I'll Be Good To You - Remixes (With Chaka Khan & Quincy Jones) (1989)

See this post for an update.

Ray Charles At The Variety Club Telethon On BCTV (1993, 1997, 1998)

Ray Charles performed  (at least) three (but probably four) times for the The Variety Club Telethon, a successful yearly fundraising event organized by the Vancouver station BCTV (now called Global BC).

The first time was in February 1993.
On the photo, f.l.t.r.: Jim Byrnes on guitar, Daryl Bennet on drums, Brian Newcombe on fretless bass.

The second time was on 1 March 1997.
On 1 March 1997 Ray again guested at the Variety Club Telethon. Backstage, after his performance, he was kissed on the head by Chuck Berry. Photo here.

The third time was in February 1998 at The Q.E. Theater in Vancouver BC.
The band members were Dane Deviller, Phil Robertson and Brian Newcombe. The latter wrote on his website: "I've had the honor of backing up Ray four times on this show!"

Update February 10, 2018:
The third photo, if dated correctly in 1994, could be from the missing fourth show.

 Ray Charles, BCTV's Norm Grohmann
and BC Bowls For Kids' Jessica Dyck.

If I Could, from the third show:

It Had To Be You, from the third show:

Who knows more about the contents of the first two shows?

Ray Charles On The Johnny Otis Show (1955)

Johnny Otis - remaining active as a writer, performer, and producer - also began a radio career in the early fiftees, and became a popular disc jockey in southern California for KPFA. This radio broadcast success led to a weekly half-hour live variety program on television in 1955, also called the The Johnny Otis Show, that stayed on for eight years. According to Otis' autobiography, Ray featured in one of these tv shows in 1955.

Johnny Otis and Three Tons Of Joy on Johnny's tv show, doing the Hand Jive:

Please (You Got That) (With INXS) (1993)

Please (You Got That) may well be called the most unexpected duet that Ray ever did. And it certainly wasn't the worst. His duet partner was INXS' Michael Hutchence.
The INXS album Full Moon, Dirty Hearts was released on 2 November 1993 (EastWest 4509942182 / Atlantic Records, 82541-2). Recording it took from November '92 to October '93.

Liner notes from co-writer Andrew Farriss:

"Michael [Hutchence] and I had written two songs in particular with vocal duets in mind. One was the title track of the album Full Moon, Dirty Hearts (with Chrissy Hynde) and the other was Make Your Peace.

We were in Paris working on some overdubs for the album and we heard Mr. Ray Charles was recording in the same studio. We thought it unlikely that he would sing the song with us but we gave him a copy of the song to listen to anyway. To our surprise Ray said he liked the song but the key was way out of his range.

We were running out of time so instead of re-recording it, we switched songs and suggested he listen to Please... instead. He immediately warmed to this one and Michael and he shared the vocal parts, recorded in Ray’s studio in Los Angeles in 1993. We later made a video with Mr. Charles and also appeared on David Letterman’s show playing the song live with Mr. Charles and INXS."

INXS' keyboardist Andrew Farriss also remembered how: "We're jamming away, in the third take, and Mr. Charles – he was always Mr. Charles to me – doesn't have much patience for that stuff,” wrote Tim, in the Shine Like It Does liner notes. “He wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. Then, all of a sudden, Michael runs off to have a piss. While I'm standing there, Mr. Charles comes over, puts his hand on my shoulder and goes 'Michael, I love the way you're singing this thing. It's so cool.' It was really heavy to have to say, 'Uh, Mr. Charles, I'm not Michael.' But then he laughed his head off. He thought it was really funny."

Hutchinson and Charles, recording at RPM, LA.

Please (You Got That)  was one of the Atlantic singles (EastWest 4509944362 / Atlantic DMD 2078; on CD, cassette, 7" & 12" vinyl) extracted from the album (released on 11 December 1993), including several mixes (Club Need Mix, Needful Dub Mix, Downtown Dub Mix, Downtown Instrumental Mix). Cf. this.

From Wikipedia:

"When Ray Charles arrived to sing his part, Hutchence was there in the studio to teach him how to produce the Hutchencesque vocal style. 'Mr. Charles,' Michael respectfully addressed him, '...it [the melody] goes like this ... (Michael sings the line and Ray Charles attempts to imitate it). After many attempts Charles says, 'Sir [Michael], I know I will eventually get it right' ...and of course he did.'"

The single reached chart positions in several markets (e.g. # 9 on U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play; # 50 on the UK Singles Chart; # 37 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart). The video for the song was produced in New York in October 1993 and was directed by Matt Mahurin. Also read this.

'93 Clip INXS:


In an MTV interview Michael Hutchence and Tim Farriss discussed their collaboration with Ray, also sharing some making of-footage from the video clip. '93 DM INXS:


On 28 October 1993 INXS and Ray Charles performed the song live on David Letterman's Late Show:


In 1994 Ray was honored at the World Music Awards, in Monaco. Ray's award was presented to him by Michael Hutchence (and beauty queen Helena Christensen):


The Michael Hutchence Memorial site has an interesting audio snippet, where Michael coaches Ray in singing a phrase from the song. Listen here.

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.

Ray Charles In Concerto In Rome (1981)

The Ray Charles Group played a concert at the Teatro Tendastrisce in Rome, on September 7, 1981. There is an excellent television version*, presenting very nice footage, thanks to dynamic (filmed, not videotaped) documentary-style camera work. The film, titled Ray Charles In Concerto, includes some funny and informative pre-concert sequences, and you can see Ray entering and exiting the stage from - so to speak - his 'perspective', a camera following him step by step.
The concert footage was introduced by Gianni Minà, and followed by a 4-minute interview with Brother Ray, sitting in his dressing room - his voice dubbed over in Italian.
The program's director was Cesare Pierleoni. The film was aired by Rai.

Audio bootleg
There's also an audio bootleg  floating around on the Web (B quality, but still with better sound than the TV show's copy I saw), taken from the TV broadcast of the concert (by some sources this audio is incorrectly dated on 7 July '81).

Track list:

1. Straight Ahead And Strive For Tone (Ray Charles Orchestra) - trombone solo by Dan Marcus**
2. Intro
3. Riding Thumb 
4. Busted
5. Georgia On My Mind 
6. Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune)
7. Some Enchanted Evening - sax solo by Rudy Johnson
8. For Mamma
9. Intro Raelettes
10. Rock Steady (ft. Estella Yarbrough)
11. I Can't Stop Loving You
12. Crying Time (ft. Estella Yarbrough)
13. I Can See Clearly Now
14. Baby Please Don't Go - guitar solo by Tony Matthews
15. What'd I Say
16. Outro

* The video's title is Ray Charles In Concerto; I don't know if the TV-program had the same title. ** Partly with Italian voice over. In the TV version, this instrumental fills a sound bed under the pre-concert footage. Steve Sigmund helped me to identify the tune and the soloist.

Ray Charles Live In Lugano (1996)

(Bootleg cover. Cf. this).

On 4 July 1996 Ray Charles with his Orchestra and The Raelettes played at the Estival Jazz, at the Centro Esposizioni in Lugano.  Barbara Morrison was the featured guest singer, and - together with the band - was opening the concert solo with four songs. She brought her own book (the band and Morrison had gone through a rehearsal session in Orléans, France).
There's a professionally recorded audio bootleg (probably taken from a radio broadcast) floating around on the Web.
A reader provided me also with a good copy of the TV recording of the concert. To my surprise it also included an extra instrumental (#1) by the band.

Setlist:

1. BBC (Ray Charles Orchestra)
2. What A Wonderful World (ft. Barbara Morrison, The Ray Charles Orchestra; solo Steve Sigmund - tb)
3. My Funny Valentine (ft. Barbara Morrison, The Ray Charles Orchestra; solo Steve Elliott - as)
4. Let Me Love You (ft. Barbara Morrison, The Ray Charles Orchestra)
5. Never Make A Move Too Soon (ft. Barbara Morrison, The Ray Charles Orchestra; solo Rudy Johnson - ts)
6. Horns In Minor (Ray Charles Orchestra; solo Sarah Morrow - tb)
7. Intro RC
8. Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune)
9. Busted 
10. Georgia On My Mind
11. Mississipi Mud 
12. Come Rain Or Come Shine (solos Steve Sigmund - tb; Rudy Johnson - ts)
13. Teardrops From My Eyes (solo Rudy Johnson - ts)
14. Angelina (solo Kenny Carr - g)
15. Blues For Big Scotia
16. A Song For You
17. Intro Raelettes (by RC)
18. Knock On Wood (The Raelettes) 
19. Guess Who I Saw Today (The Raelettes) 
20. Hit The Road Jack
21. I Can`t Stop Loving You 
22. What`d I Say 
23. Outro

The chart for #19 was written by Ray Charles.

Personnel:
Musicians: Ted Murdock, Chuck Parrish, John Bailey, Kenny Scharf - trumpets; Steve Sigmund, Mike Guerrier, Sarah Morrow, Jason Jackson - trombones; Steve Elliott, Al Jackson (bandleader), Al Waters, Rudy Johnson, and Jim Farnsworth - saxophones; Kenny Carr - guitar; Curtis Ohlson - bass; Ernest Vantrease - Hammond organ; Peter Turre - drums. The Raelettes: Estella Yarbrough, Karen Evans, Cathy Mackey, Katrina Harper-Cooke (?), Tonette McKinney. Featured guest: Barbara Morrison - vocals.

Ray Charles Live In Saratoga, Again (1997)

On 28 June 1997 Ray Charles gave a concert at the Saratoga Jazz Festival (in Saratoga Springs, NY). Someone in the audience did a rather good job in recording the show. The tape is about 60 minutes long. Track list [with obvious corrections, BS]:

1. Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune)
2. Busted 
3. Georgia On My Mind
4. Mississippi Mud 
5. Still Crazy After All These Years
6. Halleluja I Love Her So
7. Say No More
8. Blues For Big Scotia
9. A Song For You
10. You Better Watch Them Dogs (The Raelettes)
11. I Can't Stop Loving You
12. Smack Dab In The Middle
13. What'd I Say

The recording is not to be confused with (the bootleg of) Ray's concert at the Paul Masson Vineyards in 1988.

Ray Charles Live At Woody's In Miami (withOUT Ron Wood) (1988)

Ray Charles performed at Ron Wood's Miami club Woody At The Beach in Miami on 3 November 1988 (not 1998, as the bootleg says). There's an incomplete recording, probably 'from the audience' - with a very poor quality - circulating on the web.

Tracklist [with obvious corrections, BS]:

1. Some Enchanted Evening
2. Intro Raelettes
3. Unidentified song (The Raelettes)
4. I Can’t Stop Loving You
5. (All I Wanna Do Is) Lay Around And Love On You
6. What’d I Say
7. Outro

Ray appeared with his full orchestra and The Raelettes. This makes it virtually impossible that Ron did anything on stage (as a local newspaper announced). [Thanks to JH]. 

Ray Charles Live In Londen (1996)

In June 1996 Van Morrison and Ray Charles were on a tour that brought them to the Wembley Arena in London, on 15 and 19 June, the Nynex Arena in Manchester (June 21), the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham (23) and the Arena in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (24).
A very, very poor recording, taped from the audience, of the second Wembley concert is circulating on the Web.
The only, purely documentary, value of this bootleg is in I Believe To My Soul, where Van joined Ray on stage, bringing back Them memories.

Cover 'artwork' of the digital bootleg.

1. Let The Good Times Roll 
2. Busted 
3. Georgia On My Mind 
4. Mississippi Mud
5. Just For A Thrill 
6. Teardrops From My Eyes
7. Angelina
8. Blues For Big Scotia 
9. Song For You
10. Chain Of Fools (The Raelettes)
11. I Can't Stop Loving You 
12. Smack Dab In The Middle
13. I Believe To My Soul (with Van Morrison)
14. What'd I Say
15. Outro / Gotta Move On

Reconstructed line-up:
Musicians: Steve Elliott, Al Jackson, Al Waters, Rudy Johnson, and Jim Farnsworth - saxophone; Ted Murdock, Chuck Parrish, John Bailey, Kenny Scharf - trumpet; Steve Sigmund, Michael Guerrier, Sarah Morrow, Jason Jackson - trombone; Kenny Carr - guitar; Curtis Ohlson - bass; Ernest Vantrease - Hammond organ; Peter Turre - drums. Raelettes: Estella Yarbrough, Karen Evans, Cathy Mackey, ?Katrina Harper-Cooke?, Tonette McKinney.