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October 13, 2014
The Cincinnati Kid
Read moreSingle (A): ABC 10720, September 1965, b/w That’s All I Am To You. Soundtrack: The Cincinnati Kid, MGM Records E/SE-4313, 1965. Extended soundtrack: The Cincinnati Kid: Lalo Schifrin Film Scores Vol. 1, 1964–1968, FSMCD Vol. 13 – No. 2, 2010. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. This was the theme song of Norman Jewison’s blockbuster with the same […]
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October 13, 2014
The Danger Zone
Read moreSingle (B): ABC 10244, August 1961, b/w Hit The Road, Jack. Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011. Studio 1961: ’62 LC Berlin – Released The Danger Zone by Ray Charles on Grooveshark ’62 LC Paris – Released
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October 13, 2014
The Entertainer
Read moreUnreleased. During the 1975 concert at the Pleyel Room in Paris, on April 21, Ray played part of Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer as a 1-minute interlude to give Ernest Vantrease (“the Deacon”) a minute to take his place behind Ray’s piano, so that The Genius himself could spend the next 13+ minutes at his electric piano, for […]
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October 13, 2014
The Fever
Read moreAlbum: Strong Love Affair, Qwest Records 9362-46107-2, January 1996. Recorded in Paris (instruments) and at RPM International in Los Angeles (voice). Produced by Jean-Pierre Grosz. For the personnel, follow the album link, above.
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October 13, 2014
The Genie (By Rita Graham, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreAlbum3: Rita Graham, Vibrations, Tangerine TRCS 1507, 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited musicians. Bluesy piece, featuring the orchestra, arranged by Sid Feller.
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October 13, 2014
The Genius After Hours
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on September 12, 1957 in New York. Ray Charles – p, Oscar Pettiford – b, William Peeples – d. Live: ’82 TV Woody – With Woody Herman’s band, Woody on clarinet
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October 12, 2014
The Good Life
Read moreAlbum3 (soundtrack): Nothing But Trouble, Warner Bros. 9 26491-2, 1991. The Good Life (written by Jack Reardon and Sacha Distel) was arranged, conducted and produced by Marty Paich at RPM International Studios in LA for the film Nothing But Trouble (1991), starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Demi Moore, and John Candy. Soundtrack: Miami 1999: Live: ’91 LC McCallum – Released […]
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October 12, 2014
The Happy Hour
Read moreUnreleased (and unrecorded?). A demo tape is known to exist of a song titled The Happy Hour. Ray used it to brief arranger Sid Feller. Obviously it came to nothing with it.
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October 12, 2014
The Hunt Is On (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)
Read moreSingle3: Tangerine TRC 934, 1963, b/w Cookin’ In Style. Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966. Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963. Percy Mayfield – vocals; Ray Charles – organ; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Sonny Forriest – guitar; […]
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October 12, 2014
The Jealous Kind
Read moreAlbum: True To Life, Crossover/Atlantic 19142, October 1977. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with a mix of road musicians (from his Orchestra), session musicians, and The Raelettes. Arranged by Roger Neumann. Live: ’78 LC Antibes ’79 LC Antibes ’80 TV TS
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October 12, 2014
The Long And Winding Road
Read moreAlbum: Volcanic Action Of My Soul, ABC/Tangerine 726, April 1971-04 Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians remained uncredited. Arranged by Sid Feller. McCartney told the Sunday Herald in 2003, “I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song, imagining it was going to be done […]
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October 12, 2014
The Man I Love
Read moreAlbum: The Genius After Hours, Atlantic 1369, June 1961 (1956, 1957). Recorded on 30 April 1956 in New York with Joe Harris – drums; Oscar Pettiford – bass. Live: According to a concert souvenir booklet from 1962, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but no recordings with the band have surfaced.