Written by
Bob Stumpel

May 4
2017


How To Raycharlesify A Tune


Off topic

Ray Charles’ studio version from 1964 of A Tear Fell (single: ABC-45-10571; album: ABCS-480-4), as arranged by Sid Feller, was nice enough.

But only in this live version at the Pleyel Room in Paris, in a concert on October 8, 1968, the Genius could share what he really heard in the song, showing how beautiful it really was.
The original tune was written in 1955 by Dorian Burton and Eugene Randolph. Two of their grandchildren recently met in the comments section on YouTube:


Comments

erasmus — 2017-05-04 23:56:21

Perfection. Thanks for posting and for including the YouTube screenshot.

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