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Ray Charles: You Don't Know Me (1962)
...in the hands of lesser talents but the great Ray Charles had a hit with it in the early Sixties when he... ...default to the great, orchestrated version by Ray Charles where his impassioned vocal rises above the...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/10058/ray-charles-you-dont-know-me-1962/
Ray Charles: In Person (1959)
...Music -- co-written with David Ritz -- that Ray Charles was the first and only one of three geniuses... ...Ray had everything." In the studio Ray Charles would arrange charts and harmonies for the... ...When Wexler used "genius" about Ray Charles it was a word carefully chosen. And when... ...released albums with titles like The Genius of Ray Charles, The Genius Sings the Bues, Genius + Soul =... ...Thelonious Monk one of the select also -- but Ray Charles was, as they say, in the pocket. It's a... ...for use on radio to promote the next Ray Charles show. As Wexler says, when he heard the three... ...And so the half-hour set appeared as Ray Charles In Person on Atlantic 8039 not long after. It... ...years on -- it convincingly proves the great Ray Charles could create music which could channel the... ...says in his chapter about Brother Ray: "Ray Charles took care of it all; simultaneously he was a... ...the heart, the soul, the gut and the feet - on Ray Charles In Person. There is more about the great Ray...
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/6755/ray-charles-in-person-1959/
RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Ray Charles: Crying Time (digital outlets)
...are any number of great Ray Charles albums (notably the two volumes of Modern... ...soul (Don't You Think I Ought to Know), Ray Charles confirmed once more the word...
Music at Elsewhere: music/11352/recommended-reissue-ray-charles-crying-time-digital-outlets/
RAY CHARLES 1954-1960: A soul brother movin' on
..."genius" was used so often about Ray Charles that people probably ceased to believe it in... ...28-track compilation The Soul Explosion of Ray Charles 1954 - 1960 which has come out on Chrome... ...or sax, or orchestrating for a small ensemble, Ray Charles was redefining the possibilities of popular...
Tagged with: elton john | from the vaults | hank wilson | jazz in elsewhere | leon russell | old grey whistle test | randy newman | ray charles | the beatles | tumbleweed connection |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4106/ray-charles-1954-1960-a-soul-brother-movin-on/
SOLOMON BURKE INTERVIEWED (2002): The rock'n'soul preacherman
...born in the church and taken to the street by Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and many...
Tagged with: al green | elvis costello | james brown | joe henry | solomon burke |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/464/solomon-burke-interviewed-2002-the-rocknsoul-preacherman/
The Blind Boys of Alabama: Retrospective (Stem/Southbound)
...of Crying Time Again (or vice-versa) which Ray Charles took from the church to the street, and He Got...
Tagged with: amiri baraka | gil scott-heron | jazz in elsewhere | rahsaan roland kirk | soundtrack for a revolution | the last poets | thelonious monk |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4027/the-blind-boys-of-alabama-retrospective-stem-southbound/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Tift Merritt
...anyone it would be . . . (And you would play?) Ray Charles. I would just want to be close to his...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6229/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-tift-merritt/
THE AMA (NEW ZEALAND) HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 2021: The five essential ingredients in a melting point of talent
...She appeared on Shortland Street, opened for Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Sting and Paul McCartney,...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10149/the-ama-new-zealand-hall-of-fame-inductees-2021-the-five-essential-ingredients-in-a-melting-point-of-talent/
DEREK TRUCKS INTERVIEWED (2009): Allman and Clapton, but his own man
...laying the crowd out, or crying when he heard Ray Charles sing . . . Seeing your parents moved by music...
Tagged with: blues in elsewhere | bonnie raitt | carlos santana | clarksdale, mississippi | derek trucks | eric bibb | eric clapton |
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/2184/derek-trucks-interviewed-2009-allman-and-clapton-but-his-own-man/
The Chaps: Don't Worry 'Bout Your Age (Chaps)
...hit Come See About Me and Ray Charles' hit Mess Around (written by Ahmet Ertegun)...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4706/the-chaps-dont-worry-bout-your-age-chaps/
NORAH JONES CONSIDERED (2016): Old ways and a new day breaking
...the Foo Fighters, Outkast and Talib Kweli to Ray Charles, Willie Nelson and Herbie Hancock. More...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7654/norah-jones-considered-2016-old-ways-and-a-new-day-breaking/
QUINCY JONES INTERVIEWED (1990): The boss back on the block
...a host of rappers like Ice T, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles and so on. And on. Only Jones could pull this...
Tagged with: charles mingus | charlie parker | herbie hancock | john coltrane | kind of blue | miles davis | quincy jones |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3351/quincy-jones-interviewed-1990-the-boss-back-on-the-block/
DINAH LEE: INTRODUCING DINAH LEE, CONSIDERED (1964): Pop, ska and whatever else is available
...Maybe even jazz pianist Mike Walker also. Ray Charles' Hallelujah I Love Him So is a swinging treat...
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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9518/dinah-lee-introducing-dinah-lee-considered-1964-pop-ska-and-whatever-else-is-available/
Lula Reed: I'll Drown in my Tears (1952)
...Ray Charles took a version of this soul classic to the top...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5178/lula-reed-ill-drown-in-my-tears-1952/
Quincy Jones: The professional in the pissoir.
...was man who had walked with giants: Davis, Ray Charles, Jesse Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella, Sarah...
Tagged with: michael jackson | miles davis | my back pages | quincy jones |
My Back Pages: mybackpages/766/quincy-jones-the-professional-in-the-pissoir/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Dave Edmunds: Original Album Classics
...As a Flying Mallet (material made famous by Ray Charles, the Crystals, Chuck Berry and others, proving...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6298/the-bargain-buy-dave-edmunds-original-album-classics/
JOE COCKER, PROFILED ON FILM (2003): The man still standing
...great soul singer Ray Charles has often said that Joe Cocker is his foremost...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10255/joe-cocker-profiled-on-film-2003-the-man-still-standing/
John Scofield: Piety Street (Universal)
...stuff; wrote a tribute to Ray Charles; played with Kansas City pianist Jay McShann ....
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2237/john-scofield-piety-street-universal/
RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Universal)
...Let's Go Get Stoned (a hit for Cocker's hero Ray Charles), Leonard Cohen (Bird on a Wire), the Beatles...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7763/recommended-reissue-joe-cocker-mad-dogs-and-englishmen-universal/
John Mayall with Eric Clapton; Blues Breakers (1966)
...the Beatles' Daytripper in their workout on Ray Charles' What Did I Say. But his sound is so brittle,...
Tagged with: chicago blues | eric clapton | jimmy page | john mayall |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/3439/john-mayall-with-eric-clapton-blues-breakers-1966/
WHEN COUNTRY MEETS SOUL, AND BACK AGAIN: Black white and blue
...Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and so many... ...habits, and what they created. Certainly after Ray Charles recorded his Modern Sounds in Country and...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5186/when-country-meets-soul-and-back-again-black-white-and-blue/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . DANNY GATTON: Known unto God and guitarists
...with Gram Parson, the Everly Brothers and Ray Charles among many others). That was the company...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/9546/we-need-to-talk-about-danny-gatton-known-unto-god-and-guitarists/
MAHALIA JACKSON: NEWPORT 1958, CONSIDERED (1958): Twelve steps to heaven
...and onto the streets but, unlike for example Ray Charles, didn't secularise it. She was always singing...
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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9532/mahalia-jackson-newport-1958-considered-1958-twelve-steps-to-heaven/
Various Artists: The History of Rhythm and Blues 1942-52 (Rhythmandbluesrecords/Southbound 4 CD Set)
...more Big Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson and Ray Charles. Exceptional. As a cross-label collection the...
Tagged with: charlie parker | dirty red | james brown | muddy waters | robert johnson | the history of rhythm and blues |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2890/various-artists-the-history-of-rhythm-and-blues-1942-52-rhythmandbluesrecords-southbound-4-cd-set/
JERRY LEE LEWIS, THE LEAN YEARS 1965-69; The singer not the song
...he had some small successes with the cover of Ray Charles' What Did I Say and Hank Williams' Cold Cold...
Tagged with: buddy holly | carl perkins | elvis presley | jerry lee lewis | johnny devlin | little richard | loud, fast and out of control | rockabilly | wanda jackson |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5174/jerry-lee-lewis-the-lean-years-1965-69-the-singer-not-the-song/
The Blind Boys of Alabama: Take the High Road (Stem/Southbound)
...My Hand gets a delivery as raw as anything by Ray Charles, Jesus Built a Bridge to Heaven is positively...
Tagged with: aaron neville | gospel | the blind boys of alabama |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4110/the-blind-boys-of-alabama-take-the-high-road-stem-southbound/
Fly: Year of the Snake (ECM/Ode)
...and drummer Jeff Ballard spent time with Ray Charles, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman,...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5027/fly-year-of-the-snake-ecm-ode/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Danny McCrum
...could co-write with anyone it would be . . . Ray Charles would’ve been a dream to write with, but...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/9120/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-danny-mccrum/
JOHNNY CASH REMEMBERED 2006: Solitary, and singular, man
...He was honest about his human failings. Like Ray Charles before him, Cash now has his tribute movie,...
Tagged with: bob dylan | johnny cash | lucinda williams | nick cave | steve earle | willie nelson |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/398/johnny-cash-remembered-2006-solitary-and-singular-man/
LEON RUSSELL INTERVIEWED (2011): Ever the journeyman
...(Superstar), George Benson (This Masquearde), Ray Charles and many others Then he was suddenly gone. By... ...a honky-tonk makeover; took the mood down for Ray Charles' Georgia (a standout, although Russell's vocal...
Tagged with: bob dylan | elton john | from the vaults | hank wilson | keith richards | leon russell | tumbleweed connection |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3985/leon-russell-interviewed-2011-ever-the-journeyman/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Phil Davison
...groove machine. On Rhodes, we’ll have Ray Charles, and maybe a special guest appearance by...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6093/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-phil-davison/
Chris Cain: Raisin' Cain (Alligator/Southbound/digital outlets)
...on Born to Play (“We saw BB King and Ray Charles every time they came to play”). This...
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/10050/chris-cain-raisin-cain-alligator-southbound-digital-outlets/
Ray LaMontagne: Gossip in the Grain (SonyBMG)
...one is fairly well grounded in the familiar (Ray Charles, Cocker etc) but he is a very accomplished...
Tagged with: otis redding | ray lamontagne | sam cooke | van morrison |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1953/ray-lamontagne-gossip-in-the-grain-sonybmg/
Tommy Steele: What a Mouth (1960)
...with a crowd-pleasing treatment of Shout which Ray Charles had made famous (Lulu, another British singer...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4515/tommy-steele-what-a-mouth-1960/
Joe South: A Look Inside/So The Seeds Are Growing (Raven/EMI)
...And he throws in a pretty stonking cover of Ray Charles' Drown in My Own Tears, as well as picking up...
Tagged with: bobbie gentry | creedence clearwater revival | eric clapton | joe south | loretta lynn | tony joe white |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3203/joe-south-a-look-inside-so-the-seeds-are-growing-raven-emi/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Tommy Emmanuel
...(And your most recent downloads include . . .) Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company One song, royalties for...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7117/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-tommy-emmanuel/
Aretha Franklin: This Bitter Earth (1964)
...really suited to being tailored into pop. Like Ray Charles, she brought the deep soul of the church into...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6760/aretha-franklin-this-bitter-earth-1964/
EDDIE COCHRAN (1956-1960): Live fast, die right
...elsewhere his string embellished version of Ray Charles' What Did I Say shows his vocal limitations as...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5156/eddie-cochran-1956-1960-live-fast-die-right/
JUNELLE AND ABRAHAM KUNIN INTERVIEWED (2020): Tibetan words of wisdom, universal sounds of peace
...musical memories are Sam Cooke, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, a lot of Stax and Motown. Then when I was...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9474/junelle-and-abraham-kunin-interviewed-2020-tibetan-words-of-wisdom-universal-sounds-of-peace/
Various Artists: Rumba Blues (Rhythm and Blues Records/Southbound)
...Big Mama Thornton (Hound Dog, of course); Ray Charles and BB King; piano players Professor Longhair...
Tagged with: chicago blues | jay mcshann | muddy waters | new orleans | rhythm and blues | rumba blues | sammy price |
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3176/various-artists-rumba-blues-rhythm-and-blues-records-southbound/
Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones: Here We Go Again (Blue Note)
...very much parts. Nominally a live tribute to Ray Charles, his music becomes the vehicle for some...
Tagged with: norah jones | willie nelson | wynton marsalis |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4029/willie-nelson-wynton-marsalis-and-norah-jones-here-we-go-again-blue-note/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Frankie Miller: Original Album Series
...likes of Joe Cocker, Etta James, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Bob Seger, Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers ....
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6172/the-bargain-buy-frankie-miller-original-album-series/
QUINCY JONES INTERVIEWED (1990): The Dude, back on the block
...a host of rappers like Ice T, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles and so on. And on. Only Jones could pull this...
Tagged with: charlie parker | miles davis | quincy jones |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2178/quincy-jones-interviewed-1990-the-dude-back-on-the-block/
CHARLIE RICH (1932-1995): The Smash hits that never were
...finds Rich ripping into it in the manner of Ray Charles, the string-enhanced So Long has the urgency... ...and Out), and he could tear things up like Ray Charles (his rollick through Joe South's Let the Party...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4637/charlie-rich-1932-1995-the-smash-hits-that-never-were/
OUT FROM THE UNDERGROUND (2024): Steve Wynn far beyond the paisley years
...Big Joe Turner's Shake Rattle and Roll, Ray Charles' I Got a Woman and Hank Ballard's Work With Me...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11252/out-from-the-underground-2024-steve-wynn-far-beyond-the-paisley-years/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . GLOOMY SUNDAY: Death by Hungarian music
...30 years later). Tragically Billie Holiday and Ray Charles sang it (They both died, coincidence? I think...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/7602/we-need-to-talk-about-gloomy-sunday-death-by-hungarian-music/
GUEST RADIO HOST GRAHAM DONLON offers his 101 classic albums
...– Rhythm And Blues At The Flamingo 72. Ray Charles & Milt Jackson – Soul Brothers 73....
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/6452/guest-radio-host-graham-donlon-offers-his-101-classic-albums/
MONTY ALEXANDER INTERVIEWED (2002): Keys to Sinatra and Bob Marley
...and sat at the feet of visiting acts like Ray Charles. "I just loved all kinds of music, but...
Tagged with: bob marley |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2270/monty-alexander-interviewed-2002-keys-to-sinatra-and-bob-marley/
Alvin Robinson: Down Home Girl (1964)
...here, a man Jerry Lieber put alongside Ray Charles and James Brown. And the Stones did a pretty...
Tagged with: allen toussaint | buddy guy | chicago blues | dirty red | dr john | from the vaults | hasil adkins | hound dog taylor | muddy waters | new orleans |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4147/alvin-robinson-down-home-girl-1964/
LEON RUSSELL by BILL JANOVITZ
...to his playing, assimilated the styles of Ray Charles and his peer Dr John into his rock'n'roll,... ...been covered by the Carpenters, George Benson, Ray Charles, Helen Reddy and Bobbie Gentry among others....
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10744/leon-russell-by-bill-janovitz/
CLEO LAINE INTERVIEWED (2005): Ain't nothin' like a dame
...fans were Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme and Ray Charles. Born in London as Clementine Dinah Campbell,... ...to her. She recorded duet albums with Ray Charles and Mel Torme, received another Grammy...
Tagged with: bessie smith | cassandra wilson | cleo laine | jill scott | melody gardot | norah jones | ute lemper |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2308/cleo-laine-interviewed-2005-aint-nothin-like-a-dame/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It (Apple)
...Then Preston played organ with his hero Ray Charles for many years (and recorded other albums,...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4807/the-bargain-buy-billy-preston-thats-the-way-god-planned-it-apple/
Various Artists: . . . Featuring Norah Jones (Blue Note)
...classic Ruler of My Heart), Outkast, Q-Tip, Ray Charles, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Ryan Adams,...
Tagged with: belle and sebastian | blue note | bruce lundvall | cassandra wilson | diana krall | herbie hancock | norah jones | ryan adams | willie nelson |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3676/various-artists-featuring-norah-jones-blue-note/
MAX MERRITT INTERVIEWED (2005): The rock'n'roll originator
...of songs by people like like Solomon Burke, Ray Charles, Freddie King BB King, Albert King -- Ray...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5830/max-merritt-interviewed-2005-the-rocknroll-originator/
Max Merritt: I Can Dream (Fanfare/Sony/digital outlets)
...shared bills with the likes of James Brown and Ray Charles and was honoured by the music industry in two...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9692/max-merritt-i-can-dream-fanfare-sony-digital-outlets/
ARETHA FRANKLIN, THE QUEEN OF SOUL: Oh, how the mighty have risen
...a mother of two and in the tradition of Ray Charles intuitively secularised the gospel spirit. In... ...and sublime on Spirit in the Dark (with Ray Charles) and git-down-wit-it on Try Mattys. And --...
Tagged with: aretha franklin | james brown | otis redding | sam cooke |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1803/aretha-franklin-the-queen-of-soul-oh-how-the-mighty-have-risen/
COLD CHISEL ALBUMS, REMASTERED AND RE-PRESENTED (2011): The last wave, again . . .
...enough, with the mid Sixties r'n'b hit for Ray Charles, Let's Go Get Stoned The Last Wave of Summer...
Tagged with: cold chisel | don walker | jimmy barnes |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4313/cold-chisel-albums-remastered-and-re-presented-2011-the-last-wave-again/
WATERMELON SLIM INTERVIEWED (2007): He's had interesting lives
...at the Blues Awards 2006 and was described by Ray Charles’ producer Jerry Wexler as combining...
Tagged with: chicago blues | dave alvin | robert randolph | ronnie earl | steve earle | tom waits | tom waits | vietnam war | watermelon slim |
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/1881/watermelon-slim-interviewed-2007-hes-had-interesting-lives/
IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent releases
...Billy) and fiddler Hoot Hester (Bill Monroe, Ray Charles). Here they essay 10 songs which have their...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6825/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-releases/
Various Artists: The History of Rhythm and Blues 1952-1957 (2010 collection)
...is entitled This Soul's on Fire, so welcome Ray Charles, Otis Blackwell, Little Willie John, Etta...
Tagged with: chicago blues | elvis presley | jay mcshann | muddy waters | rhythm and blues | robert johnson | sammy price | the rolling stones |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/3171/various-artists-the-history-of-rhythm-and-blues-1952-1957-2010-collection/
JOE COCKER INTERVIEWED (2010): The school and sound of hard knocks
...Seventies, and then became the inheritor of Ray Charles' mantle with songs as moving as I Can Stand a...
Tagged with: bob dylan | glen campbell | harry nilsson | jimmy webb | joe cocker | paul simon | randy newman | solomon burke |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3797/joe-cocker-interviewed-2010-the-school-and-sound-of-hard-knocks/
JOEY DeFRANCESCO INTERVIEWED (2013): Always going to be this way
...on the list of those he has played with are Ray Charles, Elvin Jones, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Phil...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5855/joey-defrancesco-interviewed-2013-always-going-to-be-this-way/
Southern Tones: It Must Be Jesus (1954)
...wondering why Ray Charles copped such a backlash from black preachers...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/9904/southern-tones-it-must-be-jesus-1954/
THE BOOK OF THE FILM OF THE MAN (2006): From silver screen to serious stuff
...story. Hoax is the book of the famous scam. Ray Charles has been well served on screen by Jamie Foxx.... ...However a new edition of Michael Lydon’s Ray Charles: Man and Music (first published in the mid...
Tagged with: art spiegelman | books and authors | from hell |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/1876/the-book-of-the-film-of-the-man-2006-from-silver-screen-to-serious-stuff/
JOHN MAYALL IN THE SIXTIES: And Another Man Done Gone . . .
...Your Love. In the middle of their version of Ray Charles' What Did I Say Clapton drops in a musical...
Tagged with: buddy guy | chicago blues | elmore james | eric clapton | jeff beck | jimmy page | john mayall | muddy waters | robert johnson | the yardbirds | travelling riverside blues |
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/4427/john-mayall-in-the-sixties-and-another-man-done-gone/
THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA REVIEWED (2015): Keeping up the standards
...ballad You Don't Know Me (made famous by Ray Charles and Elvis Presley) had little of the nuance...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6988/the-count-basie-orchestra-reviewed-2015-keeping-up-the-standards/
THE BEATLES' LOVE ME DO (2023): And before the beginning of the beginning
...plenty of Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ray Charles, early Motown, chart songs like Frank Ifield's...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10929/the-beatles-love-me-do-2023-and-before-the-beginning-of-the-beginning/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Tony Richards of The Cosmic Debris
...you look back on which really meant something? Ray Charles said his success came down to 10% talent and...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/10750/the-famous-elsewhere-highly-personal-questionnaire-tony-richards-of-the-cosmic-debris/
ONE WE MISSED: Grant Haua: Tahanga/Unplugged (Yellow Eye, digital outlets)
...is a tribute to ancestors and whanau), takes Ray Charles' soulful I Got a Woman into urgent blues and...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/10624/one-we-missed-grant-haua-tahanga-unplugged-yellow-eye-digital-outlets/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . JOHNNY BRAGG: Inside looking out, then out and in again.
...what became Your Cheatin' Heart for $5), Ray Charles, LaVern Baker and Elvis who the Prisonaires...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/9685/we-need-to-talk-about-johnny-bragg-inside-looking-out-then-out-and-in-again/
THE BEATLES; LIVE IN 95: All back to the Beeb
...Carl “Blue Suede Shoes” Perkins), Ray Charles (I Got a Woman), Buddy Holly (Crying, Waiting,...
Tagged with: a hard days night | astrid kirchherr | beatles in new zealand | brian epstein | from the vaults | george harrison | george martin | john lennon | paul mccartney | the beatles | the beatles anthology in print | the beatles remastered |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3642/the-beatles-live-in-95-all-back-to-the-beeb/
Van Morrison: On Hyndford Street (1991)
...of I Can't Stop Loving You was the equal of Ray Charles' original and the long title track (see clip...
Tagged with: al green | greil marcus | james hunter | otis redding | sam cooke | solomon burke | van morrison |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3474/van-morrison-on-hyndford-street-1991/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Various Artists; Atlantic Soul Legends
...T and the MG's cornerstone Green Onions; Ray Charles' What Did I Say; and Percy Sledge's When a Man... ...ALBUMS FROM THE ICONIC ATLANTIC LABEL 1. RAY CHARLES - What'd I Say (1959, Mono, 10 Tracks, 30:10...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5312/the-bargain-buy-various-artists-atlantic-soul-legends/
THE BEATLES IN COMICS by MICHELS MABEL and GAET'S
...discovering Billy Preston playing with Ray Charles and introducing him to the band during the Get...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/9592/the-beatles-in-comics-by-michels-mabel-and-gaets/
Solomon Burke: Nashville (Shock)
...Country meets soul, and the ghost of Ray Charles isn't even in the house. Burke is his own...
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Ben Waters: Boogie 4 Stu (Eagle/Shock)
...But it is Harvey's eerily moody take on Ray Charles' Lonely Avenue (where she multi-tracked the...
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Dinah Lee: He Can't Do the Blue Beat (1965)
...familiar belters like Twist and Shout, and the Ray Charles song Shout which was in Lulu's repertoire, but...
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DURAND JONES, PROFILED (2023): Wait, he's coming over. And out.
...album opens with sweeping lush strings and the Ray Charles-like piano ballad Gerri Mariebefore a short...
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JOE COCKER INTERVIEWED (2005): Up where he belonged
...the singer, who had been inspired by Ray Charles at age 14, looked set for an early grave. The... ...with his album Unchain My Heart (a tribute to Ray Charles) and since then he has enjoyed the odd minor... ...it.” Yet one notable absence on the late Ray Charles’ duets album Genius Loves Company was...
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Doris Troy: I'll Do Anything, The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996 (Kent/Border)
...songs (Hurry where Motown meets Ray Charles). The album ends on two interesting songs, the...
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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Paul Ubana Jones
...to hear are . . I’ll be seeing You (Ray Charles) Ich bin der welt abhanden gekommen.(Jessye...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5692/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-paul-ubana-jones/
WHAT THE BEATLES KNEW BY '62 (2017): Much more than too much monkey business
...to Tipperary) alongside lengthy workouts on Ray Charles' That's What I Say and so much more…....
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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Mike Noga
...it sounds, probably "Mess Around" by Ray Charles. My dad would play Ray a lot around the house...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5411/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-mike-noga/
Billy Brooks: The Jagged Edge (1974)
...a lot of people could say they were signed to Ray Charles' label and had the great man himself there...
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The Louvin Brothers: My Baby's Gone 1955-64 (Raven/EMI)
...not lost on the many discerning artists from Ray Charles to Emmylou Harris (who had a hit with the...
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BEN WATERS INTERVIEWED (2011): One more time for the boogie woogie man Ian Stewart
...time since '92. There's also a version of Ray Charles' Lonely Avenue featuring PJ Harvey –... ...celebration on television which featured Fats, Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis. As soon as he saw the fat... ...are your influences?' and I'd say Fats Domino, Ray Charles and Ian Stewart. And they'd say, 'Ian who?'...
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JAMES BURTON INTERVIEWED (2014): Six stringer for the stars
...he's worked with not one but two Elvises, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Lee Lewis, George... ...me up there with Jerry Lee Lewis, Tina Turner, Ray Charles and the whole gang. He recalls backing... ...different people. It was fun going from a Ray Charles session to Buck Owens, or with Merle Haggard,...
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THE BEATLES AND THE BRITISH INVASION 1963-64 (2023): A beginners guide
...singers And the likes of Lulu (here singing a Ray Charles song) Cilla Black from Liverpool and Dusty...
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THELONIOUS MONK AND JOHN COLTRANE IN 1957: Genius loves company
...Hall were Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Chet Baker and Sonny Rollins. That must have...
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Charlie Rich: Too Many Teardrops; The Complete Groove and RCA Recordings (Ace/Border)
...collection Rich would later observe that when Ray Charles' classic Modern Sounds in Country and Western...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8470/charlie-rich-too-many-teardrops-the-complete-groove-and-rca-recordings-ace-border/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Eric Clapton; Journeyman (Reprise)
...but the material was interesting and strong: Ray Charles' Hard Times and the Womack's penetrating Lead...
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MORE MILES THAN MONEY: JOURNEYS THROUGH AMERICAN MUSIC by GARTH CARTWRIGHT
...heroin songs are used to advertise banks. Ray Charles and Al Green are played to death as lifestyle...
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