Blackjack

Single (A): Atlantic 1076, October 1955, b/w Greenbacks.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded in Atlanta on 18 November 1954 with Joe Bridgewater, Charles Whitley - tp; Don Wilkerson - ts; David Fathead Newman - bs; Glenn Brooks - d; Wesley Jackson - g; Jimmy Bell - b.

Get On The Right Track Baby

Single (B): Atlantic 1143, June 1957 b/w It's All Right.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded on 27 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peebles - ds; Roosevelt Sheffield - b.



Ray (or Atlantic on his behalf) probably should not have claimed a share in the writing credits for the tune:*


* Thanks to Joël Dufour for sharing this find with me.

Heartbreaker

Single (B): Atlantic 2055, March 1960, b/w Just For A Thrill.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Taped in New York on 17 May 1953 with Jesse Drakes - tp; Sam Taylor- ts; Dave McRae - bs; Connie Kay - d; Mickey Baker - g; Lloyd Trotman - b.



(Outtakes):


Live:
In 1962 tour souvenir brochures listed this song as being part of the band's live repertoire. A live recording has never surfaced.

I Had A Dream

Single (B): Atlantic 1180, April 1958 b/w Yes Indeed.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Written by Ricky (Ricci) Harper and Ray Charles.

Recorded in New York on 20 February 1958 with Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs;  Richie Goldberg - d; Edgar Willis - b. The Raeletes - backing vocals.

I Want A Little Girl

Single (B): Atlantic 1154, August 1957 b/w Swanee River Rock.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded on 26 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peebles - ds; Edgar Willis - b.

It's a shame that the Carnegie 1957 concert still remains unissued.



Live:
'57 LC Carnegie

I Want To Know

Single (A): Atlantic 1143, January 1957 b/w Ain't That Love.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded on 16 May 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater,  John Hunt - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peebles - ds; Roosevelt Sheffield; The Cookies (Margie Hendricks, Dorothy Jones, Darlene McCrea) - backing vocals.



Live:

From 1966 to 1968 the tune was longlisted in tour souvenir brochures as being part of the live repertoire of the band.

It's All Right (aka It's Alright) Single (A)

Single (A): Atlantic 1143, June 1957 b/w Get On The Right Track Baby.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded on 27 November 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peebles - ds; Roosevelt Sheffield - b; The Raelettes.

Leave My Woman Alone

Single (B): Atlantic 1108, August 1956 b/w Lonely Avenue.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded on 16 May 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peeples - d; Roosevelt Sheffield; The Cookies - backing vocals.

The song goes back on a 1930 gospel tune, (Better) Leave that Liar Alone. To get the idea:

Lonely Avenue

Single (A): Atlantic 1108, August 1956, b/w Leave My Woman Alone.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded on 16 May 1956 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peebles - d; Roosevelt Sheffield; The Cookies - backing vocals.

Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)

Ad from Billboard, 
7 October 1957. 

Single (A): Atlantic 1154, August 1957 b/w I Want A Little Girl.
Compilation (studio and Newport versions): Pure Genius, Atlantic/WEA, 20 September 2005.

Recorded on 28 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper - tp; David Newman - as, ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peeples - d; Edgar Willis - b. Mary Ann Fisher, The Cookies - background vocals.

Ad from New York
Amsterdam News, Nov. '57.

The song was also recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. It was not included in the eponymous live album, but - in an edited form - was added to the Yes Indeed elpee.

Live:
According to concert souvenir booklets from the late Sixties, this number was also part of the live repertoire at that time, but no recordings with the band from this period have surfaced.

'58 LC Newport - Original unreleased; edited version on album Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.
'86 TV Fats (with Jerry Lee Lewis & Fats Domino ) - Released

Studio 1957 / Newport 1958 (edited):
 

Talkin' 'Bout You

July '64
(Newport '58).

January '58(studio).

Single (A): Atlantic 1172, January 1958, b/w What Kind Of Man Are You.
Single (A): Atlantic 2239, July 1964, b/w In A Little Spanish Town.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

The studio version was recorded on 28 May 1957 in New York with Joe Bridgewater, Ricky Harper - tp; David Newman - ts; Emmett Dennis - bs; William Peeples - d; Edgar Willis - b. Mary Ann Fisher, The Cookies - background vocals.





Live:
'58 LC Newport - Released (also as single Atlantic 2239, June 1964, b/w In A Little Spanish Town)
'65 FI Ballad - Pseudo live

The Sun's Gonna Shine Again

Clipping from 
Billboard, 11 Oct. 1952.

Single (A): Atlantic 984, January 1953, b/w Jumpin' In The Mornin'.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Taped in New York on 11 September 1952 (trumpet, saxes, drums, bass by unidentified musicians).

What Would I Do Without You (aka Don't Deceive Me)

Jimmy Cleveland's original.

Single (B): Atlantic 1096, May 1956, b/w Hallelujah I Love Her So.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded in New York on 30 November 1955 with Joe Bridgewater, Joshua Willis - tp; Don Wilkerson - ts; Cecil Payne - bs; Panama Francis - d; Paul West - b.

The composition and lyrics go back to What Could I Do by (James Cleveland's) Gospel All Stars (ft Ella Mitchell; Apollo 312-45, 1953).*

*Joël Dufour kindly shared this info with me.



Original:

Yes Indeed

Single (A): Atlantic 1180, March 1958, b/w I Had A Dream.
Album: Yes Indeed, Atlantic 8025, October 1958.

Recorded in New York on 20 February 1958 with Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper - tp; David Newman - ts, as; Emmett Dennis - bs; Edgar Willis - b; Richie Goldberg - ds; The Raelettes - backing vocals.
Yes Indeed was one of the few secular songs that was reworked into a gospel: by Professor Harold Boggs, released as When It Hits You (Nashboro  45-647) in 1959.

New York 1958 (studio):


Live:
'59 LC Atlanta - Released
'61 LC Antibes - 2x - Released (DVD)
'61 LC Paris - Released
'62 LC Paris - Released

Atlanta 1959 (live):

Yes Indeed! (1958)

1. What Would I Do Without You
2. It's All Right
3. I Want To Know
4. Yes Indeed
5. Get On The Right Track Baby
6. Talkin' 'Bout You
7. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
8. Lonely Avenue
9. Blackjack
10. The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
11. I Had A Dream
12. I Want A Little Girl
13. Heartbreaker
14. Leave My Woman Alone

Tom Dowd introduced his new eight-track recording to Ray Charles for the sessions on this album. The Cookies did the backing vocals, and would soon become The Raelettes.

Personnel*:
Ray Charles - piano, vocals, Joshua Willis - trumpet (1), Joe Bridgewater - trumpet (1, 6, 7, 9, 12), John Hunt - trumpet (2, 3, 5, 8, 14), Marcus Belgrave - trumpet (4, 11), Lee Harper - trumpet (4, 11), Ricky Harper - trumpet (6, 7, 12), Charles Whitley - trumpet (9), Jesse Drakes - trumpet (13), Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone (1, 9), David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14), Sam Taylor - tenor saxophone (13), Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (1), Emmet Dennis - baritone saxophone (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8,11,12, 14), David Newman - baritone saxophone (9), Dave McRae - baritone saxophone (13), Wesley Jackson - guitar (9), Mickey Baker - guitar (13), Paul West - bass (1), Roosevelt Sheffield - bass (2, 3, 5, 8, 14), Edgar Willis - bass (4, 6, 7, 11, 12), Jimmy Bell - bass (9), Lloyd Trotman - bass (13), Panoma Francis - drums (1), William Peeples - drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14), Richie Goldberg - drums (4, 11), Glenn Brooks - drums (9), Connie Kay - drums (13), The Cookies - vocals (3, 8, 14), The Raelettes - vocals (6, 7, 12), Mary Ann Fisher - vocals (6, 7, 12).
Atlantic 8025, 1958-10.

And Jimmy Giuffre played tambourine.

Album: