Mediagraphy - Discography - Trackography - Videography - Gigography - Biography - Chronology
The Ray Charles Video Museum is a research project, documenting live performances by The Genius.
This blog is above all a Mediagraphy. It's also a discography (or, more correctly, a trackography), aggregating all tunes that Ray sang and/or played - including the "canon" of 700 tracks listed on the official Ray Charles website, but also identifying the songs that have never been officially released, and e.g. the recordings of other artists, where Ray backed them on piano. Thirdly, this blog has evolved into a multimedia Chronology (click the years in the panel al the top of this page) of Ray's productive live.
I also try to do some justice to the more than 1,000 great musicians and singers who contributed to Ray's career (1, 2).
The Quotes page lists the wisest, craziest and funniest things that the Genius ever said. If you want to read more about Brother Ray, go here.
The availability of the streaming video and audio content on this blog is constantly under pressure. Some rights owners still think that sharing these videos damages their sales. I'm keeping disfunctional clips as placeholders - to show that the footage exists, and to replace them when new uploads appear on the Web.
The articles in this blog are continuously updated and improved. Your help is more than welcome.
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Do you know if Ray Charles did this song (I walk the line) in full length on any recording ?
ReplyDeleteMuch to my regret, he didn't...
ReplyDeleteAah that's too bad ! it's absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reply, greetings from Holland.
Groeten terug;-
ReplyDeleteThe video has been removed from YouTube and it is one of my all time favorites. Know of any other place to view this clip?
ReplyDeleteNope, but don't worry - someone will upload it again.
DeleteThis clip was shown on "Johnny Cash American Rebel"
ReplyDeleteohw the "walk the line" piece is back :) Ray's timing transforms the whole song. Absolutely awesome.
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