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Ray Sings, Basie Swings is an album that mixes previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances from 1973 with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra.[1]

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Track listing

  1. "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 4:35
  2. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 2:57
  3. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:19
  4. "Every Saturday Night" (Jerry West, Silas Hogan) – 4:05
  5. "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:35
  6. "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 3:53
  7. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 4:02
  8. "Come Live with Me" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 4:10
  9. "Feel So Bad" (James Johnson, Leslie Temple) – 4:10
  10. "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:04
  11. "Look What They've Done to My Song (Melanie Safka) – 2:51
  12. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 4:40

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Personnel

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano
  • Directed by Bill Hughes
  • Marshall McDonald – Lead alto saxophone, flute
  • Grant Langford – 2nd alto saxophone
  • Doug Lawrence – 1st tenor saxophone
  • Doug Miller – 2nd tenor saxophone
  • John Williams – baritone saxophone
  • Dave Keim – Lead trombone
  • Clarence Banks – 2nd trombone
  • Alvin Walker - 3rd trombone
  • Barry Cooper – bass trombone
  • Mike Williams - Lead trumpet
  • Scotty Barnhart – 2nd trumpet
  • Shawn Edmonds – 3rd trumpet
  • Endré Rice – 4th trumpet
  • Joey DeFrancesco – organ
  • Tony Suggs – piano
  • James Leary – double bass
  • Will Matthews – guitar
  • Butch Miles – drums

Backing vocals

  • Patti Austin
  • Maxi Anderson
  • Lynne Fiddmont
  • Lorraine Perry
  • Sharon Perry
  • Darlene Perry
  • Valerie Pinkston
  • Sandy Simmons

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Quincy Jones – arranger
  • John Clayton – arranger
  • Roger Neumann – arranger
  • Larry Muhoberac – arranger
  • Shelly Berg – arranger, conductor, musician
  • Tom Scott – arranger, conductor
  • Bill Hughes – orchestra director
  • Aaron Woodward – executive producer
  • Bill Airey Smith – engineer
  • Bill McKinney – assistant engineer
  • Charles Paakkari – engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Don Murray – engineer, mixing
  • Eric Weaver – assistant engineer
  • Gregg Field – conductor, engineer, producer, vocal arrangement
  • Joe Adams – executive producer, producer
  • Joe Brown – assistant engineer
  • John Burk – executive producer, producer
  • Paul "Scooby" Smith – assistant engineer
  • Paul Hamann – assistant engineer
  • Sanwook Nam – mastering
  • Seth Presant – engineer
  • Steve Genewick – engineer

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References

  1. ^ a b c Tamarkin, Jeff. "Ray Charles: Ray Sings, Basie Swings". AllMusic. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ray Sings, Basie Swings - Ray Charles | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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