Album 1966 Crying

  • November 14, 2014

    Crying Time (With The Raelettes, Ft Lillie Fort)

    Single (A): ABC/Paramount 10739, October 1965, b/w When My Dream Boat Comes Home.Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded on June 23, 1965 at RPM Studios in Hollywood. Ray Charles (vocals, piano); John Audino, Conte Candoli (trumpet); Milton Bernhart, Frank D. Strong (trombone); Bill Perkins (tenor saxophone); Bill Carson (alto saxophone); Jewel Grant (baritone saxophone); […]

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  • November 13, 2014

    Don’t You Think I Ought To Know

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded in February 1965 at the United Studios in Hollywood. With Ray’s piano, a rhythm section (including Rene Hall on guitar, and Earl Palmer on drums), strings, and singers (all uncredited). Live:The song was longlisted as being part of the live repertoire in tour brochures from 1966 to […]

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  • November 13, 2014

    Drifting Blues

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded in Q3 of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. Arranged by Onzy Matthews. With his rhythm section, a few strings and a choir. The violins and the (white) singers may seem odd in a blues number like this, but it worked our marvelously.The album doesn’t credit any […]

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  • November 11, 2014

    Going Down Slow

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded during the second fall sessions of 1965, at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Ray on piano, Billy Preston on organ, Rene Hall on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums. The 1968 rendition in Paris, with Billy, is a monument for all the times they worked together. Live:’67 […]

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  • October 31, 2014

    Let’s Go Get Stoned

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966.Single (A): ABC 10808, May 1966, b/w The Train. Recorded the second fall session in 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles.Ray may have* listened to Ronnie Milsap’s interpretation before he taped his own. With The Raelettes. Billy Preston on organ. Bass and drums uncredited. Carole Kaye remembers that Rene Hall […]

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  • October 24, 2014

    No Use Crying

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. One of Ray’s darkest masterpieces. Recorded during the second fall session of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Rene Hall on guitar, Earl Palmer on drums, probably Billy Preston on organ, and The Raelettes. Don Peake remembers playing the guitar intro on his 1931 Gibson L5 acoustic […]

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  • October 22, 2014

    Peace Of Mind

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With woodwinds (probably all session musicians), a rhythm section including Rene Hall on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums, and The Raelettes. Live: According to concert souvenir booklets from c. 1966 and 1968, this number […]

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  • October 14, 2014

    Tears

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded in Q3 of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With strings and singers (uncredited). Live: According to a concert souvenir booklet from c. 1966, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but no recordings with the band have surfaced.

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  • October 9, 2014

    We Don’t See Eye To Eye

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, 1966-01. Recorded in Q3 of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With the Ray Charles Orchestra. The album doesn’t credit any of the musicians. Listen here. Live: According to a concert souvenir booklets from c. 1966 and 1968, this number was part of the live repertoire then, but no recordings have […]

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  • October 6, 2014

    You’re In For A Big Surprise

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded in June 1965 at the United Studios in Hollywood. With the Ray Charles Orchestra and The Raelettes. The album doesn’t credit any of the musicians or backing vocalists. Billy Preston’s distinct organ playing is the major factor in the great sound of the bluest tracks on the album. […]

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  • October 6, 2014

    You’re Just About To Lose Your Clown

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544,  January 1966. Single (B): ABC 10785, March 1966, b/w Together Again. Recorded during the second fall session in 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Rene Hall on guitar(s), Earl Palmer on drums, possibly Billy Preston on organ, and The Raelettes. Who delivered the male backing vocals on this one?

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  • October 6, 2014

    You’ve Got A Problem

    Album: Crying Time, ABC/Paramount/Tangerine 544, January 1966. Recorded in Q3 of 1965 at RPM International in Los Angeles. With the Ray Charles Orchestra and The Raelettes. The album doesn’t credit any of the musicians or backing vocalists. Billy Preston’s distinct organ playing is the major factor in the great sound of the bluest tracks on the […]

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