Appearances
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November 11, 2014
Games People Play (With Andy Williams)
Read moreUnreleased. On the Andy Williams Show that was broadcast on October 18, 1969, Ray ended his mini concert singing a not very convincing duet with the host.The Raelettes stood there, I think, just clapping their hands – the shrieking backing vocals must come from someone else (Mama Cass?!). Live:’70 LC Geneva
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November 11, 2014
Ghana (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreRay Charles Orchestra – Zurich 1961. TCB (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series #41), [2016]. The band was only recorded playing this instrumental during their brief Europe tour in October 1961. Written by Ernie Wilkins, arranged by Quincy Jones. David Fathead took the solo on flute, Leroy Cooper on bari, and Sonny Forriest on guitar. The […]
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November 11, 2014
Giving Up (With The Raelettes, Ft. Trudy Cohran / Tonette McKinney)
Read moreUnreleased. Based on Donny Hathaway’s 1972 re-interpretation of Gladys Knight’s minor hit from 1964. Ray and the girls kept on to Donny’s tempo: a long, slow, soaring love lament. It was performed many times by Trudy Cohran, and (after she left The Raelettes) also by Tonette McKinney. Tokyo 1990 (starts at 1’14’40) with Trudy Cohran: Moscow 1994 with […]
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November 10, 2014
Goin’ Out Of My Head (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. If this song title, listed in an Australian newspaper, was correct (as far as I know, the Charles troupe didn’t perform it elsewhere), the best candidate for The composition is the Randazzo/Weinstein song, made famous by Little Anthony & The Imperials, and Dionne Warwick, and then it would surely have been performed by a Raelette., […]
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November 10, 2014
Good Bye Blues Jam (With B.B. King)
Read moreUnreleased. During their Parliament American Blue/Philip Morris Superband worldtour in 1990 Ray Charles and B.B. King closed every show with an ‘exit blues jam’ in which they mashed up all kinds of farewell blues themes, like Bye Bye/Bye Bye Baby/Good Bye/It’s Time For Me To Close The Show. Live (e.g.):’90 LC Tokyo BB’90 LC Dresden BB’90 LC Italy
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November 10, 2014
Good Love Gone Bad
Read moreUnreleased. The Sanremo Songfestival is a long running and hugely popular contest for songwriters, who always get some help from local and international stars. Ray turned his contribution into a triumphant interpretation masterclass. It’s remarkable that it didn’t get wider exposure. The original title is Gli Amori; the song was written by Toto Cutagno. ’90 TV Sanremo (2nd performance):Update […]
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November 10, 2014
Goodness Gracious (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Goodness Gracious is a nice riff turned into a rocking big band ditty. Ray Charles called the tune only so now and then, but it stayed on the repertoire of the Orchestra well into the 1990s. Taped twice, at the 1967 Berlin concert (the best of the two surviving recordings), with Barry Rillera taking excellent care […]
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November 10, 2014
Got Milk (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. In 2002 Ray Charles contributed a radio commercial – singing and piano playing – to the Got Milk campaign, funded by the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board, and Dairy Management. Who knows more?
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November 10, 2014
Hang Around Blues (?)
Read moreUncertain. On June 2, 2003 Ray was co-billed at the Apollo Theater for Blowin’ The Blues Away, a scripted concert conceived by Wynton Marsalis as a staged documentary on the history and the role of the blues as an integral part of American life and culture.I don’t know if any part of Ray’s performance was recorded. One […]
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November 10, 2014
Happy Faces (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum:Ray Charles Orchestra – Zurich 1961. TCB (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series #41), [2016]. The Ray Charles Big Band, on their first brief Europe tour in October 1961, played this Sonny Stitt composition at least four times. Arranged by Quincy Jones. David Fathead Newman solo’ed on tenor saxophone. With Marcus Belgrave, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, […]
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November 9, 2014
Hello Dolly (With Louis Armstrong)
Read moreUnreleased. Filmed during Duke Ellington’s Sold On Soul Tribute, on 23 February 1970 at Madison Square Garden in New York. First aired in France on 19 March 1970 by TF 2. Ray Charles – p; Louis Armstrong – voc, Duke Ellington – conductor; Wild Bill Davis – o; a.o. As the Duke remarked when the applause finally […]
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November 9, 2014
Hey Jude (?)
Read moreUncertain. According to TV.com, Ray would have performed this song on Dinah!, first aired on 20 February 1975. Unfortunately, no footage has surfaced yet. Who knows more?