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November 5, 2014
I’ll Fly Away (With Loretta Lynn)
Read moreUnreleased. The gospel duet which Ray Charles performed with Loretta Lynn when they both guested on the TV show Country Comes Home in 1981 (see this for more context), turned out to contain the Hank Williams-penned ‘southern gospel’ tune I’ll Fly Away, Amazing Grace, and a still unidentified third gospel song. The Country Music Hall Of Fame took the footage down. It’s a shame how […]
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November 5, 2014
I’ll Never Smile Again (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreUnreleased. Recorded at United Recordings Studios in Hollywood, in 1962, but it stayed in the can ever since. Cf. this.
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November 4, 2014
I’m Just A Lucky So And So (With Milt Jackson)
Read moreUnreleased. The Duke Ellington composition, recorded on 10 April 1958, at the Atlantic Studio in New York, but never issued (cf. this).
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November 4, 2014
I’m So Tired Of Waiting (With Gladys Knight) (?)
Read moreUnreleased. Stories like this are often not true, but who knows…: “One day he called (it was on a Wednesday) and said he wanted to record a song I wrote called I’m So Tired Of Waiting that he had in mind to record with Gladys Knight. He said he needed an additional verse by Saturday. By Saturday […]
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November 4, 2014
In A Mellow Tone (With Dizzy Gillespie) (?)
Read moreUnreleased (it’s uncertain if any video or audio with this tune has survived). Mentioned as part of the Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie concert in Montreux on 13 July 1978 by the festival’s Concerts Database. The tune, however, didn’t make it to the known releases.
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November 3, 2014
It Couldn’t Be Anything But Maxwell House (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. Maxwell House worked with Ray from 1981 to 1985. The jingle was composed (uh-uhm) by Joseph Brooks (source: New York Times, August 29, 1982).In this interview, Ray speaks about the reason why his name wasn’t mentioned when the campaign ran. (Last commercial on this reel): Ray also contributed to a Maxwell House radio commercial (or was it with the […]
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November 3, 2014
It’s America’s Game (The One And Only PowerBall) (Jingle)
Read moreUnreleased. Commercial jingle, produced in five (rather poorly produced, but entertaining) 30-second variations for several state lottery campaigns in 2002. Cf.this article. The New Mexico and Oregon Powerball campaigns entailed a series of five commercials, all with musical and visual variations on the jingle’s theme. The New Mexico campaign ran in 2002, and was marketed […]
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November 2, 2014
Jealous Heart (With Buck Owens & Roy Clark)
Read moreUnreleased. In December 1980 Ray Charles guested in an episode (aired in March 1981) of Hee Haw where he performed Jealous Heart. It was the first and only time that I know of that he did the song. Source here.
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November 2, 2014
Just Friends (By Jimmy Scott, Ray Charles On Piano)
Read moreUnreleased. Recorded in 1962 at the United Recordings Studios in Hollywood.Unfortunately this is one of the 2 songs that weren’t released with Jimmy’s Falling In Love Is Wonderful album. Hopefully, the master is still out there, in the vaults of the Ray Charles Foundation.
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November 2, 2014
Kid From Red Bank (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. The Count Basie, Neal Hefti instrumental recorded for the TV show taped on 13 May 1975, at the Teatro Monumental in Madrid. Solo: Ernest Vantrease – keyboards. With Jeff Conrad, Bob Coassin, Phil Guilbeau, Jack Evans – trumpets; Wally Huff, Ken Tussing, Glen (Champ) Childress, Steve Davis – trombones; Andy Ennis, Clifford Solomon, Ed Pratt, James […]
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November 2, 2014
La Bruja Negra (The Ray Charles Orchestra)
Read moreUnreleased. Composed by Steve Huffsteter. Filmed at La Salle Pleyel in Paris, early October 1969. Soloists: Ernest Elly – drums; Andy Ennis – tenor saxophone; and the incredible Blue Mitchell – trumpet. The full line-up: Johnny Coles, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpet; Edward Lee Comegys, Henry Coker, Glenn Childress, Joe Randazzo – trombone; Curtis […]
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November 1, 2014
Le Blues Du Dentiste/Dentist Blues (With Henri Salvador)
Read moreUnreleased. Taped for the TV show Victoires De La Musique at the Palais des Congrès in Paris on February 13, 1996. The original tune was written by Henri Salvador and Boris Vian, and charted (in 1960) by Quincy Jones. Le Blues Du Dentiste:Update 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please let […]