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November 1, 2014
Leave My Man Alone (The Raelettes, Ft Vernita Moss, Ray Charles On Keyboards)
Read moreSingle (B): Tangerine 1017, June 1971, b/w Here I Go Again.Album3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. Leave My Woman Alone, from a female perspective, featuring the “evilest” contra-alto of Vernita Moss. The Raelettes’ probable line-up: Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and ?Estella Yarbrough?. Recorded at RPM […]
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November 1, 2014
Leave My Woman Alone
Read moreSingle (B): Atlantic 1108, August 1956 b/w Lonely Avenue.Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958. Recorded on 16 May 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt – tp; David Newman – as, ts; Emmett Dennis – bs; William Peeples – d; Roosevelt Sheffield; The Cookies – backing vocals. The song goes back on […]
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October 31, 2014
Let It Be
Read moreAlbum: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. The True To Life-album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians from his Orchestra, some studio musicians, and The Raelettes. The two known live performances were also brilliant, maybe even more so.* To me it’s a miracle why Brother Ray didn’t sing […]
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October 31, 2014
Let Me Love You
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 11213, April 1969, b/w I’m Satisfied.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.
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October 31, 2014
Let Me Take Over
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 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer […]
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October 31, 2014
Let No One Hold You (By Margie Hendricks, With The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (A), Tangerine TRC 940, 1964, b/w A Lover’s Blues.Compilation album: The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities, Titanic Records TR-CD 4422, 1993. Written by Margie Hendrix. The Vocals: Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, and Floyd Butler. Read an excellent sketch of Margie’s life (1935 – 1973) and discography here. This single was released the year after she stopped performing as […]
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October 31, 2014
Let The Good Times Roll
Read moreAlbum: The Genius Of Ray Charles, Atlantic 1312, October 1959.Single: Atlantic 2047, December 1959, b/w Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’. It’s fun to see how the writer, Louis Jordan, performed his song: Quincy brilliantly adapted Louis Jordan’s song to a magnificent big band chart for the Genius album. Ray Charles – piano and vocals; Clark […]
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October 31, 2014
Let The Good Times Roll (With Bono, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones)
Read moreAlbum3: Quincy Jones, Q’s Jook Joint, Quest/Warner/WEA 9362-45875-2, November 1995. Q’s Jook Joint was Quincy Jones’ fourth concept album in a quartet (with Body Heat, The Dude and Back On The Block).The concept is based on the juke joints that served as makeshift nightclubs in the South. Quincy establishes his own juke joint in track 1, with Ray’s Let The Good Times […]
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October 31, 2014
Let Your Love Flow
Read moreAlbum: Wish You Were Here Tonight, Columbia 38293, March 1983. Recorded between 1981 and 1983 with uncredited session musicians in Nashville, finished at RPM in Los Angeles. Arranged by Sid Feller (the demo tape that Ray used to brief Feller has survived). Update 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please […]
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October 31, 2014
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
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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October 31, 2014
Let’s Get Away From It All
Read moreUnreleased This Tommy Dorsey tune (from 1941) was part of Ray’s repertoire for ‘symphony gigs’. He never made a studio recording. Moscow 2000 (track # 4 at 8’15):Update 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd Live:’96 […]
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October 31, 2014
Let’s Get Back To Where We Left Off (With Peggy Scott-Adams)
Read moreAlbum: Would You Believe? Warner Bros 26343, October 1990. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Musicians remained uncredited; Rich Cason produced the synthesizer parts. In an interview, Peggy later stated: “One of the highlights of my career was being able to work with Ray. He and Jimmy [Lewis] had been friends and worked together over the years. […]