Collaborations
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October 11, 2014
Things Go Better With Coca Cola (Jingles; Also With Aretha Franklin)
Read moreWith Leroy Cooper. Between 1965 and 1968 Ray Charles made an interesting series of style variations on Coke’s campaign theme “Things Go Better With Coca Cola”. Each commercial was produced as luscious as a new album track. He used the best talent that Ray Charles Enterprises had to offer, and used the facilities of RPM […]
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October 10, 2014
This Here (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. They knew it from the road. With uncredited band members, but the best possible reconstruction – with some uncertainties – is: Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpets; Glen Childress, Henry […]
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October 10, 2014
This Masquerade (With George Benson And Chaka Khan)
Read moreUnreleased. Fun rendition of this Leon Russell tune, with some help of Chaka, videotaped at a concert on the first night (16 July) of the 1991 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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October 10, 2014
Tin Tin Deo (With David Fathead Newman)
Read moreAlbum: Fathead, Atlantic 1304, 1960. Recording date: November 5, 1958 at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York. Ray Charles (p), David Newman (ts), Marcus Belgrave (tp); Hank Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (ds). Arranged by Hank Crawford. Recording engineer: Tom Dowd. Audio here.
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October 10, 2014
Together
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at United Studios, Hollywood on June 13 – 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; The Jack Halloran Singers – […]
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October 10, 2014
Too Hard To Love You
Read moreAlbum: Just Between Us, Columbia 40703, September 1988. Jim, quoted in Birth Of Soul. Jim (James C.) Johnson (a.k.a. Calvin James) wrote the song, and played guitar on this track. The album was recorded at RPM International. With uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, i.e. Mark Curry, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; Mike Christianson, […]
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October 10, 2014
Touch (Virtually With John Legend)
Read moreAlbum: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. This ‘virtual duet’ was produced post mortem.
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October 10, 2014
Trouble In Mind (By Lula Reed, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (A). Tangerine TRC 932, 1963, b/w Ain’t That Love. Album3: Lula Reed, The Soulful Side Of Lula Reed, Titanic Records CD-6501, 2011. In 1962 Ray Charles produced several singles with Lula Reed (born Lula Marietta McClelland, 1921 – 2008), and played keyboards on 4 tracks. This is one of these. Lula Reed (vocals); Marcus Belgrave, […]
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October 10, 2014
Try A Little Kindness (By The Raelettes, Ft Vernita Moss, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine 1024, 197?, b/w Come Get It, I Got It. Album3: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic TR-CD 4422, 1993. Ray Charles on keyboard with The Raelettes, ft. Vernita Moss. The other Raelettes (probable line-up): Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or […]
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October 10, 2014
Two Old Cats Like Us (With Hank Williams, Jr.)
Read moreAlbum: Friendship, Columbia 39415, February 1985. Single (A): Columbia 4860, April 1985, b/w Little Hotel Room. The album was recorded with session musicians 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.
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October 10, 2014
Unchain My Heart
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10266, 20 November 1961, b/w But On The Other Hand, Baby. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Steve Hoffman wrote that “Ray Charles recorded both Hit The Road Jack and Unchain My Heart on one 30-minute reel of tape in real ‘reel’ time. In other words, both songs finished, recorded […]
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October 9, 2014
Untitled Jazz Jam (With Johnny Mann Band And Ray Brown Trio)
Read moreUnreleased. When Ray guested in the Joey Bishop Show on February 20, 1969, he was – to his obvious pleasant surprise – lured into a great jazz jam with the Johnny Mann band and the Ray Brown Trio.