000)
Read moreIn 2000 Ray Charles signed a contract with MDI Entertainment, allowing (according to a press release full of humbug): “[…] state lotteries to team up with the legendary Ray Charles”. I already wrote about campaigns for the State Lotteries of Oregon, New Jersey (see also here) and Georgia. On 24 September 2000 the Wisconsin Lottery […]
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December 17, 2010
Ray Charles, King Of Soul (1988) (and 2007?)
Read moreIn Germany the epithet “King of Soul” was often used for Ray (e.g. also for a few album titles). On 3 January 1988 the first German TV network aired a 70-minute program titled Ray Charles, King of Soul. According to this (Dutch) source it encompassed an interview and concert takes. On 1 May 2007 tv […]
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December 17, 2010
Ray Charles Live In Torino (1971)
Read moreMy sources on the contents of this bootleg-CD are highly contradictive. For documental reasons I’ve described them all below. But let’s start with the correct track list: Collection André Monnot. Intro + Tears Inside(erroneously, titled Blues Connotation on the bootleg CD) (Ray Charles Orchestra; Ray on piano) The Bright Lights And You Girl Georgia On […]
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December 17, 2010
Ray Charles Live In Tulsa (1999)
Read moreOn 16 and 17 April 1999 Ray Charles performed at Chapman Music Hall, in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, with the Tulsa Philharmonic. The concert on the 17th was taped, and made available as a bootleg (“plagued by a rhythmic background static on a few of the songs. It’s clearly an audience recording so it’s […]
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December 17, 2010
Ray Charles At Carnegie Hall In 1984, Broadcast in Brazil In 1985?
Read moreThe Jornal do Brasil from 8 May 1985 mentions a tv program on Record TV that night, a show taped at Carnegie Hall the year before, where Ray is singing Stella By Starlight, Ruby and What’d I Say. On 12 November 1984 Ray gave a concert with the New American Orchestra, themed Reach For The […]
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December 14, 2010
Ray Charles Camera-Shy In Molde (1999)
Read moreOn- and off-stage, Ray Charles hated photo cameras. “What’s all that damn click-click-clickin’?!” Ray’s tour management always maintained very strict rules regarding photography (later also: videography) during concerts, but for instance also when Ray arrived at airports, hotels and concert venues. At concerts, taking photos was usually just allowed during the first and the last […]