Tunes
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November 4, 2014
I’m Ready
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969. Written and produced by Jimmy Lewis. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With The Raelettes, and members of The Ray Charles Orchestra. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available, please let me know in the comments below if you have any […]
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November 4, 2014
I’m Satisfied (With The Raelettes, Ft Susaye Greene)
Read moreSingle (B): BC 11213, April 1969, b/w Let Me Love You.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.
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November 4, 2014
I’m So Tired Of Waiting (With Gladys Knight) (?)
Read moreUnreleased. Stories like this are often not true, but who knows…: “One day he called (it was on a Wednesday) and said he wanted to record a song I wrote called I’m So Tired Of Waiting that he had in mind to record with Gladys Knight. He said he needed an additional verse by Saturday. By Saturday […]
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November 4, 2014
I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’ (aka Wonderin’ And Wonderin’)
Read moreIn the liner notes of the “early years” compilation album The Way I Feel, the taping of Walkin’ And Talkin’ and I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’ is located in “Miami”, but with a question mark, and the discographer’s verdict for the dating is “1951”. According to the same source, the musicians were: Ray Charles – voc, p; […]
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November 4, 2014
Imagine
Read moreIn 1998 the French bank Crédit Agricole continued their long running “Imagine” advertising campaign with a small series of commercials for which Ray Charles’ friend Jean-Pierre Grosz produced the soundtrack, with Ray’s special version of John Lennon’s Imagine. You can still watch some samples online: here and here. The complete song was first released in France as a CD […]
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November 4, 2014
In A Little Spanish Town (With The Ray Charles Septet)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.Single (B) [edited version]: Atlantic 2239, June 1964 b/w Talkin’ ‘Bout You. The tune is only known from two live recordings. The Newport 1958 version of course made it to the album, but also to a heavily edited single release. The line-up in Newport was: David Newman – tenor […]
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November 4, 2014
In A Mellow Tone (With Dizzy Gillespie) (?)
Read moreUnreleased (it’s uncertain if any video or audio with this tune has survived). Mentioned as part of the Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie concert in Montreux on 13 July 1978 by the festival’s Concerts Database. The tune, however, didn’t make it to the known releases.
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November 4, 2014
In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963.Album: Live In Concert, ABC/Paramount 500, 1964. Recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. Ray’s take on this song almost seemed like a personal lesson in blues (re-)interpretation for Ella Fitzgerald, who released the song on her These Are The Blues album that same year. Where […]
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November 4, 2014
In The Heat Of The Night
Read moreSingle (A): ABC/Tangerine 10970, August 1967. B/w Something’s Got To Change.Album3 (soundtrack): United Artists Records, 1C 064-82 893, 1967.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. The song was arranged and produced by Quincy Jones for the 1967 film with the same title. Director Norman Jewison recalled songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman singing their bluesy tune […]
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November 3, 2014
Indian Love Call (aka When I’m Calling You)
Read moreAlbum: I’m All Yours Baby, ABC/Tangerine 675, February 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited musicians (incl. strings). Ray’s voice got an unusual echo in this production (by Sid Feller). In live concerts it became a duet with Susaye Greene, and an ideal vehicle for her highest notes. Update 13.02.2021: the video of […]
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November 3, 2014
Into Something Fine (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 976, 1967, b/w Lover’s Blues.Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor). Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or most from the Ray Charles orchestra).
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November 3, 2014
Is There Anyone Out There
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles (that choir sounds BIG, though).