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1960 live album by Ray Charles
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In Person
is a live album recorded by
Ray Charles
on May 28, 1959 on a rainy night in
Atlanta, Georgia
at
Morris Brown College
's
Herndon Stadium
. All tracks from this album together with those from
Ray Charles at Newport
were also released on the 1987
Atlantic
compilation CD,
Ray Charles Live
.
The album was recorded by the concert sponsor, radio station
WAOK
. The station's lead
disk jockey
, Zenas "Daddy" Sears, recorded the album for the audience using a single microphone. The album is noted for its technical excellence in balancing band, singer, and audience, and also for its documentation of the jazzy
R&B
Ray Charles sound prior to his great crossover success. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
Track listing
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- "
The Right Time
" (Lew Herman,
Nappy Brown
,
Ozzie Cadena
)
- "
What'd I Say
" (Ray Charles)
- "Yes, Indeed" (
Sy Oliver
)
- "The Spirit Feel" (
Milt Jackson
)
- "
Frenesi
" (
Alberto Dominguez
)
- "
Drown In My Own Tears
" (
Henry Glover
)
- "Tell The Truth" (
Lowman Pauling
)
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Personnel
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The track "Yes, Indeed" was recorded live at the
Newport Jazz Festival
on July 5, 1958, with Lee Harper replacing John Hunt on trumpet and Richie Goldberg replacing Teagle Fleming on drums.
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Billboard
Hot 100
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