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November 6, 2014
I’d Walk A Little More For You
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 – […]
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November 6, 2014
If I Could
Read moreAlbum: My World, Warner Bros 26735 (CD), WE 833 (vinyl), March 1993. Recorded at Rat Cherokee, House of Soul, Capitol, Summa, Studio Ultimo, Clinton Recording Studio B, and Peter Rafelson Studio. For the names of the session musicians, follow the link to the album description, above. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer […]
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November 6, 2014
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with unnamed musicians.
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November 6, 2014
If I Didn’t Love You So
Read moreUnreleased. If Tangerine master #399 was well archived in the vaults of the Ray Charles Foundation, there’s a good chance that it holds Ray’s recording of this song.
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November 6, 2014
If I Give You My Love
Read moreCompilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Seattle, February 1949. Ray Charles, – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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November 6, 2014
If I Should Lose You (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Jimmy Scott: Falling In Love Is Wonderful, Tangerine, TRC 1501, 1963. Recorded at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962. As arranger Gerald Wilson told it in the liner notes to the 2003 reissue of the album, “Ray supervised, but he did so from the piano. He played on every track. And he made […]
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November 6, 2014
If I Should Lose You (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreUnreleased. Recorded on 12 September 1957. Cf. this.
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November 6, 2014
If I Were You
Read moreAlbum: Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Columbia 38990, July 1984. Recorded in Nashville studios 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 – Fiddle; Matt Morris – Bass; James Gadson – drums. Arranged […]
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November 6, 2014
If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck (With Jimmy Lewis)
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 11170, November 1968, b/w When I Stop Dreaming.Album: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969. Recorded on October 26, 1968 at RPM Studios in Los Angeles. Ray Charles (vocals, piano); Jimmy Lewis (vocals); Phil Guilbeau, Wallace Davenport (trumpet); David Phelps, Henry Coker (trombone); Maurice Spears (bass trombone); Andy Ennis, Buddy Terry (tenor […]
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November 6, 2014
If That’s What’Cha Want
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 […]
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November 6, 2014
If You Give Me Your Heart (With Peggy Scott-Adams)
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Instruments recorded in Paris and voices mixed in at RPM International in Los Angeles. Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the personnel, follow the album link, above. Update 13.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below […]
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November 6, 2014
If You Go Away
Read moreAlbum: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by Sid Feller. An audiotape of a working session where Feller and Charles discussed and worked on the arrangement of the song has survived. Exclusif 1978 – just Ray and his piano, unplugged, unique: Update 13.02.2021: the video of […]