Ray Charles in Person

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Ray Charles: In Person
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Live album by
Ray Charles
ReleasedJuly 1960
RecordedMay 28, 1959
Venue Herndon Stadium, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre R&B
Length29:19
Label Atlantic
Producer Zenas "Daddy" Sears
Ray Charles chronology
The Genius of Ray Charles
(1959)		Ray Charles: In Person
(1960)		 The Genius Hits the Road
(1960)
Re-issue cover
RayCharlesLive 1987AtlanticRecords.jpg
1987 re-issue / compilation
Professional ratings
Review scores
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In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959, on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia, at Morris Brown College's Herndon Stadium. All tracks from this album together with those from Ray Charles at Newport were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation CD, Ray Charles Live .

Contents

Overview

The album was recorded by the concert sponsor, radio station WAOK. The station's lead disk jockey, Zenas "Daddy" Sears, recorded the album for the audience using a single microphone. The album is noted for its technical excellence in balancing band, singer, and audience, and also for its documentation of the jazzy R&B Ray Charles sound prior to his great crossover success. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated July 24, 1960, peaking at No. 13 during a thirty-seven-week run on the chart. [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Right Time" (Lew Herman, Nappy Brown, Ozzie Cadena)
  2. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles)
  3. "Yes, Indeed" (Sy Oliver)
  4. "The Spirit Feel" (Milt Jackson)
  5. "Frenesi" (Alberto Domínguez)
  6. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
  7. "Tell The Truth" (Lowman Pauling) [3]

Personnel

The track "Yes, Indeed" was recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5, 1958, with Lee Harper replacing John Hunt on trumpet and Richie Goldberg replacing Teagle Fleming on drums. [4]

Technical

Charts

Chart (1960)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs (Mono Action Albums) [2] 13

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Lowman Pauling Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic .
  4. ↑ Jazzdisco.org link
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