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October 23, 2014
Old Time Religion (Give Me That —)
Read moreUnreleased. Ray gave the song a brief rendition in the TV show Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters, taped on 23 January and aired on 27 February 1982.
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October 23, 2014
Olympia Beer (Jingle)
Read moreCompilation: Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino/WEA R2 72859, 16 September 1997. Ray produced the 30- and 60-second versions at RPM International in Los Angeles in (circa) 1973. The making-of story is here. The commercials were written and produced by Dean Tonkin, the film was shot by Vilmos Czigismond, Conrad Hall and Haskell Wexler. The […]
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October 22, 2014
On Saturday Night (A Little Fun —) (With SNL Cast)
Read moreAlbum 3 (VHS): Saturday Night Live, Warner Home Video 085392902132, 23 August 1989; DVD: Universal Studios, 13 March 2011 – both with this SNL episode (#051, aka season 3, episode 5). The show aired on 12 November 1977. At the end Ray performed a 1-minute ditty – titled (A Little Fun) On Saturday Night – with the cast of […]
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October 22, 2014
One Drop Of Love
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For session data, follow the link to the album description, above.
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October 22, 2014
One Hurt Deserves Another (The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreSingle (A): Tangerine 972, 1966, b/w One Room Paradise. Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Ray Charles on organ. The Raelettes: Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor). Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or mostly from the Ray Charles orchestra). Live: ’67 […]
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October 22, 2014
One Mint Julep
Read moreAlbum: Genius + Soul = Jazz, Impulse 2, February 1961. Single (A): Impulse 200, February 1961, b/w Let’s Go. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, on 26 and 27 December 1960. Ray Charles – organ; John Frosk, Jimmy Nottingham, Philip Guilbeau (trumpet solo), Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Keg […]
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October 22, 2014
One Mint Julep (With Poncho Sanchez, Billy Preston)
Read moreAlbum3: Poncho Sanchez, Out Of Sight, Concord SACD-1031-6, 9 September 2003. That’s Ray giving some occasional groans (he’s not credited for the piano part, but may well be playing a few notes here), and it sure is Billy Preston on the Hammond B-3. With Pancho Sanchez, David Torres, Tony Banda, George Ortiz, Sal Vasquez, Serofin Aguilar, Scott Martin, […]
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October 22, 2014
One More Time (There Is Always —)
Read moreUnreleased. The song was written by Doc Pomus and Kenny Hirsch. Ray Charles was the first to play it on the Easter Seal Telethon on 9 March 1986 (cf. this). Someone out there must have taped it. Who knows more? Johnny Adams’ splendid version of (There Is Always) One More Time:
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October 22, 2014
One O’Clock Jump (With Woody Herman And Buddy Rich)?
Read moreUncertain if played and recorded. In 1982 Ray Charles guested at a Buddy Rich TV show at the Statler Hotel in New York. Peter Turre, Ray’s drummer, remembered that they participated in the finale with Woody Herman and Buddy Rich, possibly playing One O’Clock Jump. Unfortunately, the footage with Ray has not been published, but […]
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October 22, 2014
One Of These Days
Read moreAlbum: Ain’t It So, Crossover/Atlantic 19251, September 1979. The song was written by Barry Manilow. One of the few instances where the live performance came before the studio recording. The album was taped at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra and session musicians. Barry Manilow Show 1978: Live: ’78 […]
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October 22, 2014
One Room Paradise (By The Raelettes, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine 972, 1966, b/w One Hurt Deserves Another. Album3: The Raelettes, Souled Out, Tangerine 1511, 1971. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or most from the Ray Charles orchestra). Ray Charles on piano. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Merry Clayton (lead), Clydie King (contralto), Gwen Berry (alto) and Alex Brown (tenor).
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October 22, 2014
One-Two-Three (aka 1-2-3) (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS): The Big T.N.T. Show, Anchor Bay, 1988. Album3 (DVD): The Big T.N.T. Show, March 2011. For the T.N.T. gig in 1965 Ray was billed with “his band”, but since he wasn’t touring at that time, the orchestra was, just for this occasion, “composed largely of Los Angeles jazz artists” (as Jet magazine wrote). This “Ray Charles Band” must have contributed (or […]