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November 9, 2014
Here We Go Again (ft Alex Brown)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10938, April 1967, b/w Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It.Album: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen, ABC/Tangerine 595, June 1967. Recorded at RPM International in January 1967. With woodwinds, strings, Billy Preston on organ, Rene Hall on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, and The Raelettes: Gwen Berry, Alex […]
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November 9, 2014
Here We Go Again (With Norah Jones)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004.In 2010 Blue Note Records released …Featuring Norah Jones, a collection of Norah Jones’ musical collaborations from the first decade of the new century. The album was recorded at RPM International (and some of the orchestral parts elsewhere) in Los Angeles between mid 2003 and March 2004. Just as in the […]
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November 9, 2014
Hey Girl
Read moreAlbum (DVD): Ray Charles à L’Olympia, Music Video Distributors, 2006 (2000).Album (CD): Ray Charles à L’Olympia, XIII Bis Records, 11 January 2005 (2000), 640543 2. The song was written in 1963 by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Brother Ray ‘found it back’ in his frailer days. (I hope that Melbourne concert from ’67 will be made public […]
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November 9, 2014
Hey Girl (With Michael McDonald)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. Recorded at RPM International (and some of the orchestral parts elsewhere) in Los Angeles between mid 2003 and March 2004. For an unabridged personnel listing see Wikipedia.
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November 9, 2014
Hey Hey (With Jackie King)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS): The Willie Nelson Special With Special Guest Ray Charles, first aired in November 1985, Embassy Home Entertainment, S.a. (Laser Disc: Rhino/WEA, 9 July 2002). Wonderful blues instrumental with Ray on electric piano, and Jackie King on guitar, recorded at the Austin Opry House on 18 May 1984.
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November 9, 2014
Hey Jude (?)
Read moreUncertain. According to TV.com, Ray would have performed this song on Dinah!, first aired on 20 February 1975. Unfortunately, no footage has surfaced yet. Who knows more?
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November 9, 2014
Hey Mister
Read moreAlbum: A Message From The People, ABC/Tangerine 755, April 1972.Single (A): ABC 11337, November 1972, b/w There’ll Be No Peace Without All Men As One. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in 1972. Ray probably played organ on this track. The musicians remained uncredited (but follow the link to the album to see a listing of identified […]
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November 9, 2014
Hey Now
Read moreSingle (B): Swing Time 297, 1952, b/w Baby Won’t You Please Come Home.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1951. Ray Charles “With Orchestra”: Ray Charles – voc, p; arr; Billy Brooks, Fleming Askew – tp; Marshall Royal, Earl Brown – as; Stanley Turrentine, Maurice Simon – ts; Charles […]
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November 9, 2014
Hey, Good Lookin’
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, ABC/Paramount 410, April 1962. The elpee was recorded on 5 and 7 February 1962 at the Capitol Studios in New York City, and on 15 February at the United Recording Studios in Hollywood. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. For the little that is known about the personnel, follow the […]
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November 9, 2014
Hide Nor Hair
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10314, March 1962, b/w At the Club.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Written by Percy Mayfield. Read this about the historic Dr. Foster. Update 13.02.2021: 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 — Cyd Shrine […]
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November 9, 2014
High On The Hogg (The Ray Charles Orchestra Ft Leroy “Hog” Cooper)
Read moreUnreleased. The tune, a show piece for bari – was written by Billy Baker, although – as one of the band alumni remembers it – “Mr. Charles might have done some dictation” on it. If it wasn’t written with Leroy “Hog” Cooper in mind, the big man certainly claimed it. The band in Madrid: Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, […]
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November 9, 2014
Hit The Road Jack (With The Raelettes)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10244, August 1961, b/w The Danger Zone.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Steve Hoffman wrote that “Ray Charles recorded both Hit The Road Jack and Unchain My Heart on one 30-minute reel of tape in real ‘reel’ time. In other words, both songs finished, recorded and mixed within 1/2 hour!” When Hoffman was remastering the song […]