Episode 505: Spotlight on Ray Charles - part one

from Pacific Street Blues & Americana · host Rick Galusha

PLAYLIST: Pacific St Blues & Americana Spotlight on Ray Charles Tributes 1. Lil' Stevie Wonder / Drown in My Own Tears 2. Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis, feat Norah Jones / What I'd Say 3. Joan Osborne / Spider Web (I Dreamed of Ray Charles Last Night) 4. Van Morrison / These Dreams of You Early Influences 5. Nat Cole Trio / Route 66 6. Charles Brown / Drifting Blues 7. Lowell Fulsom / Reconsider Baby (produced by Ray Charles) 8. Ray Charles (w/ Lowell Fulsom Band) / Hey Now 9. Louis Jordan / Choo Choo Ch Boogie The Piano gods to Young Ray Charles 10. Meade Lux Lewis / Doll House Boogie 11. Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings / Pine Top Blues 12. Pete Johnson (Mess Around) / Cherry Red 13. Art Tatum / Tiger Rag Seventeen Year Old Charles Moves to Seattle 14. George Benson / Rocking Chair Blues 15. Maxin Trio (Ray Charles) / Rockin' Chair Blues 16. Quincy Jones w/ Ray Charles / In the Heat of the Night (OST) 17. Ernestine Anderson / Never Make Your Move too Soon Robert "Bumps Blackwell" Record Producer and Orchestra 18. Sam Cooke / You Send Me 19. Little Richard / Tutti Frutti 20. Larry Williams / Dizzy Miss Lizzy 21. Guitar Slim / Things I Used to Do 22. Bob Dylan / Trouble

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