Collaborations
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November 5, 2014
I’ll Never Smile Again (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreUnreleased. Recorded at United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962, but it stayed in the can ever since. Cf. this.
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November 5, 2014
I’m Gettin’ ‘Long All Right (Ft Merry Clayton, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine 984, 1968, b/w All I Need Is His Love.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971 (titled I Get Along All Right). Merry Clayton rarely sounded more soulful than on this A-side of Tangerine 984 from 1968 (with yet another title variarion: I’m Gett’n Long Alright).Ray Charles played piano, and can be heard calling off the […]
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November 5, 2014
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott, Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine TRC 1501, 1963. Recorded at United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.
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November 4, 2014
I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: The Ray Charles Orchestra, My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded 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 Solomon – alto saxophones; James […]
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November 4, 2014
I’m Just A Lucky So And So (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreUnreleased. The Duke Ellington composition, recorded on 10 April 1958, at the Atlantic Studio in New York, but never issued (cf. this).
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November 4, 2014
I’m Movin’ On
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 2043, 1959-10, b/w I Believe To My Soul.Compilation: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic 8052, September 1961 (1952 – 1959). Recorded in New York on 26 June 1959 with Marcus Belgrave, John Hunt – tp; Hank Crawford – as, bs; David Newman – ts; Teagle Fleming – d Edgar Willis – b. Atlantic, for […]
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November 4, 2014
I’m Satisfied (With The Raelettes, Ft Susaye Greene)
Read moreSingle (B): BC 11213, April 1969, b/w Let Me Love You.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.
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November 4, 2014
I’m So Tired Of Waiting (With Gladys Knight) (?)
Read moreUnreleased. Stories like this are often not true, but who knows…: “One day he called (it was on a Wednesday) and said he wanted to record a song I wrote called I’m So Tired Of Waiting that he had in mind to record with Gladys Knight. He said he needed an additional verse by Saturday. By Saturday […]
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November 4, 2014
In A Little Spanish Town (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Single (B) [edited version]: Atlantic 2239, June 1964 b/w Talkin’ ‘Bout You. The tune is only known from two live recordings. The Newport 1958 version of course made it to the album, but also to a heavily edited single release. The line-up in Newport was: David Newman – tenor […]
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November 4, 2014
In A Mellow Tone (With Dizzy Gillespie) (?)
Read moreUnreleased (it’s uncertain if any video or audio with this tune has survived). Mentioned as part of the Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie concert in Montreux on 13 July 1978 by the festival’s Concerts Database. The tune, however, didn’t make it to the known releases.
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November 3, 2014
Indian Love Call (aka When I’m Calling You)
Read moreAlbum: I’m All Yours Baby, ABC/Tangerine 675, February 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited musicians (incl. strings). Ray’s voice got an unusual echo in this production (by Sid Feller). In live concerts it became a duet with Susaye Greene, and an ideal vehicle for her highest notes. Update 13.02.2021: the video of […]
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November 3, 2014
Into Something Fine (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 976, 1967, b/w Lover’s Blues.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor). Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or most from the Ray Charles orchestra).