Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a blind musician. He brought a soulful sound to country music and pop standards through his Modern Sounds recordings, as well as a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it." He also appeared in the 1980 hit movie, The Blues Brothers. Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business". In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Charles number ten on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and also voted him number two on their November 2008 list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Charles himself was significantly involved in the biopic Ray, an October 2004 film which portrays his life and career between 1930 and 1966 and stars Jamie Foxx as Charles. Foxx won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Actor for the role. The very heart and soul of telling Ray Charles' story had to be his music, which is why Taylor Hackford decided to evoke the emotions and events of Ray's life as much as possible through the power of his songs. All the songs are included in the Ray movie soundtrack. From the beginning, Hackford had made a list of the key songs he wanted to appear in the film. Taylor Hackford on the Ray movie soundtrack: "Musically, this film was a very complicated piece. We were using some 40 different songs throughout the film, and using them to tell a story, so when the music ends, the mood is carried over and vice versa. When a song is on-screen, you're seeing that the song came from the emotion and the drama in his life and that the two are necessarily intertwined and related." To help with the task of recreating Ray Charles' music with all the vitality and electric vibrancy it had from the get-go, Hackford brought in musical supervisor Curt Sobel, who was drawn to the scope and what he sees as the importance of the Ray movie soundtrack. "I think Ray Charles was crucial to the history of 20th century culture," says Sobel. "He was the first person to succeed in pooling together everything great about our country's music, the feeling of Gospel, the joy of Boogie-Woogie, the depth of Blues, and turning it into something very unique."
01- Mess Around 02- I Got a Woman 03- Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Live) 04- Drown in My Own Tears 05- Night Time is the Right Time 06- Mary Ann 07- Hard Times 08- What'd I Say (Live) 09- Georgia On My Mind I 10- Hit the Road Jack 11- Unchain My Heart 12- I Can't Stop Loving You 13- Born to Lose 14- Bye Bye Love 15- You Don't Know Me (Live) 16- Let the Good Times Roll (Live) 17- Georgia On My Mind II
Bonus Tracks:
18- Busted 19- Without Love There is Nothing 20- Don't Need No Doctor 21- Hide nor Hair 22- Sticks and Stones 23- Careless Love 24- You Are My Sunshine 25- Don't Set Me Free
After the ending of Pescado Rabioso, Luis Alberto Spinetta founded Invisible together with Héctor "Pomo" Lorenzo in drums and Carlos Alberto "Machi" Rufino in bass and vocals. The first public gig of Invisible was at the Astral Theater, in Buenos Aires, on November 23, 1973 and on the following year they edited their first single plus their first album. The group was working hard during rehearsals and only was appearing at big theaters or stadiums, but never in festivals or small places. After a long silence, they change record company (they went from Talent - Microfón to CBS), and presented Durazno Sangrando, their second LP released in 1975, at the Coliseo Theater on November 21 and on 22 of that same year. El Jardín de Los Presentes, their third and last LP, saw the light in 1976 and it was when Tomás Gubitsch joined to the band, as second guitarist. The album would become in one of the best of the Argentine Rock in his "third cycle" (1976 - 1982) and it was characterized by the merger of rhythms and genres. The album also obtained an immediate massive success and began to show of entry as a classic album, full of songs featuring an unusual beauty. If any Spinetta disc always hoards at least one beautiful song, in the case of "El Jardín..." almost all the topics approach the perfection. The album would be presented on August 6 at the Luna Park Stadium. This material has a clear influence of rock mixed with modern tango, which was in heyday in Buenos Aires during that time frame. Such it is like that, that for his live presentation (which would be the last one of the band), summoned the virtuoso bandoneonista Rodolfo Mederos. Invisible gave their last live show on December 12, 1976 at the Luna Parl. At the beginning of 1977, the group broke up.
01- El Anillo del Capitán Beto 02- Dios de la Adoescencia 03- Doscientos Años 04- Durazno Sangrando 05- Las Golondrinas de Plaza de Mayo 06- Jugo de Lúcuma 07- La Llave del Mandala 08- Los Libros de la Buena Memoria 09- Oso del Sueño 10- Lo Que Nos Ocupa es la Conciencia, Esa Abuela Que Regula el Mundo 11- Que Ves El Cielo 12- Suspensión 13- Viejos Ratones del Tiempo 14- Niño Condenado 15- La Azafata del Tren Fantasma
Gerry & The Pacemakers were a British rock and roll group during the 1960s. In common with The Beatles, they came from Liverpool and were managed by Brian Epstein. They are most remembered for being the first act to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart with their first three single releases. It was a record that was not equalled for 20 years, until the mid-80s success of fellow Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Gerry Marsden formed the group in 1959 with his brother, Fred, Les Chadwick and Arthur McMahon. They rivalled the Beatles early in their career, playing in the same areas of Hamburg, Germany and Liverpool, England. McMahon (known as Arthur Mack) was replaced on piano by Les Maguire around 1961. They are known to have rehearsed at Cammell Laird shipping yard at Birkenhead. The band was the second to sign with Brian Epstein, who later signed them with Columbia Records (a sister label to The Beatles label Parlophone under EMI). They began recording in early 1963 with "How Do You Do It?", a song written by Mitch Murray that Adam Faith had turned down and one that The Beatles chose not to release (they did record the song but insisted on releasing their own song "[Love Me Do]"). The song was produced by George Martin and became a number one hit in the UK, until being replaced at the top by "From Me to You", The Beatles' third single. Gerry & The Pacemakers' next two singles, Murray's "I Like It" and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone", both also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. "You'll Never Walk Alone" had been a favourite of Gerry Marsden's since seeing Carousel growing up (he turned down the Beatles' "Hello Little Girl" for this slot, which then became the first hit for The Fourmost). It soon became the signature tune of Liverpool Football Club. To this day, the song remains a football anthem, there and elsewhere, a phenomenon due to Gerry Marsden, rather than its Broadway composers. Despite this early success, Gerry & The Pacemakers never had another number one single in the UK. By late 1965, their popularity was rapidly declining on both sides of the Atlantic. They disbanded in October 1966, with much of their latter recorded material never released in the UK.
01- You'll Never Walk Alone 02- How Do You Do It? 03- Away Fom You 04- I Like It (includes false start) 05- It's Happened to Me 06- Pretend 07- You're The Reason [I Don't Sleep at Night] 08- Chills 09- I'm The One 10- You've Got What I Like 11- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying 12- Show Me That You Care 13- It's Gonna Be All Right 14- Ferry Cross The Mersey 15- I'll Be There 16- Hello Little Girl (previously unreleased)
01- Blue Suede Shoes (take 10) 02- My Baby Left Me (take 9) 03- One Sided Love Affair (take 8) 04- So Glad You’re Mine (take 10) 05- I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You (take 18) 06- Tutti Frutti (take 10) 07- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 10) 08- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 12) 09- Hound Dog (take 31) 10- Don’t Be Cruel (take 28) 11- Anyway You Want Me (take 12) 12- Don Davies Interviews Elvis 13- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (takes 1 & 2) 14- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 3) 15- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 4) 16- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 5) 17- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 6) 18- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 7) 19- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 8) 20- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 9) 21- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 10) 22- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 11) 23- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 12) 24- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 1) 25- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 2) 26- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 3) 27- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 5) 28- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 6) 29- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 7) 30- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 8) 31- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 9) 32- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 10) 33- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 11) 34- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 12) 35- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 12 - unedited undubbed master) 36- Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 12 - edit undubbed master) 37- My Baby Left Me (performed by Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup) 38- Hound Dog (performed by Archie Bell & The Bell Boys) 39- So Glad You’re Mine (performed by Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup)
Originally best-known as an Italian-born model, Carla Bruni has matured into a remarkably talented and self-possessed singer-composer-guitarist. Her debut album, sung mostly in French, could best be described as neo-chanson. Bruni's whispery, wobbly, husky voice, wryly deadpan delivery and introspective lyrics recall Francoise Hardy, Barbara, Jane Birkin and Nico. But unlike her forebears, who so often posed as waif-like child-women and doormat-like victims of passion, Bruni remains firmly on top. Her lyrics can and do celebrate true love but she also praises the delights of female sexual empowerment in no uncertain terms, as on "J'en Connais". Musically, the tunes range from folk Français to echoes of le jazz hot to bluesy torch numbers. The spare, mostly acoustic instrumentation is unfussy and atmospheric, while the I-couldn't-care-less ambience is occasionally punctuated by chimes, insouciant whistling or an impudent, sly giggle. Rarely does an album come along that touches everyone who listens to it, even those that do not speak the language in which it was recorded. Quelqu’un M’a Dit captures you with the first note and leaves you humming the last. The Franco-Italian model-singer-songwriter sings of love and loves lost with the ability to evoke powerful images across any language barrier.
01. Quelqu'un m'a dit 02. Raphael 03. Tout le monde 04. La noyee 05. Le toi du moi 06. Le ciel dans une chambre 07. J'en connais 08. Le plus beau du quartier 09. Chanson triste 10. L'excessive 11. L'amour 12. La derniere minute
This collection is comprised of demos from 1963-1966, most of which are of compositions not released on any of the group's studio output. The whole collection is great, although I have to admit that the opening tracks (IBC demos from March 1963) are my personal favourites.
01- You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover - Oct 1962 02- Baby What’s Wrong? - March 1963 03- Bright Lights Big City 04- Road Runner 05- Diddley Daddy 06- I Want To Be Loved 07- The Girl Belongs To Yesterday - Nov 1963 08- Leave Me Alone 09- It Should Be You 10- There Are But Five Rolling Stones - Jan 1964 11- Not Fade Away - Feb 1964 12- And Mr Spector & Mr Pitney Came Too 13- Andrew’s Blues 14- Snap Crackle Pop (Kellog’s Rice Krispies Jingle) 15- As Time Goes By - Mar 1964 16- Reelin’ And Rockin’ - June 1964 17- Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind - July 1964 18- Try A Little Harder 19- Heart Of Stone 20- Da Roo Ron Ron - Sept 1964 21- When Blue Turns To Grey 22- Each And Every Day Of The Year 23- [Walkin’ Thru’ The] Sleepy City 24- We're Wastin' Time 25- We Were Falling In Love 26- Everybody Needs Somebody - Nov 1964 27- Goodby Girl 28- I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys - Feb 1965 29- Looking Tired - Sept 1965 30- If You Let Me - March 1966 31- Out Of Time - April 1966 32- Get Yourself Together
Charles Hardin Holley, known professionally as Buddy Holly (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll." His works and innovations inspired and influenced both his contemporaries and later musicians, notably The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, and exerted a profound influence on popular music. Holly was in the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly #13 among "The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time".
01- Blue Days (AKA Blue Days, Black Nights) 02- Changing All Those Changes 03- Rock Around with Ollie Vee 04- Brown Eyed Handsome Man 05- That'll Be The Day 06- I'm Looking for Someone to Love 07- Words of Love 08- Not Fade Away 09- Everyday 10- Tell Me How 11- Listen to Me 12- Oh, Boy! 13- Peggy Sue 14- Look at Me 15- Little Baby 16- You've Got Love 17- Maybe Baby 18- Rave On 19- Fool's Paradise 20- Take Your Time 21- Well All Right 22- Think It Over 23- Heartbeat 24- It's So Easy 25- Reminiscing 26- True Love Ways 27- It Doesn't Matter Anymore 28- Raining in My Heart 29- Peggy Sue Got Married 30- Crying, Waiting, Hoping 31- Send Me Some Lovin' 32- Rock Me My Baby 33- It's Too Late 34- Look at Me 35- Early in the Morning
