You Don't Exist No More (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)

Single (A): Tangerine TRC 935, 1964 , b/w Memory Pain.
Album3: Percy Mayfield - His Tangerine and Atlantic Sides, Rhino RHM 27828, 2003.

One of Percy's darkest songs ever, recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963.

With Percy Mayfield - vocals; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Howard Roberts - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Al McKibbon - bass; Milt Turner - drums.

Cookin' In Style (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (B): Tangerine 934, 1963, b/w The Hunt Is On.
Compilation album3: Percy Mayfield, His Tangerine And Atlantic Sides, Rhino Handmade RHM2 7828, 2003.

Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Howard Roberts - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Al McKibbon - bass; Milt Turner - drums.

Fading Love (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (B): Tangerine TRC 950, 1965, b/w Stand By.
Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles in circa 1964.

The other musicians were not credited.

Give Me Time To Explain (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Sngle (A): Tangerine 957, 1965 , b/w My Jug And I.
Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles in circa 1964.

Ray Charles - piano; other musician unnamed. Arrangement by Gerald Wilson.

Ha Ha In The Daytime (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (B). Tangerine 977, 1967, b/w Long As You're Mine.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, Bought Blues. Tangerine TRCS 1510, 1971.

Recorded in New York City on March 23, 1962 (other source says: circa Spring of 1967).

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Chuck Norris (?) - guitar.

Memory Pain (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (B): Tangerine 935, 1964, b/w You Don't Exist No More.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Newman - tenor saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Sonny Forriest, guitar. Arrangement by Gerald Wilson.

Never No More (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (A): Tangerine TRC 923, May 1962, b/w I Reached For A Tear.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, Bought Blues, Tangerine TRCS 1510, 1971.

Recorded in New York City on March 23, 1962.

In the early 1960s Ray involved the members of his old septet in sessions for Percy: Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman - tenor saxophone; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Sonny Forriest - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Milt Turner - drums. Arranged by Gerald Wilson.

Never Say Naw (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Album: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.
Single (A): Tangerine 927, 1963, b/w Life Is Suicide.

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1962.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Newman - tenor saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Sonny Forriest, guitar.

River's Invitation (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Single (A): Tangerine 931, 1963, b/w Baby Please.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963.

Brother Ray replaced Maxwell Davis' sax break from Mayfield's 1952 version with a pretty piano solo.

With Percy Mayfield - vocals; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; Ray Charles - piano; Howard Roberts - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Al McKibbon - bass; Milt Turner - drums.



Percy's 1952 Specialty version:

The Hunt Is On (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Organ)

Single3: Tangerine TRC 934, 1963, b/w Cookin' In Style.
Album3: Percy Mayfield, My Jug And I, Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.

Recorded in Los Angeles on February 21, 1963.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - organ; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman - tenor saxophone; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Sonny Forriest - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Milt Turner - drums. Gerald Wilson - arranger.

Solos: Hank Crawford on alto, Ray Charles on organ.

Way Down Home On The Farm (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano)

Compilation album3: Percy Mayfield, His Tangerine And Atlantic Sides, Rhino Handmade RHM2 7828, 2003.

Recorded in Los Angeles on January 20, 1964.

Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - piano; Edgar Willis - bass; other personnel unidentified.

Listen here.

Bought Blues (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano) (1971)

 

1. Never No More*
2. Ha Ha In The Day Time*
3. I Reached For A Tear*
4. My Bottle Is My Companion
5. We Both Must Cry
6. River's Invitation*
7. Pretty Eyed Baby
8. Long As You're Mine
9. You Don't Exist Anymore
10. Fading Love

* Ray played on these tracks. Known personnel on Percy's earliest Tangerine tracks: Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - piano; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; Sonny Forriest - guitar; David Fathead Newman - tenor saxophone; Edgar Willis - bass; Milt Turner - drums; Billy Preston - organ; Gerald Wilson - arranger.

(The liner notes to the 2003 compilation CD also mention Al McKibbon - bass, Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone, Howard Roberts - Guitar, Johnny Guitar Watson - guitar, Chuck Norris - guitar).
Album: Tangerine TRCS 1510, 1971. Compilation album: Percy Mayfield, His Tangerine And Atlantic Sides. Rhino Handmade, 2003, ASIN: B0001MMG36:

For the documentary read this.

My Jug And I (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano) (1966)

 

1. My Jug And I
2. River's Invitation
3. Baby Please
4. Stranger In My Own Home Town
5. Never Say Naw
6. The Hunt Is On
7. Memory Pain
8. I Reached For A Tear
9. Life Is Suicide
10. Maybe It's Because Of Love
11. Give Me Time
12. Fading Love

Recorded between 1963 and c. 1966 at unidentified studios, prob. in Los Angeles.

Personnel on Percy's Tangerine tracks 1962 - 1971: Percy Mayfield - vocals; Ray Charles - piano; [needs revisions: Billy Preston - organ; Hank Crawford - alto saxophone; David Fathead Newman - tenor saxophone; Marcus Belgrave - trumpet; Sonny Forriest - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; Milt Turner - drums]. Gerald Wilson - arranger.

Album: Tangerine TRCS 1505, 1966.
The tracks of the elpee were also released on the compilation album Percy Mayfield, His Tangerine And Atlantic Sides. Rhino Handmade, 2003.

Ray Charles' Interpretations Of Percy Mayfield's Songs

The Mayfield compositions that Ray recorded are:

01) Tell Me How Do You Feel - Atlantic #2022; 4/59
02) Two Years Of Torture - "The Genius Of Ray Charles"; Atlantic #1312; 10/59
03) Hit The Road Jack - ABC #10244; 8/61
04) The Danger Zone - ABC #10244; 8/61
05) But On The Other Hand Baby - ABC #10266; 11/61
06) At The Club - ABC #10314; 3/62
07) Hide Nor Hair - ABC #10314; 3/62
08) My Baby Don't Dig Me - ABC #10557; 5/64
09) Something's Wrong - ABC #10557; 5/64
10) Watch It Baby - Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues (aka Together Again); ABC #520;  8/65
11) We Don't See Eye To Eye - "Crying Time"; ABC #544; 1/66
12) You're In For A Big Surprise - "Crying Time" ABC #544; 1/66
13) Maybe It's Because Of Love - "Ray's Mood", ABC #550; 7/66
14) Granny Wasn't Grinning That Day - "Ray's Mood", ABC #550; 7/66
15) It's A Man's World - "Ray's Mood", ABC #550;7/66
16) Never Say Naw - "A Portrait of Ray", ABC #625; 3/68
17) Stranger In My Own Home Town - "Just Between Us", Columbia #40703; 9/88

Also read this article.