Appearances
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November 30, 2010
Ray Charles Ft. In Crash Dummies PSA (1997)
Read moreA CD was part of the 1998 campaign’s mail pack for media. Crash Dummies was a long running campaign from the US Department of Transportation (cf. these PSAs from 1986 and 1988). In 1993 Fox aired the Incredible Crash Dummies, supposedly the pilot for a planned series, which was later released on video, packed with an […]
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November 28, 2010
J’aime La France – Ray Charles In French Commercial (1997)
Read moreIn January 1997 Bernard Pons, the “ministre de l’Aménagement du Territoire, de l’Équipement et des Transports, puis de l’Équipement, du Logement, des Transports et du Tourisme” launched a TV campaign to promote inbound tourism. The campaign consisted of fifteen 45 second commercials where as many foreign celebreties (Ray Charles, Céline Dion, Woody Allen, Claudia Cardinale, […]
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November 28, 2010
Ray Charles – Man And Music On BBC Radio 2 (2000)
Read moreIn July 2000 BBC’s Radio 2 broadcast Ray Charles – Man And Music, four 30 minute episodes of a radio documentary, produced by Bob McDowall, on “the turbulent life and work of the musical icon from his poverty stricken childhood in the Southern States of America, the onset of his blindness as a child, through […]
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November 23, 2010
Ray Charles Interviewed By Roy Leonard For WGN Radio (1975)
Read moreLeonard and Charles, from a Chicago Tribune wire photo. “Hello, from Chicago.” During his 31 years at WGN Roy Leonard was a host (on radio) and (on tv) an arts critic. He reputedly read the book before he interviewed the author, saw every major movie and play, and attended concerts regularly. He did interviews with […]
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November 20, 2010
Ray Charles Ft. In Documentary On Spoleto Festival USA (1981)
Read moreIn the decades since its inception in 1979, the Spoleto Festival USA has established itself as a leading performing arts festival. On 8 July 1981 Channel 11 (PBS?) aired a 30 minute report on that year’s jazz program, Spoleto ’81 – Now You Has Jazz. It included footage of “the legendary Ray Charles in concert […]
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November 20, 2010
Up Close With… Ray Charles (1979)
Read moreOn 26 October 1979 the television page of the Carroll Daily Times Herald announced Up Close With…. Ray Charles, a 30 minute “biographical interview with this immensely popular blues singer/ pianist”, to be aired on the 27th. It’s the only trace I’ve found of this program. In or around 1979 there were two formats carrying […]
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November 13, 2010
Ray Charles Live In Amsterdam (1968)
Read moreOn 21 February 1969 AVRO (on Nederland 1) aired a 45 minute edit (directed by Bob Rooyens) of the All New Ray Charles Show 1968, a concert programmed for 5 October 1968 (actually it was 6 October, since the concert started at midnight) at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. A 25-minute edit of the same footage […]
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November 12, 2010
Ray Charles à Le Festival International De Jazz De Montréal (1983, 1985)
Read moreOn 4 July 1983 Ray Charles gave a concert at the Théâtre St-Denis, for the Montreal Jazz Fest. A brief clip, probably produced for the CBC News, remains. We hear small parts of What’d I Say, and Georgia On My Mind. Watch it here; for a historical overview of the festival with some of the […]
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November 12, 2010
Ray Charles À Le Premier Festival De Jazz De Montréal (1980)
Read moreOn 2 July 1980 Ray Charles opened the Montreal Jazz Fest, at the Place des Nations. The CBC Téléjournal had a brief announcement (made by Paul Toutant), showing how Ray’s piano is being prepared for the concert that night. Browse a flipbook of the Festival brochure here. Also watch this video.
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November 12, 2010
Ray Charles Ft. In Oscar Peterson Very Special (1976)
Read moreIn the 1970s Ray Charles and Oscar Peterson toured a lot together in Europe, where Norman Granz was their impresario. The Montreal Gazette from 17 September 1976 (probably published shortly after the actual taping) had a brief article stating that The Oscar Peterson Superspecial “was more lively an hour of fine jazz piano trio and […]
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November 12, 2010
Ray Charles In Souvenirs Du Festival De Jazz In Montreal (1997)
Read moreOn 2 July 1999 the Canadian news program Le Téléjournal/Le Point aired a report, made by Paul Toutant, on the Montreal Jazz Festival (taking place from 1 to 11 July 1999), titled Souvenirs Du Festival De Jazz. In little more than 8 minutes we see an impressive line-up of archival footage of live performing stars […]
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November 7, 2010
Ray Charles On The Comedy In America Report (1976)
Read moreThe Comedy In America Report was a one-off one-hour musical comedy variety show, “which takes a humorous look at the contemporary scene”, starring Ray Charles, Rip Taylor, Don Knotts, Conrad Bain, Ray Stevens, Art Metrano and others. It aired on 9 April 1976. On the TV guide page of the Oswego Palladium it was announced […]