Tunes
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November 15, 2014
Cosmic Ray (aka Cosmic Blues) (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreAlbum: Soul Brothers, Atlantic 1279, June 1958. Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York City. Milt Jackson – vibraharp; Ray Charles – piano; Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone; Skeeter Best – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Connie Kaye – drums. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let […]
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November 15, 2014
Crab Man
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Recorded between 20 and 23 April 1976 at the RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For more details, click on the album’s link, above.
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November 15, 2014
Crazy Love (With Van Morrison)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. Performed at The 34th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards (produced by Phil Ramone, recorded by PBS on 12 June 2003, first aired on July 9th) at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, Ray performed Crazy Love with Van Morrison. The (enhanced) audio was one of the best tracks on […]
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November 15, 2014
Crazy Old Soldier (With Johnny Cash)
Read moreAlbum: Friendship, Columbia 39415, February 1985.Single (B): Columbia 4860, April 1985, b/w It Ain’t Gonna Worry My Mind.Album3: Johnny Cash, The Greatest Duets, Legacy, 2012. The album was recorded 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 […]
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November 15, 2014
Cross The Road Jack (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. In 1989 Kentucky Fried Chicken ran a tv commercial with the theme Cross The Road, sung by Ray, and of course spoofed from Hit The Road Jack. Source here.
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November 14, 2014
Cry
Read moreAlbum: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964.Single (A): ABC 10615, January 1965, b/w Teardrops From My Eyes. Recorded at the Bell Sound Studios in New York. Arranged by Sid Feller, around May 8, 1964. Murray The K, 1965 (partial – starts at 17’33):Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, […]
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November 14, 2014
Cry Me A River
Read moreAlbum: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964. Recorded on 8 May 1964 at the United Studios in Hollywood. Arranged by Calvin Jackson.
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November 14, 2014
Crying Time (With The Raelettes, Ft Lillie Fort)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC/Paramount 10739, October 1965, b/w When My Dream Boat Comes Home.Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded on June 23, 1965 at RPM Studios in Hollywood. Ray Charles (vocals, piano); John Audino, Conte Candoli (trumpet); Milton Bernhart, Frank D. Strong (trombone); Bill Perkins (tenor saxophone); Bill Carson (alto saxophone); Jewel Grant (baritone saxophone); […]
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November 14, 2014
Curiosity
Read moreUnreleased. Brother Ray sang the theme song of the CBS-TV series Snoops, from 1989. There are a few soundbites in this video: it sounds like a duet (but also as something that has been edited as such later, by an amateur). Who knows more about the ‘duet partner’? In this leader Ray – solo – sounds much better:
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November 14, 2014
Dancing In The Dark (With The Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreUnreleased. No doubt the Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz tune, played during the Thanksgiving Jazz show at Carnegie Hall on November 29, 1957. But did Ray choose an instrumental or a sung version? The recording has, unfortunately, still not been released. With Ray Charles – piano (and vocals?); David Newman – tenor sax; Leroy Cooper – baritone […]
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November 14, 2014
Dat Dere (The Ray Charles Orchestra, Ft Hank Crawford)
Read moreUnreleased. Hank Crawford had released this Bobby Timmons tune with the Ray Charles ‘septet’ in 1960 for his More Soul album. The same ‘band within the band’ (only with Bruno Carr for Milt Turner) played it twice in Paris, in October 1961: Phil Guilbeau- tp; Johm Hunt – flh; Hank Crawford – as (solo); David Fathead Newman – […]
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November 14, 2014
Dawn Ray
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on September 12, 1957, in New York. Ray on piano, just with Joe Harris on drums and Oscar Pettiford on bass. Live:In 1962 the tune was longlisted in a concert souvenir brochure, but no live recordings have ever surfaced.