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October 22, 2014
Ooh Lawdy My Baby (By Tommy Ridgley, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (A): Atlantic 1009, 1954, b/w I’m Gonna Cross That River. In Mid-August 1953 Ray was invited to fill in on the piano at a recording session organized by Atlantic for Tommy Ridgley, at the J&M Studio in New Orleans. They taped Ooh Lawdy My Baby and I’m Gonna Cross That River. Ray may also have had a role […]
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October 22, 2014
Ophelia
Read moreAlbum: Brother Ray Is At It Again, Crossover/Atlantic SH 8546, March 1980. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by Mike Post. [Low quality audio]:
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October 22, 2014
Our Suite (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreOriginal big band chart (for trumpet 1). Album: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Composed by Ray Charles and Roger Neumann; arranged by the latter. Ray Charles – piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana […]
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October 22, 2014
Out Of My Life
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the personnel, check the album link.
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October 22, 2014
Over And Over (Again)
Read moreAlbum: From The Pages Of My Mind, Columbia 40388, September 1986. Recorded in Nashville, and mixed in Los Angeles, at RPM International. With Bobby Odgin, Timmy Tappan – piano; William Puett – horns; Hargus Pig Robbins, Bobby Wood – keyboards; Pete Bordonali, Pete Drake, Jerry Kennedy, Weldon Myrick, Dale Sellers – guitar; Billy Sanford, Henry Strzelecki, […]
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October 22, 2014
Over The Rainbow
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Ray solo, in a majestic arrangement, recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. With strings (uncredited) and The Jack Halloran Singers. Arranged by Marty Paich. Live: ’72 LC San Carlos – With Susaye Greene
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October 22, 2014
Over The Rainbow (With Johnny Mathis)
Read moreAlbum: Genius Loves Company, Concord, August 2004. The album was 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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October 22, 2014
Over The Top
Read moreAlbum: Just Between Us, Columbia 40703, September 1988. Recorded at RPM International with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (i.e. Mark Curry, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; Mike Christianson, Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, Charlie Schofner – trombones; Al Jackson, Chris Lega, Ricky Woodard, Rudy Johnson, Leroy Cooper – saxophones; Ernest Vantrease – keyboards; Kenny […]
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October 22, 2014
P.S. I Love You (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians. Arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 22, 2014
Pacific Palisades
Read moreUnreleased. Ray Charles performed the title song for the French film Pacific Palisades, directed by Bernard Schmitt, with Sophie Marceau and Adam Coleman Howard. The film was released on March 28, 1990. The film flopped, and didn’t even bring it to a video release. A soundtrack was never released. The song was written by Michael Jones, and composed by Jean-Jacques […]
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October 22, 2014
Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: My Kind Of Jazz, Tangerine 1512, April 1970. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, from January 1 to 10, 1970. Ray Charles – piano; J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe; Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone; Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bobby Bryant, Bill King, […]
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October 22, 2014
Peace Of Mind
Read moreAlbum: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With woodwinds (probably all session musicians), a rhythm section including Rene Hall on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums, and The Raelettes. Live: According to concert souvenir booklets from c. 1966 and 1968, this number […]