Album 1963 Recipe

  • November 20, 2014

    A Stranger In Town

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrows, Floyd Jones, Curtis Miller – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson, Julian Priester, Fred Morden – trombones; Hank Crawford, Bill Pearson, Harold Minerve, […]

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  • November 16, 2014

    Born To Be Blue

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. The album was recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. With strings and the Ray Charles Orchestra. Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrows, Floyd Jones, Curtis Miller – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson, Julian Priester, […]

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  • November 16, 2014

    Busted

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963.Single (A): ABC 10481, August 1963, b/w Making Believe. The album was recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. With Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrows, Floyd Jones, Curtis Miller – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson, Julian […]

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  • November 4, 2014

    In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963.Album: Live In Concert, ABC/Paramount 500, 1964. Recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. Ray’s take on this song almost seemed like a personal lesson in blues (re-)interpretation for Ella Fitzgerald, who released the song on her These Are The Blues album that same year. Where […]

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  • October 24, 2014

    Ol’ Man River

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York with uncredited strings and The Jack Halloran Singers. Arranged by Marty Paich. In 1988 and 1989 Ray recreated the 1963 chart of Ol’ Man River with the orchestra and choir of the New York Ballet […]

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  • October 23, 2014

    Ol’ Man Time

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Single (B): ABC 10509, November 1963, b/w That Lucky Old Sun. Recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. The big band tracks were produced with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, and a few session musicians: Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, […]

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  • October 22, 2014

    Over The Rainbow

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Ray solo, in a majestic arrangement, recorded on 10 or 13 July 1963 in New York. With strings (uncredited) and The Jack Halloran Singers. Arranged by Marty Paich. Live: ’72 LC San Carlos – With Susaye Greene

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  • October 13, 2014

    That Lucky Old Sun

    Full page ads in Billboard (above) and Cashbox (below). Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Single (A): ABC 10509, November 1963, b/w Ol’ Man Time. For session details, follow the album link, above. The single version was cut back to a little longer than 3 minutes. The performance of this song at the Shrine […]

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  • October 8, 2014

    Where Can I Go

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, August 1963. Ray’s marvelous interpretation of Leo Fuld’s Wo Ahin Soll Ich Geh’n (Tell Me Where Shall I Go). Arranged by Johnny Parker. The album was recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. Follow the link to the album (above) to check on […]

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  • October 6, 2014

    You’ll Never Walk Alone

    Album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul, ABC/Paramount 465, 1963-08. Recorded on 10 and 13 July 1963 in New York. Oliver Beener, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Roy Burrows, Floyd Jones, Curtis Miller – trumpets; Henderson Chambers, James Lee Harbert, Keg Johnson, Julian Priester, Fred Morden – trombones; Hank Crawford, Bill Pearson, Harold Minerve, Dan […]

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