Appearances
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November 7, 2010
Ray Charles On The Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show (1978)
Read moreAd in Detroit Free Press. In 1978 Chuck Barris hosted a short lived prime time variety hour for NBC, called The Chuck Barris Rah-Rah Show. The format essentially was a noncompetitive knock-off of The Gong Show (cf. this). On 7 March 1978 at 8 p.m. Ray appeared in a line-up with Henny Youngman, Clifton Davis, […]
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November 7, 2010
Ray Charles In The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Of The Super Bowl (1977)
Read moreOn 2 January 1977 NBC and CBS both aired variety Super Bowl specials. CBS offered Super Night At The Super Bowl, hosted by Sammy Davis Jr., Elliott Gould and Andy Williams, with guests like Johnny Bench, Natalie Cole, Joe Frazier, Angie Dickinson, Ken Norton, Charley Pride, Sha-Na-Na, O.J. Simpson and John Wayne. On NBC Kate […]
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November 7, 2010
Ray Charles On The Mac Davis Show (1975)
Read morePromotion (wire) photo. From 1974 to 1976 singer/songwriter and part-time actor Mac Davis had his own television variety show on NBC. Ray Charles was a guest on The Mac Davis Show that was aired on 10 January 1975 by Channel 6: “Charles, Rich Little and Nanette Fabray join their host in sketches and songs”. Who […]
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November 7, 2010
Ray Charles On Della (1969)
Read moreDella was the first prime time talk show in the USA to have an African-American host, singer/actress Della Reese. The program ran for 297 episodes in the 1969 – 1970 season. Ray Charles, together with The Raelettes and Billy Preston was a guest on the show that was aired on 17(?) October 1969. I found […]
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November 6, 2010
Ray Charles
(Not)On Swinging With Sammy Davis Jr. (1960)?Read moreThe 1960 newspaper The California Eagle had a (beautifully designed, awfully written) show biz news & gossip page, that specifically reported on the adventures of black artists. On 21 January 1960 they published a squib announcing that Sammy’s “[…] 90 minute TV show in June will include Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Count Basie and will […]
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November 6, 2010
Ray Charles On The Tonight Show With Hal March (1962)
Read morePaar and Kennedy (1959). When after 3 years, in March 1962, Jack Paar left the The Jack Paar Tonight Show, the format was programmed as The Tonight Show for the first time. TV historians call this the “second interregnum“, as for the next 6 or 7 months the program was presented by numerous successive hosts, […]
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November 6, 2010
Ray Charles (Not) On Ernie Ford Special (1967)?
Read moreCountry and gospel singer Tennessee Ernie Ford presented several TV shows during his career. The TV page of the newspaper the Watertown Daily Times from 1 December 1967 announces the broadcast of the Ernie Ford Special on Sunday, 3 December 1967, on Channel 5 (Syracuse), with “guests Lainie Kazan and Ray Charles, jazz musician”. Other […]
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November 6, 2010
Ray Charles Honored By Florida Senate (1986)
Read moreSource: Florida Senate Journals. On 15 April 1986 Ray Charles was honored by the Florida Senate, at the state’s legislature in Tallahassee, on motion by Senator Pat Thomas, and “by unanimous consent”, “the President announced that today is ‘Ray Charles Day’ in the Senate”. The full “Consideration of Resolution”, “commending Ray Charles for his contribution […]
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November 5, 2010
Ray Charles’ Message At The Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute (2003)
Read moreThe Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute, A Celebration of Friends And Family, directed by Alan Carter, was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on 10 November 2003 and first aired by CMT on 15 November. Ray contributed through a concise video message. Performers: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, Hank Williams Jr., Larry Gatlin, Jack […]
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November 4, 2010
Ray Charles On The Chevy Show? (1956)
Read moreIn 1956, Dinah Shore began a one hour program on NBC, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show. The program was extremely popular, and its theme song See The USA In Your Chevrolet…, always ending with Shore’s farewell kiss to the television audience, remain television icons. The line-up usually contained two or three guests drawn from the […]
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October 2, 2010
Ray Charles Fundraising For Unicef In Italy (1988)
Read moreIn November 1988 Ray Charles was in Rome for two days, on the 17th and the 18th. On the first day he did a regular show in the Palazzetto dello Sport. His concert on the 18th, at the same sport palace, may have been part of something bigger; it was described as a performance “for […]
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September 30, 2010
Ray Charles Ft. In Takin’ It From The Top (1982)
Read morePress materials here. On 31 December 1982 Channel 7 (WLS-TV) celebrated New Year’s eve with Takin’ It From The Top (at the 95th floor of the John Hancock’s Center, and from some other locations in Chicago). Robb Weller hosted. Ray Charles guested. Who knows more about the contents of the show?