Unreleased
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November 14, 2014
Do It To Me Slow (The Raelettes, Ft Pat Peterson)
Read moreUnreleased. Among Ray Charles fans Do It To Me Slow is best known for its triumphant theme, which for many years was played as the introduction ‘jingle’ for the walk-on of “All 5”, a.k.a. The Raelettes. The tune was arranged by Ray Charles and James Polk.Pat Peterson gave a very vivid performance of the full version of […]
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November 14, 2014
Do Lord, Remember Me (With The Mandrell Sisters, Sylvia Hutton)
Read moreUnreleased. Partial rendition at the TV program Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters, taped on 23 January 1982. (At 51’40):Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd
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November 14, 2014
Don’t Keep Fooling Around
Read moreUnreleased. Ray recorded this tune during the first fall session of 1965 at RPM in Los Angeles, but Tangerine master #239 no longer exists…
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November 13, 2014
Doot Doot Dow (With Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. First recorded on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, in early 1969. Ray Charles on alto saxophone, accompanied by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra: Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd He played it again […]
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November 13, 2014
Doxy
Read moreUnreleased. Ray played this Sonny Rollins standard from 1954* during one of his many guest appearances on the Mike Douglas Show (season 12, episode 115) on February 8, 1974. The footage of this important gig still hasn’t surfaced yet. Who knows more? * On alto sax maybe? Or did Ray scat some Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing?! The melody of Doxy is […]
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November 13, 2014
Easy Living (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Easy Living is the jazz standard from 1937, written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin for the film with the same title. James Polk arranged the tune for the Ray Charles Orchestra. Live:’82 LC Antibes’89 LC Osaka’92 LC Antibes’97 LC WolfTrap
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November 12, 2014
Everybody’s Blues (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. This Quincy Jones-penned tune was performed at the Christmas Special TV show in Takanawa, on or around 24 Decmber 1990. The solos were delivered by Jeff Kaye and Ted Murdock on trumpets, Ernest Vantrease on keyboards, Kenny Carr on guitar, and Benoît Grey on bass. Chuck Parrish, Jeff Kaye, Ted Murdock, Kenny Rampton – trumpets; Steve […]
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November 12, 2014
Everything’s All Right
Read moreUnreleased. Timefiller (to get Ernest “The Deacon” Vantrease front stage). It could easily have evolved into a fully fledged song. (Starts at 1’09’40):Update 01.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let me know in the comments below if you have any footage, thanks — Cyd Live:’75 LC Madrid’75 LC […]
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November 12, 2014
Falling In Love All Over Again (The Raelettes, Ft Dorothy Berry)
Read moreUnreleased (i.e. not with Ray Charles). Berry performed the song at least 2 times during the series of six concert in Paris, from 1 to 3 October, 1971. The tune was penned by Jimmy Holiday and Jackie DeShannon, and originally released by Tangerine Records (#1020) in 1971 – Ray wasn’t actively involved in the production. […]
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November 12, 2014
Fast Moving Woman
Read moreUnreleased. Ray recorded this Jimmy Lewis song in 1968, but it was not released. The Tangerine master went lost.
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November 12, 2014
Feeling Inside
Read moreUnreleased A bluesy theme (“I made that just up”) improvised by Ray during the photo shoot with Norman Seeff in 1985.
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November 12, 2014
Fire Up (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Show opener – much mellower than the title suggests. Number 323 in the Orchestra’s book. But who wrote it? Live:’89 LC Paris’90 LC ArtPark’95 LC Tramps – Stream available