Collaborations
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October 19, 2014
Shadows Of My Mind (The Raelettes, ft. Karen Evans)
Read moreAlbum (Blu Ray DVD): Ray Charles Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival, Eagle Rock B001JL2V2E, December 2012 [there were several more releases]. The Raelettes in the Montreux 1997 version were (fltr): Estella Yarbrough, Katrina Harper Cooke, Kathy Mackey, Karen Evans, Tonette McKinney. Two audiotapes of working sessions where Feller and Charles worked out the arrangement of the […]
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October 19, 2014
Shake (With The Raelettes)
Read moreAlbum (DVD): The Dick Cavett Show – Ray Charles Collection, Shout Factory Theatr, 13 September 2005. Sam Cooke would’ve been proud of the version by The Raelettes (f.l.t.r. in clip below): Dorothy Berry, Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John & Estella Yarbrough. Cavett Show, 1972: Live: ’67 LC Berlin ’67 LC Melbourne ’72 TV Cavett – Released ’72 […]
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October 19, 2014
Shake A Tail Feather (With The Blues Brothers Band)
Read moreClipping from Billboard, September 13, 1980. Soundtrack album3: The Blues Brothers, Atlantic SD 16017, June 20, 1980. Single (A): Atlantic K 11615, b/w Cab Calloway’s Minnie The Moocher, 1980. Here‘s much more about the origin of the song and the film scene. Recorded at Murray Allen’s Universal Recording in Chicago. With ‘Joliet’ Jake Blues, Elwood Blues, Ray, ‘Duck’ […]
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October 19, 2014
Shameless (The Raelettes, ft. Estella Yarbrough)
Read moreAlbum (2-CD): Ray Charles In Concert [in Warsaw], S.l., 2006. The first surviving recording was from a concert in Viareggio, in July 1984. The two later tapings were much better. 1986 Toyohashi: Live: ’84 LC Viareggio ’84 LC Warsaw – Released (and streaming audio here) ’86 LC Toyohashi
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October 19, 2014
Sherry (aka Sherri) (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958. Original tune by Hank Crawford. Ray Charles – piano; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Newman – tenor saxophone; Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Richie Goldberg – drums. 1958 Live: In 1962 Crawford recorded it again – this time in the Atlantic studio […]
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October 18, 2014
Shout (Virtually With Patti LaBelle & The Andrae Crouch Singers)
Read moreAlbum: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. Ray Charles laid down most of the songs for this album 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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October 18, 2014
Side By Side (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums. Marty Paich – […]
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October 18, 2014
Sidewinder (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreBillboard trade ad for Ray Charles, Orchestra, Raelettes – April 3. Album: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. Single (B): Tangerine 1015, March 1971, b/w Booty Butt. This Lee Morgan composition (fully known as The Sidewinder) was recorded with the band at RPM International in Los Angeles, between January 1 to 10, 1970. More than […]
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October 17, 2014
Sinner’s Prayer
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1021, March 1954, b/w It Should’ve Been Me. Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with Jesse Drakes – trumpet; Sam Taylor- tenor sax; Dave McRae – bari; Connie Kay – drums; Mickey Baker – guitar; Lloyd Trotman – bass. B.B. King, at the session. […]
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October 17, 2014
Sister Sadie (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. Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, Bob Coassin – trumpets; Ken Tussing, Glenn Childress, Steve Davis, Wally Huff – trombones; Eddie Pratt, Clifford […]
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October 17, 2014
Sitting On Top Of The World
Read moreSwing Time 215-A. Single (A): Down Beat 215. B/w I’ve Had My Fun (Going Down Slow). Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1950. Ray Charles, – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b. Also check the album Ray Charles: Unreleased for alternative takes. Soundclip:
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October 17, 2014
Smokin’ At Hungry Joe’s (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Only known from concerts. Written and arranged by Billy Baker. Live: ’82 LC Antibes ’86 LC Lugano ’88 LC Saratoga