Album 1949 - 1956 Way
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October 10, 2014
This Love Of Mine
Read moreCompilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 October 2007. Recorded in Seattle, February 1949. Ray Charles, – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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October 9, 2014
Walkin’ And Talkin’ (aka Talkin’ ‘Bout You)
Read moreRe-release. Ray dated the recording in 1947. The Miami-based music business veteran Henry Stone has claimed several times that he recorded and released the tune in 1950 or 1951, together with St. Pete’s Blues, Why Did You Go, and I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’. The verdict, for now, is that the tune was recorded in Miami (?), in 1951. Ray […]
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October 9, 2014
What Have I Done? (aka Ray Charles Blues; aka Tell Me Baby)
Read moreReview in ,Cashbox Sep. 15, 1951. Single (B): Down Beat 217, 1950, b/w See See Rider. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1950. Ray Charles Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee – g; Milton S. Garred – b.
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October 8, 2014
Why Did You Go
Read moreThe Miami-based music business veteran Henry Stone has claimed several times that he recorded and released the tune in 1950 or 1951, together with St. Pete’s Blues, Walkin’ And Talkin’, and I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’. In the excellently researched liner notes of the “early years” compilation album The Way I Feel, though, only Walkin’ And Talkin’ and I’m Wonderin’ And Wonderin’ are located in […]
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October 6, 2014
You’ll Never Miss The Water (Until The Well Runs Dry)
Read moreSingle (B): Down Beat 179, b/w A Sentimental Blues, 1949. Compilation album: The Way I Feel, Proper, 22 Oct 2007. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1949. Maxim Trio: Ray Charles – voc, p; Gosady McKee, Mitchell ‘Tiny’ Webb – g; Ralph Hamilton – b.