Tunes
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November 21, 2014
Roll With My Baby
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 976, September 1952, b/w The Midnight Hour. Compilation album: What’d I Say, Atlantic 8029, September 1959. Recorded on 11 September 1952 in New York, with “His Orchestra”: trumpet, saxes, drums, bass by unidentified musicians.
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November 21, 2014
You Don’t Exist No More (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine TRC 935, 1964 , b/w Memory Pain.Album3: Percy Mayfield – His Tangerine and Atlantic Sides, Rhino RHM 27828, 2003. One of Percy’s darkest songs ever, recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963. With Percy Mayfield – vocals; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; Ray Charles – piano; Howard Roberts – […]
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November 21, 2014
Your Love Is So Doggone Good
Read moreAlbum: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.Single (B): ABC 11308, July 1971, b/w Feel So Bad. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. A remarkable, strings dominated arrangement by Sid Feller. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The choir, and the rhythm section remained uncredited (Carol Kaye possibly on bass). Ray added […]
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November 20, 2014
3/4 Of The Time (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz Part 3, Crossover 9007, October 1975. Recorded on a new 16-track console in late 1974 and early 1975 at the RPM International Studio in Los Angeles. With Johnny Coles, Jack Evans, Phil Guilbeau, Bob Coassin – trumpets; Ken Tussing, Glenn Childress, Steve Davis, Wally Huff – trombones; Eddie Pratt, Clifford Solomon […]
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November 20, 2014
3/4 Time
Read moreAlbum: Wish You Were Here Tonight, Columbia 38293, March 1983.Single (A): Columbia 3810, March 1983, b/w You Feel Good All Over. Recorded with uncredited Nashville session musicians between 1981 and 1983, finished at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by James Polk. Columbia produced a clip of the song, directed by Marc Ball, edited by Captain Video, […]
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November 20, 2014
A Bit of Soul (aka Blues Hangover)
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 2094, February 1961, b/w Early In The Morning. Compilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings [“Remastered LP version”], Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959). Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. The erroneous […]
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November 20, 2014
A Born Loser
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in June 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With uncredited horns, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, The Raelettes (Merry Clayton, Gwen Berry, Clydie King, Lilian Fort or possibly Edna Wright), and Ray contributing to the backing vocals. Arranged by Rene Hall. […]
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November 20, 2014
A Brand New Day (With Stevie Wonder, Patti Austin, James Ingram; Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreUnreleased. On December 2, 2001 Ray participated (a bit) in the performance of this song, the grand finale of the 24th Kennedy Center Celebration, honoring Quincy Jones. (Starts at 17:06): Update 24.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — […]
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November 20, 2014
A Childhood
Read moreAlbum3: Silences On Crie, Fondation Pour L’Enfance, 18371-1, 1989 (distributed by CBS; CB 321); also on cassette (18371-4, 1989). A Childhood was part of an album titled Silences On Crie, a fundraising vehicle for and released by the Fondation Pour L’Enfance, a French charity fighting against child abuse, in November 1989. Among the other artists contributing were Richard Bohringer, Francis […]
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November 20, 2014
A Fool For You
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1063, June 1955, b/w This Little Girl Of Mine.Compilation: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – tp; David Newman – as, bs; Don Wilkerson – ts; William Peebles – ds; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. One could call Sweet Sixteen Bars an instrumental […]
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November 20, 2014
A Girl I Used To Know
Read moreAlbum: Ray’s Moods, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 550, 1966. Recorded in August 1966 at RPM International, in Los Angeles. With strings; a choir; Ray Charles – organ and piano; Rene Hall – guitar; Carol Kaye – bass; Hal Blaine – drums. The live version, with The Raelettes and Billy Preston’s pedal work on organ – was considerably better. ’68 LC […]
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November 20, 2014
A Legend In My Time (I’d Be –) (With Ronnie Milsap)
Read moreUnreleased. Part of a Don Gibson medley at the 25th Anniversary Concert of the CMA, recorded in March 1983. 1. Oh Lonesome Me, 2. this tune, 3. I Can’t Stop Loving You: Update 24.01.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have […]