Tunes
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October 11, 2014
There’s No You
Read moreAlbum: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957. This fine melody, written by Tom Adair, was recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios on 26 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield – b. Arranged by […]
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October 11, 2014
They Call It Love
Read moreAlbum: Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Columbia 38990, July 1984. Single (B), Columbia 4210, March 1984, b/w Do I Ever Cross Your Mind. Recorded in Nashville and RPM International in Los Angeles. With Buddy Emmons – steel guitar; Fred Newell, Bucky Barrett, Phil Baugh, James Capps – guitar; Terry McMillan – Harmonica; Hoot Hester, Buddy Spicher […]
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October 11, 2014
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Read moreAlbum (VHS): Ray Charles – Live 1991 [at the McCallum theater], Atlantic/WEA, 11 June 1991. Compilation album: Ray Charles Forever, Concord, 24 September 2013. This was one of Ray’s favorite tunes for ‘symphony gigs’. He evidently somehow ‘forgot’ to put this song out on vinyl or CD. Live: ’86 LC London ’87 LC Bourges 87 TV Dave ’88 […]
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October 11, 2014
They Say It’s Wonderful (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott: Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine, TRC 1501, 1963. Taped at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962. Arranged by Marty Paich. Jimmy Scott: “The record was completed in just a few sessions. I don’t think we did more than two takes on any one tune. There wasn’t any overdubbing either. It […]
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October 11, 2014
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) [Intro: Untitled Blues] (With Marian McPartland)
Read moreUnreleased. On 9 January 1990 Ray Charles was a guest at Marian McPartland’s NPR radio show Piano Jazz, taped at the Manhattan Beach Studios in New York (first broadcast on April 6, 1991). One of the many good things that happened was a brief version of this tune (music by Mercer Ellington and lyrics by Ted […]
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October 11, 2014
Things Go Better With Coca Cola (Jingles; Also With Aretha Franklin)
Read moreWith Leroy Cooper. Between 1965 and 1968 Ray Charles made an interesting series of style variations on Coke’s campaign theme “Things Go Better With Coca Cola”. Each commercial was produced as luscious as a new album track. He used the best talent that Ray Charles Enterprises had to offer, and used the facilities of RPM […]
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October 10, 2014
This Here (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. They knew it from the road. With uncredited band members, but the best possible reconstruction – with some uncertainties – is: Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpets; Glen Childress, Henry […]
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October 10, 2014
This Little Girl Of Mine
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1063, June 1955, b/w A Fool For You. Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. When Charles wrote this, he may have been a little bit more than just inspired by the gospel tunes This Little Light Of Mine and Satisfied With Jesus. Recorded in Miami on 23 April 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Riley Webb – […]
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October 10, 2014
This Love Of Mine
Read moreCompilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Seattle, February 1949. Ray Charles, – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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October 10, 2014
This Masquerade (With George Benson And Chaka Khan)
Read moreUnreleased. Fun rendition of this Leon Russell tune, with some help of Chaka, videotaped at a concert on the first night (16 July) of the 1991 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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October 10, 2014
This Old Heart (Is Gonna Rise Again) (With The Oak Ridge Boys)
Read moreAlbum: Friendship, Columbia 39415, February 1985. The album was recorded at the Eleven Eleven Studios and the Soundshop Studio in Nashville, and the Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, with c&w veteran Billy Sherrill. Ray finished things off at RPM International in Los Angeles. With session musicians Hargus Pig Robbins, Robert Ogdin, Bobby Wood – keyboards; Jose McElhiney, […]
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October 10, 2014
This Time Of The Year
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Album’s personnel: Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; […]