Collaborations
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October 30, 2014
Look Out For Love (By The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine TRC 938, 1964, b/w Lonesome Mood. The Vocals’ line up: Lamont McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, Fritz Baskett and Lawrence Summers.
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October 30, 2014
Love Is What We Need (With The Raelettes)
Read moreUnreleased. You can listen to the performance of the tune during the 1988 Oklahoma concert here (lead by Trudy Cohran). Who knows more about the origin of this song? Live:’78 LC Antibes – 2x’80 LC Northsea’82 LC Capital’82 LC Beacon’82 LC Washington’88 LC Oklahoma’89 LC Osaka
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October 29, 2014
Love Makes The Changes (With Toots Thielemans & Michel Legrand)
Read morePhilips released a 7-inch (# 872936-7) in France, in 1989 (I’ve also seen a 7″ promo single from Ost, 1989).The DVD of the movie was released by Seven 7, on September 23, 2003. Cinq Jours En Juin is a film from 1989, directed by Michel Legrand, who also composed this song (lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman). The recording […]
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October 29, 2014
Love On My Mind (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: Soul Meeting, Atlantic 1360, February 1961 (1957 – 1958). Recorded on April 10, 1958 at the Atlantic Studio in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Percy Heath – bass; Art Taylor – drums. Update 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, […]
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October 29, 2014
Love Train (Ft Dorothy Berry, 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). Live:’72 LC San Carlos’73 LC Arbor’75 LC Paris’75 LC […]
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October 29, 2014
Lover’s Blues (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (B), Tangerine TRC 976, July 1967, b/w Into Something Fine.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor). Ray Charles on piano. On the compilation album Hits […]
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October 29, 2014
Luvbug (With Susaye Greene & Scherrie Paine)
Read moreAlbum3: Susaye Greene & Scherrie Paine, Partners, Motown M7-920R1, 1979. Susaye and Ray were lovers when she was a Raelette, from 1968 to 1975. After that she became part of The Supremes.After The Supremes disbanded in 1977, Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene released their debut album, Partners. Guest vocals: “The Great Ray Charles As The Luvbug”. Susaye […]
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October 27, 2014
Mary Ann (With Poncho Sanchez)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. Ray reviving his 1956 tune with some extra cha-cha soul! Personnel for the Out Of Sight album: Pancho Sanchez, David Torres, Tony Banda, George Ortiz, Sal Vasquez, Serofin Aguilar, Scott Martin, Francisco Torres, Dale Spauding, Francisco Aguabella. Looking at this EPK for the album, it seems safe to conclude […]
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October 27, 2014
Mean to Me (By David Fathead Newman, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Fathead, Atlantic 1304, 1960. Recording Date: November 5, 1958 at the Atlantic Recording Studio, in New York. Ray Charles (p), David Newman (as), Marcus Belgrave (tp); Hank Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (ds). Arranged by Hank Crawford.
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October 27, 2014
Meditation (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 27, 2014
Memory Pain (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine 935, 1964, b/w You Don’t Exist No More.Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962. Percy Mayfield – vocals; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Newman – tenor saxophone; Ray Charles – piano; Sonny Forriest, guitar. Arrangement by Gerald Wilson.
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October 27, 2014
Metamorphosis (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded with the Ray Charles Orchestra in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Solos: Clifford Solomon – as; Phil Guilbeau – tp; Ernest Vantrease – p. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil […]