With Ray Charles
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November 3, 2014
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (With Cast)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS, France): Duke Ellington – We Love You Madly, VRV 1124, S.a. Opening of the 1973 CBS TV special Duke Ellington… We Love You Madly, recorded at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, on 10 and 11 January 1973. With Roberta Flack, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Count Basie, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Billy Eckstine, Quincy Jones, Joe […]
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October 8, 2014
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (With Legends Of Rock ‘n’ Roll)
Read moreAlbum3 (DVD): Legends Of Rock ‘n’ Roll Live, Image Entertainment, 5 December 2000. Part of an all-star jam, recorded by Cinemax in Rome in February 1989. Ray had a good time sitting behind his keyboards. The other legends were James Brown, B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Esther Phillips, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard. […]
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May 19, 2012
A Great Day In San Francisco – Ray & Rea @ The Fillmore West, Unabridged (1971)
Read moreKing Curtis, Aretha, Ray, Billy. This video – in my perception truly the Holy Grail in the History of Soul Music – suddenly popped up in my inbox yesterday. This morning I was informed* that, since a few months, it can also be watched online. (I keep on wondering how some uploads, although they are […]
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March 19, 2012
Ray Charles Ft. In A Special Kenny Rogers (1979)
Read morePhoto taken during this show. Ray Charles with Kenny Rogers, Dottie West and The Oak Ridge Boys. In early 1979 Kenny Rogers toured in the U.S. One of the tunes on his setlist was Oh Lady Luck. This set was one of the elements in a variety TV show titled A Special Kenny Rogers, where […]
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February 20, 2011
Rita Graham, Vibrations (Ray Charles On Piano) (1969)
Read moreYou Better Go Now Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (There Is) No Greater Love Meditation P.S. I Love You Charade The Genie My Cup Runneth Over You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To Cover photo by Howard Morehead. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, […]
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February 20, 2011
Bought Blues (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano) (1971)
Read moreNever No More* Ha Ha In The Day Time* I Reached For A Tear* My Bottle Is My Companion We Both Must Cry River’s Invitation* Pretty Eyed Baby Long As You’re Mine You Don’t Exist Anymore Fading Love * Ray played on these tracks. Known personnel on Percy’s earliest Tangerine tracks: Percy Mayfield – […]
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February 20, 2011
My Jug And I (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano) (1966)
Read moreMy Jug And I River’s Invitation Baby Please Stranger In My Own Home Town Never Say Naw The Hunt Is On Memory Pain I Reached For A Tear Life Is Suicide Maybe It’s Because Of Love Give Me Time Fading Love Recorded between 1963 and c. 1966 at unidentified studios, prob. in Los Angeles. […]