Appearances
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November 18, 2014
Autumn Leaves (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)
Read moreAlbum (DVD): Ray Charles à Montreux 1978, S.r., S.a. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp, solo), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman (fl, ts), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g), George Duvivier (b), Esther Phillips (voc).
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November 18, 2014
Baby Grand (With Billy Joel)
Read moreAlbum3 (CD, CS, 8T, LP): The Bridge, Columbia OC 40402, 29 July 1986. Single3 (A): Columbia 6994, March 1987. The song was produced for Joel’s album The Bridge, his 10th studio album. The recording of the duet with Ray took place at the Evergreen Studios in Burbank, in 1986. Joel considers Ray Charles one of his idols. […]
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November 18, 2014
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (aka Oh Baby)
Read moreSingle (B): Swing Time 250. B/w Lonely Boy. Recorded in Los Angeles, November 24, 1950. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. “Ray Charles Trio”: Ray Charles – voc, p, cel; Oscar Moore – g; Johnny Miller – b. Many years later, Ray played the song for Clint Eastwood: see this. In 2003, for the […]
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November 18, 2014
Baby Please Don’t Go
Read moreUnreleased (? The Knebworth concert may have been issued on VHS). It’s odd that Ray never recorded this in the studio. For the origin of the song, read this. Capital Jazz Fest, Knebworth, 1982: Update 24.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if […]
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November 18, 2014
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 297, b/w Hey Now. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1951. Ray Charles “with Orchestra”: Ray Charles – voc, p; Unidentified – g, b, d. Sy Oliver – arranger. The brief Billboard review from 20 September 1952 could have influenced Charles’ decision to find his own voice: “Again […]
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November 18, 2014
Bacio (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Unfortunately, up till now only an audience taped recording has surfaced, from a 1988 concert in Saratoga Springs. You can listen to it here (first track). The orchestra that night: Chuck Parrish, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, James Romanek, Charlie Shofner – trombones; Chris Lega, Al Jackson, Mike Karn, Rudy Johnson, […]
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November 18, 2014
Backseat Baby (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. Crash Dummies was a long running campaign, handled by the US Department of Transportation. In 1997 Ray contributed to the 30 second Back-Seat-Ba-By announcement below (campaign theme: “You could learn a lot from a dummy”; catchline: “Buckle Kids In The Backseat, Baby”). At the end Ray adds his most peculiar oneliner ever: “They stay alive […]
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November 17, 2014
Beatrice (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum (Blu Ray DVD): Ray Charles Live At Montreux 1997, Eagle Rock B001JL2V2E, December 2008. Arranged by Wayne Coniglio. 1997 personnel: Ted Murdock, Roger Ingram, David Hoffman, Ken Scharf – trumpets; Mike Guerrier, Steve Sigmund, Clay Lawrey, Wayne Coniglio – trombones; Al Waters, Al Jackson, Steve Elliott, Rudy Johnson, James Farnsworth – saxophone; Kenny Carr – guitar; […]
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November 17, 2014
Beautiful Heartache (With Michael Ball)
Read moreUnreleased. In July and August 1993 The Michael Ball Show, a six-week music series, was broadcast by ITV. The program featured guests such as Cher, Cliff Richard, Dionne Warwick, Elaine Page, Emmylou Harris, Julio Iglesias, Shirley Bassey, James Brown, Joe Cocker, and Ray Charles – who was featured in the first show, produced and directed […]
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November 17, 2014
Behind Closed Doors
Read moreUnreleased. One of Brother Ray’s last masterpieces, performed during the CMT 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music Concert, recorded at Nashville’s Gaylord Entertainment Center on June 9th, and aired on June 13th, 2003.
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November 17, 2014
Believe In Yourself (With Elmo & Sesame Choir)
Read moreUnreleased*. Ray sang Believe In Yourself on Sesame Street, in episode #3491, aired on April 1, 1996. The central message of this song of encouragement is that you can be or do anything you want if you just believe in yourself – even when other people doubt you. * On the DVD The Best of Elmo 2, for some […]
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November 17, 2014
Between An Old Memory And Me (With Travis Tritt)
Read moreUnreleased. A marvelous duet from CMT Crossroads, taped on 10 September 2002, and first aired on 6 December of that year. Ray Charles (ep, vo); Travis Tritt (g, vo); Aubrey Haynie (vln); John Jarvis (o); Dan Dugmore (pedal steel g); Brent Mason, Reggie Young (g); Mac (Lyman Corbitt) McAnally, Jr. (ac-g); Glenn Worf (b); Greg Morrow […]