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The group was introduced to Ray Charles through their session work for Atlantic Records. In 1958, The Cookies performed with Ray Charles and Ann Fisher for the Cavalcade of Jazz concert produced by Leon Hefflin Sr., held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on August 3.
Reformed by Ray Charles from the all-girl singing group The Cookies, Charles first invited The Cookies for a recording session in New York City, in August 1956, where they taped "Lonely Avenue", "I Want To Know" and "Leave My Woman Alone". The Cookies' lineup at the time consisted of Margie Hendrix, Dorothy Jones, and Darlene McCrea.
In 1963, Charles had another daughter, Sheila Ray Charles, by Sandra Jean Betts. Sheila Raye, like her father, was a singer-songwriter; she died of breast cancer on June 15, 2017. [ 96 ] In 1977, Charles had a child with his Parisian lover, Arlette Kotchounian, whom he had met ten years earlier. [ 97 ]
They also started working as session singers at Atlantic, where they were introduced to Ray Charles. The Cookies auditioned for Charles on the song "Leave My Woman Alone". In 1958, Hendrix and McCrea left the Cookies and later formed the Raelettes as Charles's backing singers. [2]
Earl-Jean Reavis (née McCrea; born 1942) [1] is an American former pop and R&B singer who was a member of the vocal group the Cookies.Credited as Earl-Jean, she had a solo hit with the original version of "I'm into Something Good", written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and later a bigger hit for Herman's Hermits.
b/w "Sweet Sixteen Bars" (from The Ray Charles Story (Volume One)) — 13 Do the Twist with Ray Charles "Come Rain or Come Shine" b/w "Tell Me You'll Wait for Me" 83 — The Genius of Ray Charles "Doodlin' (Part 1)" b/w "Doodlin (Part 2)" — — The Great Ray Charles: 1961 "Early in the Mornin'" b/w "A Bit of Soul" (from The Ray Charles Story ...
Genius Loves Company is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004, on Concord Records. [1] Recording sessions for the album took place between June 2003 and March 2004. [2]
Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul is a 1963 album by Ray Charles. It was arranged by Benny Carter, Sid Feller, Marty Paich, and Johnny Parker, with the Paich tracks also featuring accompaniment by the Jack Halloran Singers. In 1990, the album was released on compact disc by DCC with four bonus tracks.