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October 7, 2017
This Time (I’ll Be the Fool) – Ft. Madelyn Quebec
Read moreA substantial part (i.e. about half) of Ray Charles’ 1st concert at the Northsea Jazz Festival on July 13, 1980, has just emerged on YouTube for the first time. The cameras caught The Genius in excellent condition, and in a playful mood (watch him fool with his rhythm section, and hear him deliver some rare scatting in the […]
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May 3, 2017
We’re Gonna Make It (The Raelettes)
Read moreUntil now* I’ve confused the description of this Raelettes live-song, which was on the band’s repertoire between 1978 and 1984, with the We’re Gonna Make It-trackfrom the Renaissance album. This actual tune was written by Billy Preston. Rene Hall penned the arrangement for the band. Live:’78 LC Antibes’84 LC Viareggio’84 LC Warsaw – Released**’86 LC Toyohashi *Thank […]
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December 10, 2016
Heigh-Ho
Read moreIn NBC Salutes The 25th Anniversary Of The Wonderful World Of Disney, first aired on 13 September 1978. Ray Charles contributed a line to a multi-star performance of the Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs-song Heigh-Ho(starts at 1:45):
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December 4, 2014
It’s The Unreal Thing
Read moreOn April 23, 1985, Coca Cola did the unthinkable: they announced that they were reformulating their soft drink, “spawning consumer angst the likes of which no business has ever seen”. The night before they invited Ray Charles at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta (Robert Winship Woodruff was the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 […]
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November 25, 2014
Who You Gonna Love
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10081, January 1960, b/w My Baby (I Love Her Yes I Do).Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. From the first recording session for ABC Paramount, in late 1959. With the band and The Raelettes. (Poor audio):
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November 25, 2014
Sunday, Monday Or Always (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott: Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine, TRC 1501, 1963. Taped at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.
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November 24, 2014
Kentucky Waltz
Read moreAlbum: Pure Genius, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005. Captured during the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun in 1953, in New York City. Ray Charles loved to reminisce about his earliest endeavors in country music. Shortly after his 17th birthday, in 1947, he landed a gig with The Florida Playboys. In Michael Lydon’s biography, Ray Charles – […]
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November 21, 2014
All For You
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. Recorded at RPM International in 1966/1967. With The Ray Charles Orchestra, a strings section, and singers (all uncredited).Arranged by Sid Feller. Update 24.01.2021: the footage of this performance appears no longer available, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, […]
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November 21, 2014
Child Support, Alimony
Read moreAlbum: Would You Believe? Warner Bros 26343, October 1990. Also released as a 3″ CD single (b/w I’ll Take Care Of You) by Warner Japan (WPDP-6248). Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Musicians remained uncredited; Rich Cason produced the synthesizer parts. Update 24.01.2021: the footage of this performance appears no longer available, please let me know in […]
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November 21, 2014
I Surrender Dear (With The Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. Recorded on 20 November 1956 at the Capitol Recording Studios in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by Quincy Jones. Bob Arnold and Johnny Cue were the engineers. Ray […]
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November 21, 2014
I Wish I’d Never Loved You At All (With Gladys Knight)
Read moreAlbum: Just Between Us, Columbia 40703, September 1988. Recorded at RPM International with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (i.e. Mark Curry, Bobby Medina, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; Mike Christianson, Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, Charlie Schofner – trombones; Al Jackson, Ricky Woodard, Rudy Johnson, Leroy Cooper [and Chris Lega?] – saxophones; Ernest Vantrease […]