Giving Up (With The Raelettes, Ft. Trudy Cohran / Tonette McKinney)

Unreleased.

Based on Donny Hathaway's 1972 re-interpretation of Gladys Knight's minor hit from 1964.

Ray and the girls kept on to Donny's tempo: a long, slow, soaring love lament. It was performed many times by Trudy Cohran, and (after she left The Raelettes) also by Tonette McKinney.

Tokyo 1990 (starts at 1'14'40) with Trudy Cohran:


Moscow 1994 with Tonette McKnney:


Live:
'90 LC Antibes
'90 LC Caneção
'90 LC Tokyo
'91 LC BlueNote
'94 LC Moscow

Knock On Wood (The Raelettes)

Album: Ray Charles At Jazz Jamboree 1984, Poljazz X-PSJ 002, S.a.

Ray added a slightly bawdy intro to this Eddie Floyd/Steve Cropper song. It was Trudy Cohran's song until she left The Raelettes.
The one performance that made it to eve two (semi-legit) releases, from the 1984 Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw (also listen here), was not the best.

'84 LC Warsaw, 8 p.m. (track #14):


Boston 1987 (ft Trudy Cohran):


Live:
'79 LC Antibes
'79 LC Viareggio
'80 LC Northsea
'81 LC Barcelona
'82 LC Capital
'82 LC Antibes
'84 LC Viareggio
'84 LC Warsaw - Released
'84 LC Ithaca
'85 LC Antibes
'87 LC Boston
'89 LC Paris - 2x
'90 LC Lloret
'95 LC Deauville
'95 LC Tramps
'96 LC Maribor
'96 LC Lugano