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Birth of the Blues
- ~ featured in the 1956 film musical
"The Best Things In Life Are Free"
- Music by
Ray Henderson with lyrics by
B.G. DeSylva and
Lew Brown
, 1926
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- Arranged by Joe Lipman
- With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
- and The
Ray Charles Singers
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- Recorded at RCA Victor
Studio A , 155 E. 24th Street, New York City
- Recording Time 3:22
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- Recorded
March 11,
1958 ~
Matrix No. J2PB-1902 Take 7
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- SESSION MUSICIANS
& CHORAL
- March 11, 1958
- A&R Joe Reisman
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- Orchestra
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- Leader: Mitchell Ayres
- Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross
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- Sax ~ Harry Terrill
- Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman
- Sax ~ Philip Zolkind
- Sax ~ Wolffe Taninbaum
- Sax ~ Stanley Webb
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- Trumpet ~ Malven Soloman
- Trumpet ~ Bernie Glow
- Trumpet ~ James Milazzo
- Trumpet ~ Louis Oles
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- Trombone ~ Thomas Mitchell
- Trombone ~ Robert Alexander
- Trombone ~ John D'agostino
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- Piano ~ Henry Rowland
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- Guitar ~ Anthony Mottola
- Guitar ~ Danny Perri
- Guitar ~ Sebastian Mure
- Guitar ~ Mundel Lowe
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- Drums ~ Don Lamond
- Drums ~ Philip Kraus
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- Bass ~ Robert Haggart
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- Choral
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- Contractor: Ray Charles
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- Trudy Packer
- Sue Singleton
- Carla Houston
- Joyce De Young
- Anne Ryan McCord
- Bernice Massi
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- Alan Sokoloff
- James Stuart
- Jack Brown
- Robert Harris
- James Stover
- Robert Spiro
- Herbert Davidson
- Robert Hartman
- David Vogel
- Leonard Stea
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| Lyrics | Album Notes | Session | Album Links | Digital Finder |
- With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
- and The
Ray Charles Singers
- Arranged by Joe Lipman
- Produced
by Joe Reisman
- Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
- Recorded
February 12 ~ 20 & March 5 ~ 12, 1958
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- A Perry Como
Discography
- & Digital Companion
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First
Edition Summer 1992
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Second
Edition Christmas 1993
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Web Page
Edition Christmas 1997
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25th
Anniversary Revision November, 2017
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Digital
Upgrade August, 2018
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Easter
2023 Revised Edition
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