Collaborations
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November 3, 2014
Isn’t It Wonderful (By Lim Taylor, Ray Charles On Keyboard)
Read moreAlbum3: Lim Taylor, You Hear Me Knocking, Crossover CR-9001-A*, 1972. The song was written by Joel Webster and Lim Taylor. Lim Taylor is the son of Mable John (and the brother of Joel Webster whose Elixir LP also came out on Crossover). The album was produced by Lim Taylor, Joel Webster and Edward Langford (who also penned most […]
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November 3, 2014
It Ain’t Gonna Worry My Mind (With Mickey Gilley)
Read moreAlbum: Friendship, Columbia 39415, February 1985.Single (A): Columbia 4860, Aoril 1985, b/w Crazy Old Soldier. Recorded at the Eleven Eleven Studios and the Soundshop Studio in Nashville, and the Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, with c&w veteran Billy Sherrill. Ray finished things off at RPM International in Los Angeles. The album was recorded with session musicians Hargus Pig […]
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November 3, 2014
It All Goes By So Fast (Virtually With Mary J Blight)
Read moreAlbum: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. Ray Charles laid down most of the songs at his own studio, RPM International in Los Angeles, in 1997 and 1998. Post mortem, duet parts of these tunes were dubbed in by virtual duet partners. For more production details, follow the album link, above.
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November 3, 2014
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (With Cast)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS, France): Duke Ellington – We Love You Madly, VRV 1124, S.a. Opening of the 1973 CBS TV special Duke Ellington… We Love You Madly, recorded at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, on 10 and 11 January 1973. With Roberta Flack, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Count Basie, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Billy Eckstine, Quincy Jones, Joe […]
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November 3, 2014
It Should’ve Been Me (With Jesse Stone)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1021, March 1954, b/w Sinner’s Prayer.EP: Atlantic 567, 1956, It Should’ve Been Me, Don’t You Know/I’ve Got A Woman, Come Back.Single (B) alternate take: Atlantic 2106, May 1961, b/w Am I Blue .Compilation album: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Recorded on 17 May 1953 in New York. With Jesse Drakes […]
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November 3, 2014
It Was A Very Good Year (With Willie Nelson)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. Mid March 2004 Willie Nelson postponed one of his concerts to make it to the session: “Willie […] has an emergency recording with Ray Charles as Ray is not long for the world according to the production people that just called us”. Recorded at RPM International (and some of […]
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November 3, 2014
It’s A Miracle (With Barry Manilow)
Read moreAlbum3 (DVD): Barry Manilow – The First Television Specials, Rhino, 6 November 2007. Ray Charles performed this duet with the “casually-dressed” host of the Second Barry Manilow Special, first broadcast by ABC on February 24, 1978. Update 13.02.2021: 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 3, 2014
It’s Almost Here (The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Keyboard)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine 986, 1968, b/w. I Want To Thank You.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Ray Charles on piano. The Raelettes (possible line-up): Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Gwen Berry and Alex Brown (but in the Summer of ’68 the girls’ line-up went through several changes; cf. the Raelettes Page). Recorded at RPM International, Los […]
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November 3, 2014
It’s America’s Game (The One And Only PowerBall) (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. Commercial jingle, produced in five (rather poorly produced, but entertaining) 30-second variations for several state lottery campaigns in 2002. Cf.this article. The New Mexico and Oregon Powerball campaigns entailed a series of five commercials, all with musical and visual variations on the jingle’s theme. The New Mexico campaign ran in 2002, and was marketed […]
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November 2, 2014
I’ve Had My Fun (aka Going Down Slow)
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 215. B/w Sitting On Top, 1950.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1950. Ray Charles Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee, Michael Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b. Lloyd Glenn – supervisor (i.e. producer a/o arranger?).
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November 2, 2014
Jambalaya (With Fats Domino & Jerry Lee Lewis)
Read moreAlbum3: Fats & Friends (German LP: Exclusive Records, 1987; VHS: Atlantic/WEA, 28 May 1991; DVD: Time Life Records, 6 March 2007; German DVD: High Planet Entertainment, 8 September 2004, titled Rockin’ Pianos). Medley-ish jam with Lewis Boogie, from the TV show Fats & Friends, recorded on 5 June 1986 at the Storyville Jazz Hall, in New Orleans. With Fats […]
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November 2, 2014
Jealous Heart (With Buck Owens & Roy Clark)
Read moreUnreleased. In December 1980 Ray Charles guested in an episode (aired in March 1981) of Hee Haw where he performed Jealous Heart. It was the first and only time that I know of that he did the song. Source here.