Ray Charles in City of Tampa - the 1940's
from Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story, pages 97-99:
I started out in a flophouse and then got lodgings in Tampa, Florida, 1947]…
I also found a good gig in a hurry. Cat named Charlie Brantley had a seven-piece combo and he hired me to play piano.
Now when I say Charlie was into Louis Jordan, I mean with both hands and both feet. He almost became Louis. Like Jordan, he played alto, and he did all those numbers --"Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" and "Saturday Night Fish Fry"--like he had eaten the original recordings for breakfast.
Charlie had a singer--Clarence Jolly--so I really didn't have much of a chance to get into my vocals.… more >>
cite as
David Ritz and Ray Charles, Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story (New York, 2003), p. 97-99. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1427467044131 accessed: 4 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers'Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens' | performed by Charlie Brantley |
'I'm Falling For You' | performed by Clarence Jolly |
'Jelly Jelly' | performed by Clarence Jolly |
'Saturday Night Fish Fry' | performed by Charlie Brantley |
Experience Information
Date/Time | the 1940's |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:37:24 +0000
Approved on Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:14:43 +0100