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  November 17, 2014

  Blues Before Sunrise

  Single (A): Down Beat 178-A, 1949, b/w How Long Blues.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 15, 2014

  Cookin’ In Style

  Unreleased (lost master). Ray recorded this Percy Mayfield tune during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM in Los Angeles, but Tangerine master #239 no longer exists…

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  November 14, 2014

  Do Something For Me

  Never recorded. The following anecdotes describe some of Floyd Dixon‘s (1929 – 2006) memories of the Chitlin’ Circuit in the early Fifties. The story about Do Something For Me can be dated in 1953 – 1954. From an article by Billy Vera, posted here: “The session for M-G-M was Sonnie, backed by Floyd, Hampton and a contingent from Hamp’s […]

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• November 14, 2014

  Don’t Keep Fooling Around

  Unreleased. Ray recorded this tune during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM in Los Angeles, but Tangerine master #239 no longer exists…

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• November 12, 2014

  Fast Moving Woman

  Unreleased. Ray recorded this Jimmy Lewis song in 1968, but it was not released. The Tangerine master went lost.

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• November 11, 2014

  Getting Your Lovin’ From The Streets

  Unreleased (lost master). Ray recorded the tune (by an unidentified writer) in 1968, but the Tangerine master is lost.

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• November 8, 2014

  I Can’t Get Started

  Unrecorded. From Joël Dufour’s interview with Ray Charles’ first band leader, Renald Richard, published in Soul Bag (January 2004, #176/177): JD: Was your repertoire all R&B and jazz, or would Ray Charles sing a few standard ballads as well?RR: He wrote the Bunny Berrigan version of  I Can’t Get Started as a feature trumpet solo, and he did […]

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• November 7, 2014

  I Found A River (By Dorothy Berry, Ray Charles On Piano)

  Single3 (B): Tangerine TRC 1020, [1971], b/w Falling In Love All Over Again. Dorothy was part of the Raelettes from 1971 to 1980. In 1971 Tangerine released her one and only solo-single at this label: Falling In Love All Over Again b/w I Found A River. Ray produced the single and played piano on this B-track. For her other […]

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• November 6, 2014

  If I Didn’t Love You So

  Unreleased. 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 5, 2014

  I’m Gonna Cross That River (By Tommy Ridgley, Ray Charles On Piano)

  Single3 (A): Atlantic 1009, 1954, b/w Ooh Lawdy My Baby. In Mid-August 1953 Ray Charles was invited to fill in on the piano at a recording session organized by Atlantic for Tommy Ridgley, at the J&M Studio in New Orleans. They taped Ooh Lawdy My Baby and I’m Gonna Cross That River. Ray may also have had a role […]

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• November 3, 2014

  It’s All Over (By The Sims Twins, Ray Charles On Keyboard)

  Single3 (A): Crossover 975, 1974, b/w Talking About My Baby. A marvelous soul duet. Listen here.

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• October 31, 2014

  Let’s Get Away From It All

  Unreleased 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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