Ray Sings, Basie Swings is an album that mixes previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances from 1973 with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra.[1]

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Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Compilation album by Ray Charles, Count Basie Orchestra
Released	October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)
Recorded	Mid-1970s, February - May 2006
Studio	Los Angeles
Genre	Soul, jazz, Swing
Label	Concord/Hear Music
Producer	Gregg Field
Ray Charles chronology
Genius & Friends (2005) Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006) Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters (2010)

Track listing

1. "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 4:35
2. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 2:57
3. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:19
4. "Every Saturday Night" (Jerry West, Silas Hogan) – 4:05
5. "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:35
6. "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 3:53
7. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 4:02
8. "Come Live with Me" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 4:10
9. "Feel So Bad" (James Johnson, Leslie Temple) – 4:10
10. "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:04
11. "Look What They've Done to My Song (Melanie Safka) – 2:51
12. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 4:40

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Personnel

• Ray Charles – vocals, piano
• Directed by Bill Hughes
• Marshall McDonald – Lead alto saxophone, flute
• Grant Langford – 2nd alto saxophone
• Doug Lawrence – 1st tenor saxophone
• Doug Miller – 2nd tenor saxophone
• John Williams – baritone saxophone
• Dave Keim – Lead trombone
• Clarence Banks – 2nd trombone
• Alvin Walker - 3rd trombone
• Barry Cooper – bass trombone
• Mike Williams - Lead trumpet
• Scotty Barnhart – 2nd trumpet
• Shawn Edmonds – 3rd trumpet
• Endré Rice – 4th trumpet
• Joey DeFrancesco – organ
• Tony Suggs – piano
• James Leary – double bass
• Will Matthews – guitar
• Butch Miles – drums

Backing vocals

• Patti Austin
• Maxi Anderson
• Lynne Fiddmont
• Lorraine Perry
• Sharon Perry
• Darlene Perry
• Valerie Pinkston
• Sandy Simmons

Additional musicians

• Wayne Bergeron
• Chuck Berghofer
• Jim Cox
• John Chiodini
• Andy Martin

Technical

• Quincy Jones – arranger
• John Clayton – arranger
• Roger Neumann – arranger
• Larry Muhoberac – arranger
• Shelly Berg – arranger, conductor, musician
• Tom Scott – arranger, conductor
• Bill Hughes – orchestra director
• Aaron Woodward – executive producer
• Bill Airey Smith – engineer
• Bill McKinney – assistant engineer
• Charles Paakkari – engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Don Murray – engineer, mixing
• Eric Weaver – assistant engineer
• Gregg Field – conductor, engineer, producer, vocal arrangement
• Joe Adams – executive producer, producer
• Joe Brown – assistant engineer
• John Burk – executive producer, producer
• Paul "Scooby" Smith – assistant engineer
• Paul Hamann – assistant engineer
• Sanwook Nam – mastering
• Seth Presant – engineer
• Steve Genewick – engineer

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