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October 30, 2014
Little Hotel Room (With Merle Haggard)
Read moreAlbum: Friendship, Columbia 39415, February 1985.Single (B): Columbia 5575, August 1985, b/w Two Old Cats Like Us. . Recorded at the Eleven Eleven Studios and the Soundshop Studio in Nashville, and the Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, with c&w veteran Billy Sherrill. Ray finished things off at the RPM studio in Los Angeles. […]
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October 30, 2014
Little Rock Getaway
Read moreCompilation album: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic, 2005 (1952-1959), Disk 7. From the rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun, on 10 May 1953, in New York. Update 14.02.2021: 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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October 30, 2014
Living For The City
Read moreAlbum: Renaissance, Crossover 9005, June 1975.Single (A): Crossover/Atlantic 981, July 1975, b/w Then We’ll Be Home (Sadies Tune). The album was recorded in late 1974 and early 1975 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Ray later explained, “I do it a lot differently than Stevie; I cut out a lot of the musical flourishes and I put […]
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October 30, 2014
Living Without You
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. Living Without You by 08 – RAY CHARLES on Grooveshark
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October 30, 2014
Lonely Avenue
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1108, August 1956, b/w Leave My Woman Alone.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 Peebles – d; Roosevelt Sheffield; The Cookies – backing vocals.
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October 30, 2014
Lonely Boy (aka I’m Just A Lonely Boy)
Read moreSingle (A): Swing Time 250, b/w Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand.Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, on November 24, 1950. Released as by the “Ray Charles Trio”: Ray Charles, voc, p; cel; Oscar Moore, g; Johnny Miller, b.
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October 30, 2014
Lonesome Blue Yodel [Partial]
Read moreAlbum (Laserdisk): Ray Charles Live – In Concert With The Edmonton Symphonie, Optical Programming Associates 74-612 LV, 1982 (also on VHS: MCA, 1982; and on DVD: Eagle Rock B0002WZTHA, 21 September 2004). Around 1980 Ray briefly quoted the tune – penned by Hank “The Yodeling Ranger” Snow – as a part of his intro to What’d I Say. […]
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October 30, 2014
Lonesome Mood (By The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (A): Tangerine TRC 938, 1964, b/w Look Out For Love. The Vocals’ line up: Lamont McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, Fritz Baskett and Lawrence Summers.
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October 30, 2014
Look Out For Love (By The Vocals, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (B): Tangerine TRC 938, 1964, b/w Lonesome Mood. The Vocals’ line up: Lamont McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Harry Elston, Fritz Baskett and Lawrence Summers.
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October 30, 2014
Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma
Read moreAlbum: A Message From The People, ABC/Tangerine 755, April 1972.Single (A): ABC 11329, June 1972, b/w America The Beautiful. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in 1972. The musicians remained uncredited (but Donnie Eubank played congas on this one, and Carol Kaye was on bass; follow the link to the album to see a list of […]
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October 30, 2014
Losing Hand
Read moreSingle (A): Atlantic 1037, August 1954 b/w Don’t You Know.Compilation album: Ray Charles, Atlantic 8006, June 1957. Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with Jesse Drakes – tp; Sam Taylor- ts; Dave McRae – bs; Connie Kay – ds; Mickey Baker – g; Lloyd Trotman – b.
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October 30, 2014
Louise
Read moreAlbum: Come Live With Me, Crossover 9000, January 1974.Single (A): Crossover/Atlantic 974, March 1974, b/w Somebody. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by Sid Feller. This one was with The Raelettes (did they also do the whistling?) and the band. The live version was marvelously churched up. Live:’73 LC Arbor’73 TV Follies’74 TV TS