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November 20, 2014
A Little Bit Of Heaven
Read moreAlbum: From The Pages Of My Mind, Columbia 40388, September 1986. Single (B): Columbia 6370, October 1986, b/w Dixie Moon. 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 […]
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November 20, 2014
A Little Bitty Tear
Read moreCompilation album: Rare Genius – The Undiscovered Masters, Concord Records, 25 October 2010. A tune from the Ray Charles Vaults at the RPM International studio in Los Angeles. The basic tracks were laid down by Ray himself, sometime in the ’70s or ’80s. You can almost touch how little energy he put into his voice. I […]
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November 20, 2014
A Lover’s Blues (aka Lover’s Blues) (By Margie Hendrix, Backed By The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine TRC 940, April 1964, b/w Let No One Hold You. Compilation album: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic Records TR-CD 4422, 1993. Written and produced by Ray Charles (also on piano). The Vocals: Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, and Floyd Butler. David Fathead Newman on tenor sax. Two years later The Raelettes – […]
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November 20, 2014
A Pair Of Threes (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreAlbum: Jazz Number II, Tangerine 1512, January 1973. Recorded at RPM International, in December 1971. Arranged by Alf Clausen. Ray Charles – piano; Frank Szabo (lead), Tomas Cortez, Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave – trumpets; Mayo Tiana (lead), Jules Rowell, Glenn Childress, Dana Hughes (bass) – trombones; J. Lloyd Miller (alto, lead), James Clay (alto), David Newman (tenor), […]
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November 20, 2014
A Peace That We Never Before Could Enjoy
Read moreAlbum: Love And Peace, Crossover/Atlantic 19199, September 1978. Single (B): Crossover/Atlantic 3473, March 1978, b/w Game Number Nine. Written by Mable John and (her son) Joel Webster. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. (Track #7):
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November 20, 2014
A Perfect Love
Read moreAlbum: Through The Eyes Of Love, ABC/Tangerine 765, August 1972. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. With strings and singers. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller. Update 24.01.2021: the footage of this performance is no longer available, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd
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November 20, 2014
A Poor Man’s Song
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.
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November 20, 2014
A Sentimental Blues
Read moreSingle (A): Swing [Time] Records 179, 1949, b/w You’ll Never Miss the Water (Until the Well Runs Dry). Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1949. Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee and Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.
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November 20, 2014
A Song For You
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Single (A): Warner Bros. 18611, March 1993, b/w I Can’t Get Enough. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. Arranged by Jeremy Lubbock. For the names of the session musicians, follow the […]
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November 20, 2014
A Stranger In Town
Read moreAlbum: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrows, Floyd Jones, Curtis Miller – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson, Julian Priester, Fred Morden – trombones; Hank Crawford, Bill Pearson, Harold Minerve, […]
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November 20, 2014
A Tear Fell
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10571*, June 1964, b/w No One To Cry To. Album: Sweet And Sour Tears, ABC/Paramount 480, August 1964. Recorded at the Bell Sound Studios in New York, around May 8, 1964. With The Ray Charles Orchestra and The Gene Lowell Singers. Arranged by Sid Feller. Within Ray Charles’ oeuvre, the differences between a studio […]
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November 20, 2014
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
Read moreAlbum: Porgy & Bess, RCA 1831, November 1976. Recorded between 20 and 23 April 1976 at the RCA Recording Studio in Hollywood. For the session personnel, click on the album’s link, above. (Track #3):