Collaborations
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November 1, 2014
Laughin’ And Clownin’
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 11259, January 1970, b/w That Thing Called Love.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Sam Cooke would’ve been proud. Live:’70 TV Duke – With B.B. King’70 TV Tom’72 LC San Carlos – With B.B. King
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November 1, 2014
Le Blues Du Dentiste/Dentist Blues (With Henri Salvador)
Read moreUnreleased. Taped for the TV show Victoires De La Musique at the Palais des Congrès in Paris on February 13, 1996. The original tune was written by Henri Salvador and Boris Vian, and charted (in 1960) by Quincy Jones. Le Blues Du Dentiste:Update 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let […]
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November 1, 2014
Learn To See (Duet)
Read moreUnreleased. “One of Mr. Scacciaferro’s proudest accomplishments is a documentary exploring the life of people with Down Syndrome featuring a music video written by Mr. Scacciaferro and performed by his long time friend Ray Charles,” his website says. Part of it was a song titled Learn To See, written and produced by Scacciaferro, and performed […]
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November 1, 2014
Leave My Man Alone (The Raelettes, Ft Vernita Moss, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine 1017, June 1971, b/w Here I Go Again.Album3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. Leave My Woman Alone, from a female perspective, featuring the “evilest” contra-alto of Vernita Moss. The Raelettes’ probable line-up: Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and ?Estella Yarbrough?. Recorded at RPM […]
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October 31, 2014
Let No One Hold You (By Margie Hendricks, With The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (A), Tangerine TRC 940, 1964, b/w A Lover’s Blues.Compilation album: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic Records TR-CD 4422, 1993. Written by Margie Hendrix. The Vocals: Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, and Floyd Butler. Read an excellent sketch of Margie’s life (1935 – 1973) and discography here. This single was released the year after she stopped performing as […]
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October 31, 2014
Let The Good Times Roll (With Bono, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones)
Read moreAlbum3: Quincy Jones, Q’s Jook Joint, Quest/Warner/WEA 9362-45875-2, November 1995. Q’s Jook Joint was Quincy Jones’ fourth concept album in a quartet (with Body Heat, The Dude and Back On The Block).The concept is based on the juke joints that served as makeshift nightclubs in the South. Quincy establishes his own juke joint in track 1, with Ray’s Let The Good Times […]
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October 31, 2014
Let’s Get Back To Where We Left Off (With Peggy Scott-Adams)
Read moreAlbum: Would You Believe? Warner Bros 26343, October 1990. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Musicians remained uncredited; Rich Cason produced the synthesizer parts. In an interview, Peggy later stated: “One of the highlights of my career was being able to work with Ray. He and Jimmy [Lewis] had been friends and worked together over the years. […]
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October 31, 2014
Let’s Have A Ball (aka Here Am I, By Myself; All Alone Again)
Read moreSingle (A): Down Beat 212, b//w Rockin’ Chair Blues.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Seattle, February 1949. First released as a single under the name of Maxin Trio: Ray Charles, voc, p; Gosady McKee, g; Milton S. Garred, b.
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October 31, 2014
Letter To My Girlfriend (aka Prison Blues) (By Guitar Slim, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreRecorded in New Orleans at Cosimo’s Studio on 27 October 1953. With Lloyd Lambert’s band (including Charles Burbank, Joe Tillman, and Gus Fontenotte – saxophones, Frank Mitchell – tp, Lambert – b, Oscar Moore – ds) backing him up with special guest Ray Charles, arranging the song, filling in on the piano, producing the recording. […]
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October 31, 2014
Lewis Boogie (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). In a medley-ish jam with Jambalaya, 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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October 30, 2014
Lonely Boy (aka I’m Just A Lonely Boy)
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 250, b/w Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, on November 24, 1950. Released as by the “Ray Charles Trio”: Ray Charles, voc, p; cel; Oscar Moore, g; Johnny Miller, b.
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October 30, 2014
Lonesome Mood (By The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (A): Tangerine TRC 938, 1964, b/w Look Out For Love. The Vocals’ line up: Lamont McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, Fritz Baskett and Lawrence Summers.