Collaborations
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November 20, 2014
A Brand New Day (With Stevie Wonder, Patti Austin, James Ingram; Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreUnreleased. On December 2, 2001 Ray participated (a bit) in the performance of this song, the grand finale of the 24th Kennedy Center Celebration, honoring Quincy Jones. (Starts at 17:06): Update 24.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — […]
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November 20, 2014
A Girl I Used To Know
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With strings; a choir; Ray Charles – organ and piano; Rene Hall – guitar; Carol Kaye – bass; Hal Blaine – drums. The live version, with The Raelettes and Billy Preston’s pedal work on organ – was considerably better. ’68 LC […]
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November 20, 2014
A Legend In My Time (I’d Be –) (With Ronnie Milsap)
Read moreUnreleased. Part of a Don Gibson medley at the 25th Anniversary Concert of the CMA, recorded in March 1983. 1. Oh Lonesome Me, 2. this tune, 3. I Can’t Stop Loving You: Update 24.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have […]
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November 20, 2014
A Lover’s Blues (aka Lover’s Blues) (By Margie Hendrix, Backed By The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine TRC 940, April 1964, b/w Let No One Hold You. Compilation album: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic Records TR-CD 4422, 1993. Written and produced by Ray Charles (also on piano). The Vocals: Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, and Floyd Butler. David Fathead Newman on tenor sax. Two years later The Raelettes – […]
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November 20, 2014
A Pair Of Threes (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Alf Clausen. Ray Charles – piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiana (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) – trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David Newman (tenor), […]
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November 20, 2014
A Sentimental Blues
Read moreSingle (A): Swing [Time] Records 179, 1949, b/w You’ll Never Miss the Water (Until the Well Runs Dry). Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1949. Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee and Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.
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November 20, 2014
A Tear Fell
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10571*, June 1964, b/w No One To Cry To. Album: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964. Recorded at the Bell Sound Studios in New York, around May 8, 1964. With The Ray Charles Orchestra and The Gene Lowell Singers. Arranged by Sid Feller. Within Ray Charles’ oeuvre, the differences between a studio […]
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November 20, 2014
After Loving You (The Raelettes, Ft. Susaye Greene, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreAlbum3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (and maybe some session musicians). After Loving You by The Raelettes on Grooveshark
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November 20, 2014
Agent Double-O-Soul (By Billy Preston, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreOn August 4, 1968 Ed Sullivan offered Charles a 15-minute slot, the second he ever gave (after the one for The Beatles). Ray appeared with his whole entourage – Raelettes, Orchestra and Preston. Billy (Ray on piano) performed his incredible Agent Double-O-Soul* act. Preston performed the song numerous times during his tours with the Ray […]
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November 20, 2014
Ain’t But The One (With Aretha Franklin)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS): Duke Ellington – We Love You Madly, VRV 1124, S.l.s.a. (France). Album3: Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul, Atlantic/Rhino B00122MKI0, 16 October 2007. The churchy duet from the We Love You Madly tribute to Duke Ellington (1973) was also released on Aretha’s Unreleased Recordings album, in an edited, remastered version. The album version is […]
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November 20, 2014
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on 20 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Live: 68 TV Bishop – With George Burns (skit)
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November 20, 2014
Ain’t That Fine
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 216, 1950, b/w Don’t Put All Your Dreams In One Basket. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1949. The Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee, Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.