Sherry (aka Sherri) (With The Ray Charles Orchestra)

Album: Ray Charles At Newport, Atlantic 1289, October 1958.

Original tune by Hank Crawford.

Ray Charles – piano; Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper – trumpets; David Newman – tenor saxophone; Hank Crawford – baritone saxophone; Edgar Willis – bass; Richie Goldberg – drums.

1958 Live:

In 1962 Crawford recorded it again – this time in the Atlantic studio – with Ray’s last ‘small big band’, for the album From The Heart.

Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt – trumpets; Hank Crawford – alto saxophone; David Newman – tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone; Sonny Forriest – guitar; Edgar Willis – bass; Bruno Carr – drums.

1962 Studio: