Appearances
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August 12, 2012
Ray Charles And B.B. King Live In San Carlos (1972)
Read morePhoto from a 5-day early December 1972 stint at the Valley Music Theater in Woodland Hills, also co-billed with B.B. King. A kind reader of this blog last week surprised me by sending me a cassette with an audience recording of a 1972 concert in San Carlos (CA). It has a decent audio quality, and […]
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August 8, 2012
Ray Charles On A Pre-Produced Promo Radio Show (1985)
Read moreIn 1985 Columbia (#39415) released Friendship, a parade of country stars joining Ray in a string of duets. If my interpretation of the pictures above (I found them on Ebay) is correct, Columbia promoted the album with a pre-produced “radio show”, where they let Ray introduce each tune. I guess DJs were invited to use […]
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August 6, 2012
Ray Charles Arriving In Lyon (1961)
Read moreAt the Gare des Brotteaux in Lyon (video still). On October 19, 1961 Ray Charles performed twice in Lyon, at the Palais des Congrès. The French TV archive, INA, still has the news clip announcing his arrival by train on that same day, at the Gare des Brotteaux. It can be watched here. The clip […]
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August 5, 2012
Ray Charles In Nancy (1973)
Read moreStill from the interview. On October 10, 1973 Ray Charles headlined the first jazz festival in Nancy. I’ve just seen the raw materials and a rough first edited version of an interview related to this gig. There were two shows, but the first one obviously was marred by sound problems. Ray was still full of […]
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July 30, 2012
Glaser & Peterson Chatting About Modern Sounds (2012)
Read moreRay Charles’ Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1962) was discussed in an entertaining radio show on BIRN1, the Matt Glaser Record Party – Episode #1 on July 29, 2012. Jay Peterson guested. Listen to the complete program here. Promo clip: (In this post I mentioned a few sources for further research on Ray’s […]
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July 30, 2012
Ray Charles Live In Stockholm (1968)
Read moreOn September 23, 1968 Ray Charles performed at the Konserthuset in Stockholm. A good version of I Don’t Need No Doctor, probably from a radio broadcast, has survived. I Don’t Need No Doctor (soundclip):
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July 14, 2012
Ray Charles Live At The Latin Casino (1975)
Read moreDuring many years, the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill (NJ) was a regular stop for Ray Charles. In 1975 his group was engaged during the week of Memorial Day.* On May 24 band members taped the concert, right at the board. The sound quality of the cassette tape that I heard may be low, the […]
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July 7, 2012
Ray Charles Honors Sammy Davis (1987)
Read moreStill from the Kennedy Honors show. On December 30, 1987 Sammy Davis Jr. received the Kennedy Center Honors for his lifetime achievement in the performing arts. Ray Charles, who had received the same award the year before, showed his respect with a few kind words and a rendition, accompanied by a big band, of Birth […]
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July 4, 2012
Ray Charles Live In Cagliari (1983)
Read moreVideo still: Ray Charles with Georges Moustaki. A friend send me a DVD with a charming compilation of better, lesser and un-known TV performances by the Genius. Entirely new to me was a RAI program from 1983. According to the guy who compiled the DVD it contains footage of a show in ‘Taoramina’, but I […]
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June 28, 2012
Ray Charles In Salute To Georgia Music, And In A Georgia Commercial (1980s)
Read moreThis article in The Augusta Chronicle described how producer Tim McCabe was involved in a local TV-program with Ray Charles, and – later – also in a TV commercial titled Georgia On My Mind. In the interview part of the story McCabe recalled: Tim McCabe and Ray Charles, probably at RPM in LA. “The first […]
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June 25, 2012
Ray Charles Ft. In The Super Dave Osborne Show (1987, 1990, 1995)
Read moreStill from the TV show. Vegas Spectacular, aired Jan. 7, 1995. I knew that Ray Charles had a (not overly funny) cameo as a bus driver in the 2000 comedy The Extreme Adventures Of Super Dave, but I wasn’t aware that this was preceded by at least three guest appearances on Bob Einstein’s Super Dave […]
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June 3, 2012
Ray Charles Performing At New Jersey Vigil (2001)
Read moreOn September 23, 2001 the State of New Jersey organized Remembrance and Reflection: An Observance to Remember New Jersey’s Victims and Honor Our Heroes, an observance and candlelight vigil hosted by Chris and Dana Reeve at the South Overlook of Liberty State Park in Jersey City. It featured appearances by Ray Charles and the New Jersey […]