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To: Neenny who wrote (1963)1/17/2002 9:12:15 AM
From: Original Mad Dog  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3937
 
Ray Charles' biggest years were a little before your time, but there's no reason to miss out.....

Start with these sites:

raycharles.com

(Includes links to a biography and other material)

raycharles.com

(Lists all of his chart hits, including a string of #1's in the early 60's)

A lot of the material he is best known for is covers of other people's songs, such as this one:

Track Title: Georgia On My Mind

Album Title: Genius & Soul, The 50th Anv. Coll. Vol. 2
Prime Artist: Ray Charles (Robinson)
Arranger: Ralph Burns
Drums: Milt Turner

Bass: Edgar Willis
Producer: Sid Feller
Written by: Hoagy Carmichael (Hoagland Howard C.)
Written by: Stuart Gorrell

From the Album: Genius Hits The Road 1960 (A)

Lyrics:

Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Talkin' 'bout Georgia
I'm in Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
Georgia, sweet Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back
It always leads back to you
I'm in Georgia, Georgia, sweet Georgia
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia forever on my mind
Just an old sweet, sweet song
Keeps Georgia forever on my mind


www.thepeaches.com/music/ (for lyrics to over 60 Ray Charles tunes and a whole bunch of other good stuff)



To: Neenny who wrote (1963)1/18/2002 8:30:03 AM
From: Zakrosian  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3937
 
Regarding those lyrics

"Well, Momma killed a chicken, thought it was a duck.
Put him on the table with his legs sticking up"


Those wouldn't by any chance be from a song titled something like The Duck's Yas-Yas would it? I heard the tune once about 35 years ago from a friend's father's collection and never since. The line I do remember includes the phrase "spooning gravy from the duck's yas yas".