With Susaye Greene

  • November 20, 2014

    After Loving You (The Raelettes, Ft. Susaye Greene, Ray Charles On Keyboards)

    Album3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (and maybe some session musicians). After Loving You by The Raelettes on Grooveshark

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  • November 4, 2014

    I’m Satisfied (With The Raelettes, Ft Susaye Greene)

    Single (B): BC 11213, April 1969, b/w Let Me Love You.Compilation album: Singular Genius, Concord Records, 15 November 2011.

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  • November 3, 2014

    Indian Love Call (aka When I’m Calling You)

    Album: I’m All Yours Baby, ABC/Tangerine 675, February 1969. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles with uncredited musicians (incl. strings). Ray’s voice got an unusual echo in this production (by Sid Feller). In live concerts it became a duet with Susaye Greene, and an ideal vehicle for her highest notes. Update 13.02.2021: the video of […]

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  • October 29, 2014

    Luvbug (With Susaye Greene & Scherrie Paine)

    Album3: Susaye Greene & Scherrie Paine, Partners, Motown M7-920R1, 1979. Susaye and Ray were lovers when she was a Raelette, from 1968 to 1975. After that she became part of The Supremes.After The Supremes disbanded in 1977, Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene released their debut album, Partners. Guest vocals: “The Great Ray Charles As The Luvbug”. Susaye […]

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  • October 25, 2014

    My Funny Valentine (With Susaye Greene)

    Unreleased. Susaye’s operatic interpretation was filmed for TV at La Salle Pleyel in Paris, on 8 October 1968, broadcast by ORTF. A second rendition, that same night, taped for a radio broadcast, has also survived. With Wallace Davenport (bandleader), Phil Guilbeau, Virgil Jones, David Philips – trumpet; Fred Johnson, Jay Clyde Miller – alto saxophone; Nathan […]

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  • October 16, 2014

    Soul Serenade (Ft. Susaye Greene)

    Unreleased. The  Curtis Ousley/Luther Dixon song, made famous by Aretha Franklin, is known from an excellent rendition by Ray’s “little angel”, Susaye Greene. It was only caught once, in a tape made “from the audience”, on October 25, 1968 in Fresno.

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  • October 7, 2014

    You Have A Way With Me (The Raelettes, Ft Susaye Greene, Ray Charles On Keyboards)

    Single3 (B): Tangerine 1029, January 1973, b/w You Must Be Doing Alright. Album3: (Ray Charles Presents The) Raeletts, Yesterday… Today… Tomorrow, Tangerine 1515, 1972. Ray Charles on piano. Featuring Susaye Greene. The Raelettes (probable line-up): Vernita Moss, Susaye Green, Mable John, Dorothy Berry and Estella Yarbrough. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with uncredited members […]

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