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.
Track listing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 4:35 "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 2:57 "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:19 "Every Saturday Night" (Jerry West, Silas Hogan) – 4:05 "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:35 "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 3:53 "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 4:02 "Come Live with Me" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 4:10 "Feel So Bad" (James Johnson, Leslie Temple) – 4:10 "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:04 "Look What They've Done to My Song (Melanie Safka) – 2:51 "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 Wayne Bergeron Chuck Berghofer Jim Cox John Chiodini Andy Martin
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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