#raelettes

Ray Charles and the Raelettes (Lilian Fort, Clydie King, Gwen Berry, Merry Clayton) at RPM International recording studio in Los Angeles, CA (1966)

BLANK plays BLANK, No. 11. The first side of Volume 2 here is my favorite of all four sides of Ray reinterpreting country songs as if they were just songs, period. The band, the Raelettes, the selections—everything is in its right place. Man. Yeah. What fun. The second side, you get that hokey choir again from the first volume. It doesn’t overpower Ray because he’s Ray. But I always wish we could strip it off, the way you can get the Let It Be album stripped of the Wall of Sound Phil Spector put on it. #raycharles #raelettes #modernsoundsincountryandwesternmusic (at Noblesville, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9r--CLgZuU/?igshid=u0ca6x0y7pbm

BLANK plays BLANK, No. 10. Genius amazing wow perfect whatever. It’s so good. The only complaint (if I may) is the stupid choir producers used to put on things (like every year when we hear those Nat King Cole Christmas songs and there’s those insipid background choir singers). I just want the Raelettes (which is how the internet spells Raelettes, not how someone spelled it on the back of the album) on everything. Can we just bring them in on everything, recording over the choir if necessary? #raycharles #raelettes #raelets #proofreading #misspelled #modernsoundsincountryandwesternmusic (at Noblesville, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rOu8CgD0k/?igshid=13fe1pwlqjasx

The Raelettes at the Newport Jazz Festival 1968 #Raelettes #TheRaelettes #Raelets #TheRaelets #NewportJazzFestival #RayCharles #MerryClayton #ClydieKing #GwenBerry #PatLyles #MaryAnnFisher #AlexBrown #MableJohn #SusayeGreene #VernitaMoss #EstellaYarbrough #AtlanticRecords #Music #OldSchoolMusic #AfroAmerican #AfricanAmerican #BlackMusic #BlackMixtape https://www.instagram.com/p/BuuP7PQAnnf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11su25ih47y18

The Raelettes at the Newport Jazz Festival 1968 #Raelettes #TheRaelettes #Raelets #TheRaelets #NewportJazzFestival #RayCharles #MerryClayton #ClydieKing #GwenBerry #PatLyles #MaryAnnFisher #AlexBrown #MableJohn #SusayeGreene #VernitaMoss #EstellaYarbrough #AtlanticRecords #Music #OldSchoolMusic #AfroAmerican #AfricanAmerican #BlackMusic #BlackMixtape https://www.instagram.com/p/BuuP7PQAnnf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tl8ytcxb5y1j

Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack (Original)

Listening to some of my cool albums. Featuring my first love and attraction to good music. Those killer background vocals. Just found out my all time fave, Clydie king has passed away. ( Mary Clayton is my second) God damn did she build a portfolio of hits that would have been dull and boring without her. A raelette,her vocals on sweet home Alabama made that damned song.Not to mention all the countless thousand plus songs she recorded Always in demand for her wicked talent, the stones, Dylan, steely Dan, Elton john, and on and on and on. Her album “Rushing to Meet you “ is bloody fantastic. Thanks for all those great cuts and my addiction to music. #clydieking #mowtown #rock&roll #ruhingtomeetyou #raelettes #bestbackroundsingers https://www.instagram.com/marco_tyrants_blood/p/BuZRFnhF5F6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ool8w2eqwcde

Sending very happy birthday wishes to Able #MableJohn, born on this day in Louisiana in 1930. She played a key roll in multiple sectors of classic soul, beginning at #Motown in Detroit, then recording some gritty soul in Memphis for #StaxRecords, and also lead the #Raelettes singing back up for #RayCharles but also singing lead on Raelettes solo recordings. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpurHBlhTet/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i459boamlnis