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November 14, 2014
Don’t Cry Baby
Read moreAlbum: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964. Recorded on 8 May 1964 at the United Studios in Hollywood and arranged by Calvin Jackson. For notes about the line-up, follow the link above. Listen here.
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November 14, 2014
Don’t Keep Fooling Around
Read moreUnreleased. Ray recorded this tune during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM in Los Angeles, but Tangerine master #239 no longer exists…
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November 14, 2014
Don’t Let Her Know
Read moreAlbum: Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again), ABC/Paramount 520, August 1965. Recorded at RPM International, Los Angeles. The musicians for the C&W/R&B album were not credited. The Jack Halloran Singers and The Raelettes took care of the backing vocals. Arranged by Sid Feller. In the live version Ray brought the BPM rate back to a death […]
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November 13, 2014
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
Read moreAlbum: The Genius of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959. Single (B): Atlantic 2047, December 1959, b/w Let The Good Times Roll.EP: Alexander’s Ragtime Band/Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’/Atlantic 80.014, 1959, b/w Let The Good Times Roll/Come Rain Or Come Shine. Recorded in New York City, on May 6, 1959. Ray Charles – piano and vocals; Allen […]
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November 13, 2014
Don’t Put All Your Dreams In One Basket
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 216, 1950, b/w Ain’t That Fine.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in 1949, in Los Angeles. Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee, Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.
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November 13, 2014
Don’t Set Me Free (With Margie Hendricks)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10405, February 1963, b/w The Brightest Smile In Town.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Arranged by Gerald Wilson; produced by Sid Feller. Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd […]
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November 13, 2014
Don’t Start Lyin’ To Me (By Neal Kimble, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreDon’t Start Lyin’ To Me (By Neal Kimble, Ray Charles On Piano) Single3 (B). Tangerine TRC 1021, [1971], b/w If It Wasn’t For The Children. This terrific blues song was written by Percy Mayfield, who also released it himself (Tangerine TRC 979, 1967).
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November 13, 2014
Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles
Read moreAlbum: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2, ABC/Paramount 435, October 1962. Recorded on 5 September 1962 in New York. Arranged by Gerald Wilson. Musicians not credited. Backing vocals by The Raelettes? Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if […]
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November 13, 2014
Don’t You Love Me Anymore
Read moreAlbum: Brother Ray Is At It Again, Crossover/Atlantic SH 8546, March 1980. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Flugelhorn solo by Bobby Bryant Freddie Hubbard*. * This new attribution is based on a consensus among trumpetist alumni of the Ray Charles band. Live:’80 LC Northsea
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November 13, 2014
Don’t You Think I Ought To Know
Read moreAlbum: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded in February 1965 at the United Studios in Hollywood. With Ray’s piano, a rhythm section (including Rene Hall on guitar, and Earl Palmer on drums), strings, and singers (all uncredited). Live:The song was longlisted as being part of the live repertoire in tour brochures from 1966 to […]
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November 13, 2014
Doodle-de-do (With Flip Wilson)
Read moreUnreleased. From the Flip Wilson Show broadcast on February 1, 1973. A cross talk and a few ditties (Play A Simple Melody, Doodle-de-do, and If You Wouldn’t Be My Lady) in this clip:
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November 13, 2014
Doodlin’ (With The Ray Charles Sextet)
Read moreDoodlin’ (With The Ray Charles Sextet) 1st edit (Atlantic master #2227): Album: The Great Ray Charles, Atlantic 1259, August 1957.EP: Atlantic 597, November 1957, b/w Sweet Sixten Bars. See this.2nd edit (Atlantic masters #4759, 4760): Single (A. Part 1; B. Part 2): Atlantic 5005, September 1960. Recorded at the Coastal Recording Studios in New York on 26 November 1956 with […]