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October 22, 2014
Ooh Lawdy My Baby (By Tommy Ridgley, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreSingle3 (A): Atlantic 1009, 1954, b/w I’m Gonna Cross That River. In Mid-August 1953 Ray 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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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 8, 2014
When I’m Ready To Go
Read moreLost recording. Ray Charles recorded this song, written by Charlie Small (1968), at RPM in Los Angeles, but the master must be considered lost.
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October 8, 2014
When You’re Tired Of What You Got
Read moreLost recording. Ray Charles recorded this song, written by Robbie Mitchell (1969), at RPM in Los Angeles, but the master must be considered lost. In or around 1970, together with Darryl Patterson, Mitchell also recorded this tune and this one for Tangerine.
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October 7, 2014
You Forgot Your Memory
Read moreSingle (A): Crossover/Atlantic 3527, October 1978, b/w Riding Thumb. Written by Norma Souder and Bill Arthor. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The whistled intro (that must be Ray!) is… truly unforgettable… Title est omen – this track hasn’t made it to any compilation yet.
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August 31, 2014
Bill Cosby & Ray Charles In Reno (1969)
Read moreAd from Hayward Daily Review, 18 Dec. For the week of 18 to 24 December 1969 Bill Cosby invited Ray Charles to join him at his stint at Harrah’s in Reno. A few years later Cosby looked back on it like this:
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June 9, 2014
“So goodbye, old sweethearts and pals”
Read moreUntitled, wordless blues, performed at the Olympia Theater in Paris on 18 May 1962. Ray Charles – p, voc; Sonny Forriest – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Bruno Carr – drums. First released in 2013 by Body & Soul as part of the album Ray Charles – Live In Paris; Volume 2. Cartoon by Mike […]
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April 10, 2014
Potential youth delinquents dancing to Ray Charles’ What’d I Say (1961)
Read morePotential youth delinquents in San Francisco, dancing to What’d I Say, in Ask Me, Don’t Tell Me, a ‘PSA’ produced for Youth For Service (1961):
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June 12, 2013
Jim Marshall Catching Ray Charles’ Shadow (1961?)
Read morePhoto by Jim Marshall, put up for auction by Christie’s. Dated in 1960, but must be of later date since Ray’s first big band was established in 1961. The venue could be Longshoreman’s Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 29, 1961 – where Marshall shot a series with a.o. this photobackstage (if so, prob. with […]
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May 18, 2013
Ray Charles Band @ MIT (1961)
Read moreAs far as I know, this is the second-ever picture of Ray Charles’ big band. “After an informal dinner, it was the popular jazz artist, Ray Charles, and his orchestra. An enthusiastic audience attended the concert held in the Armory, which was followed by our own private performance – the annual pledge skit and a […]
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April 25, 2013
Ray Charles’ Iris By Francis Giacobetti (c 1990?)
Read morePortrait of Ray Charles by Francis Giacobetti (c 1990?), in the Hymn series: 180 black and white portraits, combined with full color close ups of each person’s iris. Cf. Francis Giacobetti’s website for more.
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April 23, 2013
Rare Picture Of Ray Charles Fans At 1958 Dance Hall Gig In Rochester (NY)
Read moreKids with (self-made?) Ray Charles hats at dance hall gig in 1958; photo by Paul Hoeffler. Almost certainly taken at Eddie’s Roller Palace in Chestnut Street, Rochester (NY). More pictures: here.