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• October 10, 2014

  Till I Can’t Take It Anymore

  Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970. Single (B): ABC 11271, August 1970, b/w If You Were Mine. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. Arranged by Sid Feller. With strings, and a rhythm section. The musicians remained uncredited. Carol Kaye possibly on bass; David T. Walker and Steve Guillory contributed on guitar.

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• October 10, 2014

  Till The End Of Time

  Album: I’m All Yours Baby, ABC/Tangerine 675, February 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited musicians (incl. strings). Produced by Sid Feller.

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• October 10, 2014

  Till There Was You

  Album: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With strings and singers. All individuals remained uncredited. Sid Feller took care of the arrangements Live: ’75 LC Madrid ’75 LC Japan – Released ’94 TV World  ’99 LC Miami – Released (DVD) Miami 1999 (with filmed rehearsals):

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• October 10, 2014

  Tin Tin Deo (With David Fathead Newman)

  Album: Fathead, Atlantic 1304, 1960. Recording date: November 5, 1958 at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York. Ray Charles (p), David Newman (ts), Marcus Belgrave (tp); Hank Crawford (bs), Edgar Willis (b), Milt Turner (ds). Arranged by Hank Crawford. Recording engineer: Tom Dowd. Audio here.

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• October 10, 2014

  Tired Of My Tears

  Single (B): ABC/Tangerine 11317, November 1971, b/w What Am I Living For. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.

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• October 10, 2014

  Together

  Album: Ray Charles And Betty Carter, ABC/Paramount 385, July 1961. Recorded at United Studios, Hollywood on June 13 – 14, 1961. Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Bill Pittman – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums; The Jack Halloran Singers – […]

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• October 10, 2014

  Together Again

  Album: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. Single (A): ABC 10785, March 1966, b/w You’re Just About To Lose Your Clown. Recorded at the United Studios in Hollywood in January 1965. The musicians were not credited (Rene Hall on guitar, Earl Palmer on drums). The Jack Halloran Singers took care […]

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• October 10, 2014

  Togetherness (With Ray Charles Orchestra)

  Album: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Jimmy Heath. Ray Charles – piano; With Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiano (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) – trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David […]

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  October 10, 2014

  Too Hard To Love You

  Album: Just Between Us, Columbia 40703, September 1988. Jim, quoted in Birth Of Soul. Jim (James C.) Johnson  (a.k.a. Calvin  James) wrote the song, and played guitar on this track. The album was 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, […]

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• October 10, 2014

  Touch (Virtually With John Legend)

  Album: Genius And Friends, Rhino/WEA, 20 September 2005. This ‘virtual duet’ was produced post mortem.

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• October 10, 2014

  Trouble In Mind (By Lula Reed, Ray Charles On Piano)

  Single3 (A). Tangerine TRC 932, 1963, b/w Ain’t That Love. Album3: Lula Reed, The Soulful Side Of Lula Reed, Titanic Records CD-6501, 2011. In 1962 Ray Charles produced several singles with Lula Reed (born Lula Marietta McClelland, 1921 – 2008), and played keyboards on 4 tracks. This is one of these. Lula Reed (vocals); Marcus Belgrave, […]

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• October 10, 2014

  Try A Little Kindness (By The Raelettes, Ft Vernita Moss, Ray Charles On Keyboards)

  Single (B): Tangerine 1024, 197?, b/w Come Get It, I Got It. Album3: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic TR-CD 4422, 1993. Ray Charles on keyboard with The Raelettes, ft. Vernita Moss. The other Raelettes (probable line-up): Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians (all or […]

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