Ray Charles in Copenhagen 1973

[@mariannamitchell-cusack575]

Thank you for uploading this video! My father, Joe Mitchell is the trumpet player with the bushy mustache and receding hairline. It's nice to see him doing what he loved doing.

[@michaelryan4205]

He is great

[@AljoniMusiCo]

If you message us with an email address we have a photo of your dad with a couple other band members that we'll be glad to share with you.

[@Klinikas]

Wow, thats amazing!!!...

[@RickarooCarew]

too cool

[@RickarooCarew]

all of the above... far out to find new pictures of your dad... man I love KZbin

[@AlgunCiego]

0:00 Intro 5:29 Hallelujah I Love Her So (Ray Charles) 9:08 Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell) 15:09 You Made Me Love You (James V. Monaco & Joseph McCarthy) 18:12 Yesterday (Paul McCartney) 23:43 Feel So Bad (J. Johnson) 30:05 Goin' Down Slow ("St. Louis" Jimmy Oden) 37:27 Goin' Down Slow (Bis) 39:45 Intro Raelettes 44:16 Rocksteady (Aretha Franklin) 48:55 I Can't Stop Loving You (Don Gibson) 54:48 Look What They Have Done To My Song, Ma (The New Seekers) 59:58 Indian Love Call (Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald) 1:14:40 Eleanor Rigby (Paul McCartney & John Lennon) 1:18:47 Introduction John Henderson 1:23:10 Shake (Sam Cooke) 1:27:35 Ray introducing Raelettes by name; in call and response improv) 1:39:20 Leave My Man Alone (Vernita Moss) 1:42:54 Introduction band 1:43:41 So Soon (John Henderson) 1:48:30 What'd I Say (Ray Charles)

[@Lokh66]

Javier Carranza 👍

[@TinyMaths]

Thank you!

[@matias5707]

El mejor espectáculo que vi en mi vida. Aún siendo en vídeo

[@matias5707]

Para mí gusto, claro

[@matias5707]

El baterista narigueteando y secándose la.transpiracion desde los 40 min. Durísimo de verdad CHarles heroín total

[@nicocolamaria2004]

Che concerto strano! fra stupende canzoni e risate ed imbarazzi... forse Ray si era fumato qualcosa di buono prima di salire sul palco! In ogni caso concerto eccezionale, unico!

[@chriscuellar4158]

I had the privilege of seeing Ray Charles 6 times. 1st time was in Detroit with Billy Preston opening up for him.

[@Packer714]

Six times wow!

[@robertschris82]

How old was Ray the first time you saw him???

[@rayskitten78]

Show off

[@RUNNOFT71]

LOVE Billy Preston!

[@Junkman2008]

Note to all you young cats coming up in the music industry. Notice that everyone on the stage contributed to the music being played. There was NO extras flopping around on the stage, just musicians. *When your content is that good, you don't have to wow the crowd with extra BS.* Almost 2 hours and people watching this were glued to their screens. That is the true sign of a consummate performer. PROPS.

[@romancultist6089]

Junkman2000 As a high school kid, I got to see B.B. King and Buddy Guy. Buddy played a heckuva show, that cat cranks it like Clapton in ‘66 even though he’s in his 70’s. But then B.B. Kings band came out and played for 15 minutes, blew my mind. Then the legend himself wheeled onto the stage, sat down, and howled both with his voice and his six-string... I won’t ever see anything like that again, I’m sure of it.

[@Junkman2008]

@@romancultist6089 Buddy, I believe you 100%. True performers come along only so often and if you are blessed to see one in person, it's an experience that you will never forget.

[@Matador72]

@@Junkman2008 and what makes you think any young cats coming up in the music industry would end up here?

[@Matador72]

@@Junkman2008 Were you insulted by my question? Why would you say I'm small minded? Maybe my question was a little insensitive, but what I meant to say is that the "young cats" that you seem to be talking about are so far away from appreciating something like this. I mean, you're speaking about the crowd that goes on stage with extras flopping around. Possibly the worst kind of live concerts. Why would they come watch a live Ray Charles concert in 1973? I'm sure they're too busy in the other side of KZbin. Meanwhile, I'm listening to Donnie, Ray, Stevie, Muddy, Aretha, Luther and many more.

[@matias5707]

Por lo que logro entender al castellano latino totalmente de acuerdo contigo.

[@murph3001]

I really do believe that Georgia is the greatest popular song in all of our history . It never gets old always takes your soul. I love Ray .

[@berniceshepherd4030]

"Amen..grateful that Im from Georgia..and Rays hometown"

[@claudeliggins8225]

I will never understand how a man like Ray can play and sing like he does and can't see anything yet he has so much SOUL.

[@jazura2]

I thought soul was something internal.

[@babonnell]

Kiiii

[@isa_ibn_Muhammed]

Whenever i travel on the road, Ray Charles is my companion and i'm from Saudi

[@bobmarafino728]

I will never tire of the big band sound. Though I'm a blues/rocker in my own playing, I've told many a Hard Rock fan that there's nothing more "hard" than a big band blowin' hard. Never saw Ray Charles, but was lucky enough to see Count Basie, and it blew my mind.

[@michaelhorton1350]

Cut my chops in a school big band w/Basie, Ellington, Kenton, Beneke, Rich, Holman charts and must agree. Nothing compares to the fully involved acoustic presence of tight, swinging ensemble. Was fortunate to spend years on 5th bari (Selmer MKVI) and our group finally got hip to maybe 6 or 7 solid tunes. And when hittin’ it on those numbers, we really could blow. But to have seen Basie,...thrill to even consider the thought. Might find it interesting that Basie himself (An old Oklahoma Blue Devil) sought to have T-Bone Walker to front the band. And Bone would’ve carried the show, too. The quality of cats in those days is hard to find presently.

[@G8GT364CI]

I saw the Basie Band lead by Frank Foster sometime during the early 90's. You are correct, they rocked and the dynamics were unbelievable. I was a rocker who got dragged to it by an ex-girlfriend, they completely changed my opinion about jazz. I've loved it since.

[@argotero6545]

This is the example of entertainment of a wonderful jazz orchestra. Ray Charles is for me the greatest next to Nat King Cole of american music in the last century. Thanks this is fantastic.

[@germansurdey6525]

I never was a fan of the Beatles.But the way Ray Charles is singing Yesterdays has redeemed that song for me. a real beauty.

[@theopheliusaffran9359]

Thanks to technology I am able to listen to evergreen songs I enjoyed when I was a teenager

[@Eam0ndo]

Beautiful, everyone needs some Ray Charles in their lives :) old Ray helping me through lockdown.

[@ljp206]

if it wasn't for ray I'd be dead lol I'd have ended everything because only his music gets me moving

[@queenladybug1702]

That's all I've been doing is watching 👀 Ray Charles videos and reading his autobiography during lockdown.

[@archangelvvv]

The Legendary Ray Charles! He was only 43 in this video, born in 1930

[@TinyMaths]

Ray puts so much emotion into his songs, so when you hear him singing Eleanor Rigby, it's almost too much, makes the song seem even sadder than it already is.

[@ivanmedina4311]

I wish soul, R&B, and blues was as prevalent, and good as it is was back then to know

[@tahjedwards13]

It's coming back bro I promise

[@murph3001]

Ray is my favorite music person ever. His range his soul his capacity to capture our hearts is unmatched. He is my hero But But ______ he ruins this magnificent set by responding to this pea brain in the audience. He owned this audience giving one of the greatest sets I have ever seen. The remarks by Ray were way way way out of line referencing his fly etc etc. He stunned totally stunned the audience by his remarks. He talked and talked and talked ....... Pure gibberish and turned a loving audience against him. The audience did not come to hear ray become a comedian . Ray displayed a streak of bad taste and poor judgement. He totally ruined a set that is truly of all time. He still remains my hero but those remarks were horrible .

[@bobgrant809]

Brother Ray was and remains the High Priest of Soul.

[@bentovy]

I WAS ONLY 30 YEAR'S WHEN I SO RAY''S PREFORMEN'S AT THE TIVVOLY IN COPENHAGEN . 40 YEAR's has PAST SINCE THAN. I MISS THAT EVNING SO MUCH. SOORY FOR MY ENGLISH

[@thiago140893]

יעקב בנטוב jews have always been in love with jazz.

[@elident7828]

Your English was fine because I understood you

[@troydixon2722]

@@elident7828 I thought it was

[@kendr1320]

I love this, Ray is ssoooo loaded and puts all his love and soul into every song.

[@michaelgarrison3962]

I never got to see Ray. I've seen alot Elton, Eagles...Who's watching this in June 2021, me and my mama are hitting a lefty, and mama and daddy's first date at the Monroe Civic center, Ouachita Parrish. May Daddy and Ray 🙏. I still have mama here great grandma. Got to give her her props. I miss both Daddy and Ray dearly. Talk abouts getting through tough times. God bless everyone 🙏

[@G8GT364CI]

Yup, doing more talking that playing. 🤣

[@murph3001]

After all these years the concert is still fresh and exciting ___ when he does Georgia it's like brand new ____ what a magnificent talent ___ his influences are still felt today ___ his music is forever

[@JoseMartinez-to6gr]

I saw him in winter 1973 (late 73, early 74) at Guadalajara Mexico. Great Memories.

[@mscommerce]

One of the things about Ray Charles that is little remarked upon is how compelling a speaking voice he had. Amazing. It absolutely commands total attention, instantly. Any politician or in the persuasive professions such as sales, would kill to have a speaking voice such as Ray's was.

[@cadillackid2002]

26:50 to 29:10 Ray took it back to church. Straight CHUUCH!! He got sooo happy he had to call up the organ player "John the revelator" 😂😂😂😂

[@EVERLAST2424]

AMAZING!!!

[@joelmaaparecida6566]

1 Aleluia i love her so 2 9:09 Georgia on my mind 3 15:12 You made me love you 4 18:15 Yesterday 5 23:43 Feel so bad 6 30:08 Goin down slow 51:08 I can stop loving you 54:48

[@colterino]

The Master...first heard Ray when I was 16...from that moment, understood that we ALL have a connection to each other...musically...Universal Language...

[@bstumpel]

Copenhagen, Oct. 10, 1972. Mike Conlon (ct), Tommy Cortez, Joe Mitchell, ?Tommy Turrentine?, Tony Farrell - trumpets; Glenn Childress, Al (Sanifu) Hall, Fred Murrell, Steve Turre - trombones; James Clay, Don Garcia - alto saxophones; Andy Ennis - tenor saxophone, flute; Fred Smith - tenor saxophone; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone, band leader; John Henderson - organ, piano; Ralph Byrd - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass; John Perrett - drums. The Raelettes: Mable John, Estella Yarbrough, Susaye Greene, Dorothy Berry, and Vernita Moss. 01. Nothing Wrong (Ray Charles Orchestra) (Mike Conlon - ct; James 'Heavy' Clay - ts; Steve Turre - tb) 02. Intro 03. Hallelujah I Love Her So 04. Georgia On My Mind (Andy Ennis - ft) 05. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Wanna Do It) 06. Yesterday (Edgar Willis - b) 07. Feel So Bad (Ralph Byrd - g; John Henderson - o) 08. Going Down Slow (1st time) 09. Going Down Slow (2nd time) 10. Intro Raelettes 11. Rock Steady (ft. Estella Yarbrough) 12. I Can't Stop Loving You 13. Look What They Have Done To My Song, Ma 14. Indian Love Call (ft. Susaye Greene) 15. Rant! 16. Eleanor Rigby 17. Introduction John Henderson 18. Shake (with The Raelettes) 19. Ray introducing Raelettes by name, in call and response improv; ft Mable John, Estella Yarbrough, Susaye Greene, Dorothy Berry, and Vernita Moss with a great sample of: 20. Leave My Man Alone (partial; ft Vernita Moss) 21. Introduction band 22. So Soon (with John Henderson) + 23. What'd I Say 24. Outro

[@therealong]

Thanks, Bob... appreciated! :) No reaction from +Ake Eriksson yet.

[@bstumpel]

Do you expect any?

[@therealong]

Well, let's give him the benefit of the doubt... he might have not noticed, or he doesn't know how to change it, or he doesn't care, or it was intentional, or he is in the hospital, or he is dead... lol

[@AljoniMusiCo]

Thanks for the details Bob.

[@RanBlakePiano]

Bob Stumpel so helpful but I’m lost

[@williambrandongiles3692]

I am, So very enthused/ memorized/ Inspired, By his class , And so much more, And to think.. The year I was born ( *1973)🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 🎶 ❤.... I love you ,Ray 🎹 🎤

[@raushanahmcghee5626]

BROTHER RAY IS THE HERO OF ALL MUSIC

[@claussaunte2303]

Så glad for upload, tak, så meget gospel virkelig rays roots.

[@robertamoyaw8812]

I seen Uncle Ray live once n that was enough for me , Nobody got Soul like he got , nobody.....

[@hectorsoto5836]

1973 in august dang Ray you were a showman. Margie died the month before and you can feel it in some of his songs.

[@crispmom]

So glad I stumbled on this video. What a nice way to spend my Sunday morning.

[@antoniopimentel6940]

Beautiful! Single! Wonderful!

[@sanskretro]

The "Indian Love Call" performance is simply sublime.

[@tchangodeipianistedejazz2656]

Extraordinaire

[@mavtay21]

Fantastic quality video and sound - thanks for posting and sharing.

[@JobiwanKenoli]

30:30 Goin down slow ! blues is easy to play, hard to feel... Ray is feelin it so goood !!

[@andrewcowin3815]

He was super human. Talented in so many directions, including business, btw. The recordings don't do justice to his live performances. This is brilliant.

[@danielm4114]

A great comment

[@archangelvvv]

Well said! His live performances are WAY better than his studio recordings. Everything he is comes ALIVE which could never be captured on ANY recording!

[@Sebastian-xk2xk]

12:40 - baby cries - Ray: "yeah baby"

[@gabel13]

this right here influenced SOOOOOO many musicians: The Band, James Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, Minnie Ripperton, Sade...

[@Kepa_pl_music]

I dont understand how it is, years ago there was one mic for five women on stage and everything they sang was crystal clear, now you turn away 3 cm and nothing can be heard. Yeah, I know that beta58 is hypercardioid, but still, even with normal cardioid microphone concerts now arent so clear. Sound here is really great, and there are so few microphones there. Mindboggling

[@brianmcelroy1176]

Mr. Charles,..it'll always be true, still after time has turned mankind's bones to clay. It won't ever matter, who it was that wrote any song Mr. Charles owns any song he plays

[@olesolja1407]

This healed a load of some of that hidden, disgusting, depression. Thanks for posting.

[@adrow]

Oh my God this is absolutely beautiful t 👍👍😱😭

[@RanBlakePiano]

Ake. Thank you so much for this post at such a tragic time

[@fabioponte5133]

Years are passing by but Ray still is and always ll'be a musical pheomenon !

[@dom-o-rue4194]

Wow the best version of ray ive seen yet

[@dom-o-rue4194]

The on chore after Georgia on my mind BEAUTIFUL

[@davidmitch5181]

I saw him here in Atlanta at Chastain Park twice. He was great !

[@AljoniMusiCo]

Our Sanifu Al Hall Jr was the 'lead' trombonist in this great band.

[@matias5707]

Cómo tocan todos y cada uno de estos muchachos!!!!

[@francois-sergegulli2126]

Fantastic Ray!

[@meldubin5919]

There will never be another

[@RanBlakePiano]

Wonderful concert wonder if Danish citizen s ? have memories of attending ? Would like to hear the names of the third and fourth Raelette s sometime It’s so much memorable then when I head Ray at the Apollo in the early sixties .he had his big band don t think Raelettes were there .he did do many of his Atlantic sides .I believe this around the time Dinah made her last appearance It was amazing hearing India n Love call which I might heard in some overblown musical film .ray really recomposed this stunning rendition wonder if it was recorded on cd N

[@rayskitten78]

Jamie Foxx got ray to a tee had to look twice to see who I am watching

[@peterhead9981]

Yes, I just could not believe how Jamie got so far inside Ray. Everything was just so right. Incredible film.

[@CosmosDweller]

Thanks for this!! Brings back many memories.

[@johnmoore9485]

well i hope you inherited some of his skills & Feeling,warm wishes 2u

[@matias5707]

Esto es rock..Ray sonandose los.mocos destapando la cañería. Las rauletes cantando allí. Increíble. Indian call love

[@matias5707]

El mejor video dela historia dela músicaque ví en mi Vida.

[@josephscalone8523]

Ray is my all time favorite, but I love me some raelettes too.

[@claussaunte2303]

Thank god for the raylettes!

[@claussaunte2303]

Jeg ville ønske at jeg havde været til den koncert.

[@japanamasikanken]

Ray Charles in Copenhagen1973.. .2016/03/28に公開。。　　。　　。。　　。　　視聴22,457回Ake Eriksson。。　　。　　。。　　。　　Genius!.. .自信に溢れている。。　　。　　。。　　。　　。。　　。

[@karenmorente7589]

Very cool legacy truly Amazing American music

[@Brianbeesandbikes]

NEVER seen Ray this stoned. Still great. but soooo stoned

[@maurodessy6323]

feel so bad...trascinante

[@jamesyancey4660]

Dam felt like I was there in person always like ray yesssssss

[@layx8413]

When the entire band understands the assignment! John was playing the shit out of that organ!!

[@AA-ou8kl]

Rock Steady wow the ladies bringin the funk

[@jwilley127]

Leroy Cooper was something else...

[@michaelryan4205]

Yes he was

[@DucieMan]

Here, its absolutely obvious ... how come the world changed so much? If Ray woul'd said just one tenth of all those words, allusions/implications today, he'd be banned, on black list righ a way. He wouln't play a single note anymore... so sad where we got since that time

[@hellnoo]

Absolutely Beautiful!!💞

[@byronholmes2496]

This is timeless!!

[@erikaandrada9716]

love this mans sens eof humour! what a man

[@kendr1320]

Ray, your so funny when your stoned...... "let's go get stoned"

[@chidinwoko4625]

Ray d great

[@mamcafe2011]

Thank you very much, man!

[@abdelaziz9163]

Une merveille que du charisme émouvant

[@chevydude658]

Ray Charles! What a genius. I had only heard a few limited performances but never something to this degree. He was so skilled and gifted I'm just blown away. I loved him on The Nanny too! Hilarious. BTW....what did the guy shout out? I didn't understand what was happening.

[@briammcmillion1740]

I think my father 4 the high 5 an ray. Big Mac Baltimore

[@murph3001]

As I have commented. Ray was totally brilliant in this set but he became a total jackass with his comments. It wasn't necessary.

[@maurodessy6376]

goin' down slow...amazing...

[@christopherreed2694]

If you can't recognize what and who he is your deaf and blind sorry he's God's right hand man 🙏 better recognize 😉

[@ivanmedina4311]

I love ray charles

[@gbluman]

Thank you

[@anniechicanne3043]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@dreadhead703]

1:00-1:09 was MAGNIFICENT!!!!

[@ЕленаМаркарян-ц3и]

Спасибо огромное!!)

[@mariolagrasta9606]

un GRANDE insieme a SINATRA BENNETT ARMSTRONG BB KING

[@matias5707]

Lo que hace con el bajista de director en yesterday es increíble. Qué música!!!

[@markarnold8014]

Pure Genius

[@brunobarbe4826]

Un GRAND MONSIEUR RAY CHARLES ☀️💖

[@japanamasikanken]

”Yesterday”..もう歌ってる。。　　。　　。。　　。　　。。　　。　　。。　　。　　編曲見事！。。　。

[@claussaunte2303]

Fantastisk mojo Ray charles

[@RobertAlanHardy]

Wonderful

[@imnokid1]

How do you give Ray Charles a thumbs down?!?!??!

[@elident7828]

It shows that it’s pure evil in this world... not because he’s blind but they are on his concert and being negative... why are you even here

[@timt9424]

Thank you so much

[@GTSTheatreMyrtleBeach]

Hi Auvanette,I'm thinking of doing this in February during Black History Month on a Saturday Night. Can you please tell me the cost of the show or do you work on door split. Also, the average price of tickets etc. Thanks,Beth Wylde

[@Oglemof]

He seems a bit spaced out 😜😎 Those lady singer though 💥

[@marcosdelgado1539]

Gracias

[@kirel1700]

Tremendous

[@tfarrellsr]

This was during the 1972 tour...

[@BenJamesVlog]

Notice how Ray Charles moves his whole upper body sideways to hit the rythm instead of bopping is head in front of him so has to not knok off the mic in front of him?

[@elident7828]

He’s counting...Ray Charles plays what I call at a “death march”

[@jacksonheaton2022]

What venue was this concert?

[@AljoniMusiCo]

Copenhagen, Oct. 10, 1972.