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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