Ray with Joey Bishop. |
I don't know if the shows have survived on video, but a friend recently send me an audio tape (with an acceptable sound quality) with Ray's contributions to the first three shows listed below.
1. In the show of March 26, 1968 (the Atlanta Daily World announced the show for March 21), Ray played two rare medleys, and he accompanied George Burns on 2 tunes:
- I've Got A Woman (with Für Elise intro)/Hallelujah I love Her So/What’d I Say
- I Can’t Stop Loving You/Georgia On My Mind
- Ain’t Misbehavin’ – George Burns with Ray Charles (p)
- Willie The Weeper – George Burns with Ray Charles (p)
2. On July 18, 1968 Ray performed:
- You Made Me Love You
- The Bright Lights And You Girl
- I Can’t Stop Loving You (with Joey Bishop)
3. On February 20, 1969 Brother Ray came back to play:
- Sweet Lorraine
- Jazz jam (with Johnny Mann band and trio w. Ray Brown)
4. The precise contents of the show on August 26, 1969 are unknown to me, except for the guest list, with Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows and Billy Preston. I suppose Ray performed (something) together with the latter. I doubt if any footage of this show has survived.
I recall once seeing Ray on the Joey Bishop Show singing If It Wasn't for Bad Luck with someone, probably Joey Bishop.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! He also played it at the Smothers Brothers & Ed Sullivan shows.
ReplyDeleteil chante aussi ce blues compose par Ray lui-meme et Jimmy Lewis avec bill Crosby (midnight special).JPV
ReplyDeleteJP, do you know on which of the Midnight Special shows? Do you have a copy of it?
DeleteBob,il me semble que tu l'as mis dans ton paragraph "Midnight Special avril 73" mais il est intitule "Early In The Morning".JPV
DeleteBravo pour ton blog.
Bob, Les paroles sont differentes ;c'est peut etre la raison du titre qui a ete retenu;la musique de ce blues est plus proche de celle de "It wasn' for..." que du "Early In the Morning " du LP "RC sings the blues" de chez Atlantic.JPV
DeleteJP, I'm losing you here; what exactly are you referring at?
ReplyDeleteRay is singing "Early In The "Morning" with Bill Cosby using the same comedy style and melody used in his "If it wasn't for Bad Luck" duet with Jimmy Lewis.
ReplyDeleteHere it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1rOM30r4y0