Recordings
May, 1961
The fiddles saw and the brass blares on Ray Charles... Dedicated to You (ABC-Paramount), but they can neither undermine nor drown out some of Ray's most persuasive performances to date – a platter of panegyrics to a dozen pop-ballad heroines served up in the best Charles tradition. Ray's blues shouting is, paradoxically enough, pianissimo and right at home in the surprising surroundings of a string ensemble or full orchestra, both under the auspices of Marty Paich. It's an intriguingly subdued C...
