Collaborations
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November 16, 2014
Can You Love Me Like That (With The Raelettes)
Read moreAlbum: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again, Crossover 4000, May 2002. Recorded at Ouistiti Studios and Plus XXX Studios in Paris, RPM International in Los Angeles, and Lighthouse Recording Studio, Studio City, California. For the personnel, follow the album link, above. Can You Love Me Like That by Ray Charles on Grooveshark
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November 16, 2014
Captain Perfect (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Band instrumental penned by Alf Clausen. Madrid personnel: Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack Evans – trumpets; Wally Huff, Ken Tussing, Glen (Champ) Childress, Steve Davis – trombones; Andy Ennis, Clifford Solomon, Ed Pratt, James Clay – saxophones; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone, band leader; John Bryant – drums; Joe Harris – bass; Tony […]
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November 15, 2014
Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (With The Raelettes)
Read moreAlbum: Album: Genius Hits the Road, ABC/Paramount 335, July 1960.Single (B): ABC 10135, August 1960, b/w Georgia On My Mind. Recorded at the Capitol Studios in New York on 29 March 1960. With John Hunt, Marcus Belgrave, Martin Banks – trumpet; David Newman – tenor saxophone, Hank Crawford – alto saxophone, Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Milt […]
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November 15, 2014
Chain Of Fools (With The Raelettes, Ft Estella Yarbrough)
Read moreUnreleased. The first known recording at the Fillmore East in New York City on April 18, 1970 may well have been the best. Estella claimed the tune from the beginning until the end. .Ray Charles – piano; Blue Mitchell, Bill King, Herbie Anderson, Marshall Hunt – trumpets; Joe Randazzo, Henry Coker, Glenn Childress, Fred Murell – trombones; […]
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November 15, 2014
Charade (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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November 15, 2014
Chitlins With Candied Yams
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. Ray Charles – organ and piano; Rene Hall – guitar; Carol Kaye – bass; Hal Blaine – drums; The Raelettes – backing vocals.
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November 15, 2014
Cocktails For Two (With Betty Carter)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. The album was recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood on June 13 and 14, 1961. With Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – […]
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November 15, 2014
Come Get It, I Got It (The Raelettes, Ft Mable Jones, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle3 (A): Tangerine 1024, 197?, b/w Try A Little Kindness.Album3: (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).
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November 15, 2014
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Read moreAlbum: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959.Single (B) [edited version]: Atlantic 2084, November 1960 b/w Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me.Single (A) [edited version]: Atlantic 2470, December 1967 b/w Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me. Recorded on 6 May 1959 in New York with Bob Brookmeyer – tb; Ted Sommer – ds; Allen Hanlon […]
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November 15, 2014
Compared To What (Virtually With Leela James)
Read moreAlbum: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. Ray Charles laid down most of the songs 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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November 15, 2014
Confession Blues
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 171, February 1949, b/w I Love You, I Love You.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Seattle (possibly at the KOL radio studios), February 1949. The Maxin Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b. From Linden Records: Seattle’s “lost” post-war music company: “By […]
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November 15, 2014
Cookin’ In Style (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine 934, 1963, b/w The Hunt Is On.Compilation album3: Percy Mayfield, His Tangerine And Atlantic Sides, Rhino Handmade RHM2 7828, 2003. Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963. Percy Mayfield – vocals; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; Ray Charles – piano; Howard Roberts – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Al McKibbon […]