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November 12, 2014
For Every Dream There’s A Jackpot (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. This is one of the commercials Ray played in for the New Jersey Lottery, in 2000. The press release announcing the campaign, treated it as a work of art. ‘Composed’ by Victor Vanacore, ‘lyrics’ by Jon Harcharek of the New Jersey Lottery’s advertising agency, Grafica. Musicians participating in the recording session included Wayne Bergeron, Mike […]
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November 12, 2014
For The Future (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. In 2000 the Austin Kelley agency produced three 30-second commercials for the Georgia Lottery. One of them, claiming the Lottery’s contributions to education, was themed For The Future.
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November 11, 2014
Games People Play (With Andy Williams)
Read moreUnreleased. On the Andy Williams Show that was broadcast on October 18, 1969, Ray ended his mini concert singing a not very convincing duet with the host.The Raelettes stood there, I think, just clapping their hands – the shrieking backing vocals must come from someone else (Mama Cass?!). Live:’70 LC Geneva
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November 11, 2014
Getting Your Lovin’ From The Streets
Read moreUnreleased (lost master). Ray recorded the tune (by an unidentified writer) in 1968, but the Tangerine master is lost.
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November 10, 2014
Goin’ Out Of My Head (Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. If this song title, listed in an Australian newspaper, was correct (as far as I know, the Charles troupe didn’t perform it elsewhere), the best candidate for The composition is the Randazzo/Weinstein song, made famous by Little Anthony & The Imperials, and Dionne Warwick, and then it would surely have been performed by a Raelette., […]
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November 10, 2014
Good Bye Blues Jam (With B.B. King)
Read moreUnreleased. During their Parliament American Blue/Philip Morris Superband worldtour in 1990 Ray Charles and B.B. King closed every show with an ‘exit blues jam’ in which they mashed up all kinds of farewell blues themes, like Bye Bye/Bye Bye Baby/Good Bye/It’s Time For Me To Close The Show. Live (e.g.):’90 LC Tokyo BB’90 LC Dresden BB’90 LC Italy
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November 10, 2014
Good Love Gone Bad
Read moreUnreleased. The Sanremo Songfestival is a long running and hugely popular contest for songwriters, who always get some help from local and international stars. Ray turned his contribution into a triumphant interpretation masterclass. It’s remarkable that it didn’t get wider exposure. The original title is Gli Amori; the song was written by Toto Cutagno. ’90 TV Sanremo (2nd performance):Update […]
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November 10, 2014
Goodness Gracious (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Goodness Gracious is a nice riff turned into a rocking big band ditty. Ray Charles called the tune only so now and then, but it stayed on the repertoire of the Orchestra well into the 1990s. Taped twice, at the 1967 Berlin concert (the best of the two surviving recordings), with Barry Rillera taking excellent care […]
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November 10, 2014
Got Milk (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. In 2002 Ray Charles contributed a radio commercial – singing and piano playing – to the Got Milk campaign, funded by the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board, and Dairy Management. Who knows more?
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November 10, 2014
Guess Who I Saw Today (With The Raelettes)
Read moreUnreleased. The song, written by Murray Grand and Elisse Boyd, is best known in Nancy Wilson’s version. Ray dictated or ordered for a great big band arrangement. The Raelettes made it into a beautiful show piece (Ray of course turning the intro into a bawdy dialogue). Live:’75 LC Brussels’76 LC Antibes’78 LC Antibes’84 LC Ithaca’90 […]
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November 10, 2014
Hang Around Blues (?)
Read moreUncertain. On June 2, 2003 Ray was co-billed at the Apollo Theater for Blowin’ The Blues Away, a scripted concert conceived by Wynton Marsalis as a staged documentary on the history and the role of the blues as an integral part of American life and culture.I don’t know if any part of Ray’s performance was recorded. One […]
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November 9, 2014
He Called Me Baby (All Night Long) (The Raelettes)
Read moreUnreleased. This is the only known recorded performance by The Raelettes of this country song (written in 1962 by Harlan Howard). Live:’73 LC Arbor