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filosofablogger · 1 month

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♫ Hit The Road Jack ♫ (Redux)

I spent nearly an hour tonight listening to songs, trying to find one that you would all like, and finally I gave up and decided to play whatever I wanted … every now and then I just have to do that. And here’s the first thing I could come up with … ol’ Ray Charles never lets me down! Let’s close our eyes for a minute … no, I didn’t say go to sleep … wake up, Joe! Close your eyes and travel…

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#Grammy award #Margie Hendrix #music trivia #Percy Mayfield #Ray Charles #Rhythm & Blues #Saturday Night Live #The Raelettes #Youtube

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kickmag · 2 years

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Throwback: Ray Charles-Hit The Road Jack

Ray Charles recorded the Percy Mayfield-penned "Hit The Road Jack" in 1961. Mayfield had recorded his acapella version one year earlier but Charles made it a number one hit. Charles' backing vocalists The Raelettes and their star member Margie Hendrix were featured prominently on the song. "Hit The Road Jack" earned Charles another Grammy and is recognized as one of his signature songs and an R&B classic. The all-girl pop group The Chantels who were an all-girl pop and doo-wop group from The Bronx recorded a response record called "Well, I Told You." Originally released as a single, it wound up on Charles' 1962 Greatest Hits album. Ray Charles' work as a soul pioneer has had an unlimited influence on pop music and "Hit The Road Jack" has been sampled prolifically and covered by more than 50 artists. In 2022, Charles was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame becoming the third African-American to receive the honor.

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jefferyryanlong · 2 years

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Infinite Pau Hana - October 5, 2022

“alive 2 - the feminine mystique1”

Hour 1

House of the Rising Sun (live) - Nina Simone Lived in Bars (live) - Cat Power Fine and Mellow (live) - Billie Holiday I Cover the Waterfront (live) - Billie Holiday Tears for Johannesburg and Triptych (Prayer, Protest) - Abbey Lincoln and the Max Roach Quintet The Night Time Is the Right Time (live) - Ray Charles (with Margie Hendrix) Tell Him (live) - Lauryn Hill Send in the Clowns (live) - Cleo Laine

Hour 2

Who Knows Where the Time Goes (live) - Nina Simone By the Time It Gets Dark (live) - Yo La Tengo It Gets More Blue (live) - Girlpool Iris’s Song (Version Two) - Vashti Bunyan These Days (live) - St. Vincent Coyote (live) - Joni Mitchell In Tall Buildings (live) - Gillian Welch Trouble Me (live) - 10,000 Maniacs Joey (live) - Concrete Blonde Hickory Wind - Gram Parsons (with Emmylou Harris)

Hour 3

My Sweet Lord (live) - Nina Simone Take the “A” Train (live) - Ella Fitzgerald Transona Five (live) - Stereolab Maps (live) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Long and Lazy River (live) - Nellie McKay Smile (live) - Judy Garland Wine Lips (live) - Lydia Loveless Laura Nyro Medley (live) - The Fifth Dimension Baby, Now That I’ve Found You (live)* - Alison Krauss and Union Station Side of the Road (live) - Lucinda Williams You’ve Got to Learn to Let It Go - Sam Waymon

* - by request

KTUH FM - 90.1 FM Honolulu, 91.1 FM North Shore, ktuh.org

#playlists #infinitepauhana

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cbjustmusic · 3 years

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Ray Charles with The Raelettes featuring Margie Hendrix performing “You Are My Sunshine” in 1963. _________________________ You Are My Sunshine Attributed to Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell

The other night As I lay sleeping Whoah, I dreamed I held you Held you in my arms Well, but when I woke up this morning I found out I was mistaken Do you know that I hung my I hung my head and cried Whoah you are my sunshine (you are my sunshine) Ohh, my only sunshine (my only sunshine) Well, little girl you make me happy sometimes (you make me happy) When my skies are grey (when skies are grey) Umm, you'll never never never know dear (you'll never know, dear) How much I love you (how much I love you) Whoa, and I don't want you to take (don't take my sunshine) My sunshine away (shine away) [Instrumental Interlude] You told me once, dear, That you really loved me And no one else Could ever come between, yeah But now you left me and you love another, yeah And you have shattered, oh yeah All of my dreams Whoah you are my sunshine (you are my sunshine) Ohh, my only sunshine (my only sunshine) Ohh, you make me happy sometimes (you make me happy) When my skies are grey (when skies are grey) Whoa, you'll never never never know dear (you'll never know, dear) How much I love you (how much I love you) Whoa, and I don't want you to take (don't take my sunshine) Whoa, if you love me (don't take my sunshine) Umm-hmm, if you need me (don't take my sunshine) Uh-huh if you want me (don't take my sunshine) Waaaahh! Listen (don't take my sunshine) (don't take my sunshine) I don't want you to take (don't take my sunshine) Waaaahh! Listen (don't take my sunshine) (don't take my sunshine) I don't want you to take (don't take my sunshine) Whoah, my sunshine away (shine away)

#ray charles #margie hendrix #the raelettes #jimmie davis #charles mitchell

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soulmusicsongs · 4 years

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The Question - Margie Hendrix ‎(I Call You Lover But You Ain't Nothin' But A Tramp / The Question, 1967)

#The Question #Soul #Soul Music #Soul Music Songs #Music #Music Songs #Margie Hendrix #1967 #Mercury

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overlycriticalspice · 4 years

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Well I guess if you say so I'll have to pack my things and go (that's right)

#video #Ray Charles #Hit the Road Jack #Margie Hendrix #The Raelettes #1961 #60s music #R&B #soul

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classicladiesofcolor · 7 years

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The Cookies would later become the Raelettes, the backing vocalists for Ray Charles

#the cookies #earl-jean mccrea #margie hendrix #dorothy jones #singer

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jasonzsongs · 4 years

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Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine (w/The Raylettes Ft. Margie Hendrix)

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#Margie Hendrix #Margie Hendricks #Ray Charles #Soul #60's #Video

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myownworstenemyyy · 3 years

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30 questions

tagged by @ladyblogger-margie – thanks love! 💜💜💜

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Favorite solo artists: Hayley Williams, K.Flay, Janelle Monae, Meg Myers, Gloria Estefan, Mon Laferte, Hozier, Selena Quintanilla, Halsey, Natalia Lafourcade, David Bowie, Melanie Martinez, Jimi Hendrix...

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Favorite song(s): i have so many, but the only one i can think of rn is All Apologies by Nirvana

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nerianasims · 4 years

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Billboards #1 1961

Under the cut.

Bert Kaempfert – “Wonderland By Night” -- January 9, 1961

It's an instrumental, but it's a sexy one. It makes me think of being alone at night in a big city hoping to find someone to go home with, if just for a night. It definitely sounds of its time, but it's still very good.

The Shirelles – “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” -- January 30, 1961

For all the innocent-sounding music and beat, this is a straightforward song about sex. In 1961. Also a great song.

Lawrence Welk – “Calcutta” -- February 13, 1961

Blargh. Lawrence Welk's music gives me a pain. To say this sounds like a German music hall song is an insult to German music halls. Whatever music hall this plays in, they have a strict no-alcohol policy and don't serve caffeinated drinks either because they're opposed to every kind of drug. You get skim milk or nothing. There is nothing Calcutta-ish about it.

Chubby Checker – “Pony Time” -- February 27, 1961

An attempt to recapture The Twist. But that was lightning in a bottle. This is some dead fireflies in a jar. Unlike the Twist, the dance is sort of complicated. More importantly, the song doesn't make me want to dance at all. Sadly, not good.

Elvis Presley – “Surrender” -- March 20, 1961

I don't feel like Elvis really connected with this song. I certainly don't. It sounds like it belongs in one of his movies. He ramps up the belting, there's a background chorus that sounds like it’s from a Disney movie of the time, and the mariachi band overwhelms it all. How do you overwhelm Elvis? He's trying to sing to someone to seduce them, and he's failing with me. An embarrassing song.

The Marcels – “Blue Moon” -- April 3, 1961

This version of Blue Moon deeply annoys me. It's like they'd be embarrassed to sing a heartfelt love song, so they sped it up and threw a bunch of silly noises in instead. Go for the one Obsidian was smart enough to put in Fallout: New Vegas instead, by Frank Sinatra. Or the Mel Tormé version. Or the Chris Isaak version. Not this one.

Del Shannon – “Runaway” -- April 24, 1961

It's about a breakup, not a runaway. He doesn't get why his girlfriend ran away from him. And it is pure melodramatic cheese, yet it works. Del Shannon commits. Also is that a slide whistle? I can't really say it's a good song, but I kinda like it anyway.

Ernie K-Doe – “Mother-In-Law” -- May 22, 1961

Hah hah aren't mothers-in-law awful. That's it, that's the song. It's a bad sitcom joke. And musically it sounds like a commercial jingle. Yuck.

Ricky Nelson – “Travelin’ Man” -- May 29, 1961

The "every woman in an area is exactly the same" subgenre is one I hate. Yes, this means I hate The Beach Boys' "California Girls." The Beatles were absolutely right to send up this kind of bilge with "Back in the USSR." So, I hate this song. The narrator travels around the world and has a girlfriend everywhere, including a "senorita" in Mexico, an "Eskimo" in Alaska, and a "China doll" in China. Really, really bad.

Roy Orbison – “Running Scared” -- June 5, 1961

I think I just don't get Roy Orbison. In this song, he's afraid his wife (probably) will go back to her ex. At the end, she tells her ex to go away and chooses the narrator. The beat is repetitive and insistent as all hell and gives me a headache. I dunno, other people seem to like it. The lyrics are fine. Orbison's singing is fine. I cannot deal with the beat.

Pat Boone – “Moody River” -- June 19, 1961

Listening to Pat Boone is like putting mayonnaise in your ears. And not good mayonnaise. The narrator's girlfriend drowned herself because she felt oh so guilty about cheating on him, and he sounds awful cheery about it. I have another theory as to how she died. But someone like Pat Boone couldn't get convicted if he tried, especially in 1961. Now, how does one get mayonnaise out of one's ears? Probably vinegar, that's the solution to everything.

Gary U.S. Bonds – “Quarter To Three” -- June 26, 1961

What an odd name. The song sounds like an impromptu recording of a band at a club. It does make me want to dance. Gary shouts the song, sounding like he's had a few Red Bulls. I kinda dig it. It slaps.

Bobby Lewis – “Tossin’ And Turnin'” -- July 10, 1961

The narrator couldn't sleep because he couldn't stop thinking about you. He's got an awful lot of energy, considering that. But I understand that kind of nervous energy. Great saxophone solo too. It's a fun dance song about romantic desperation.

Joe Dowell – “Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)” -- August 28, 1961

The narrator says not to leave him because he doesn't have a wooden heart and he might die. The way Joe sings the song though, I think he is lying. He's made of wood and will never be a real boy.

The Highwaymen – “Michael” -- September 4, 1961

So this is a version of "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore." Sung by the most comfortable and privileged people imaginable, who may also be on valium. I'm sure the members of The Highwaymen had some kind of pain in their lives; everyone does. But you'd never know it from their rendition. They seem to have had all emotion surgically removed. Absolutely terrible. It belongs in a Twilight Zone episode. I had to listen to the Harry Belafonte version afterward to cleanse my brain.

Bobby Vee – “Take Good Care Of My Baby” -- September 18, 1961

The narrator lost his girlfriend because he cheated on her, and he regrets it. He's telling her new boyfriend to take care of her. It's fine. I think maybe it's too fast. Too much snare drum.

Ray Charles – “Hit The Road Jack” -- October 9, 1961

Ray, I love you. Also Margie Hendrix, the lead backup singer here. I hope Ray worked the same magic he did in 1960, and the rest of 1961 will be good.

Dion – “Runaround Sue” -- October 23, 1961

Not only does Sue cheat all over the place, but also "she'll love you and she'll put you down." I like the song. It's upbeat and yet the singer sounds appropriately bitter. It's obviously no "Hit the Road Jack", but it's good.

Jimmy Dean – “Big Bad John” -- November 6, 1961

Yep, Jimmy Dean the sausage guy. It's one of those baritone spoken story things. I do not like those at all. So I'm not the audience for this. As a simple folk tale about a guy everyone's afraid of because he's so big, but then saves a bunch of lives at the cost of his own, it's fine. I wish it were sung though.

The Marvelettes – “Please Mr. Postman” -- December 11, 1961

An early Motown girl group song. The narrator is waiting for a letter from her boyfriend, which isn't there and clearly hasn't been there in a long time. Not one of my favorites, as the background singers sound weirdly like beeps to me. But still good.

The Tokens – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” -- December 18, 1961

The saga of this song seems to be a convoluted semi-accidental stealing thing, and I'm not qualified to get into it. I do like it, but I liked it more as a child; I think it's a child's song. But the song it originated from is much more interesting. Look up Zulu singer Soloman Linda's "Mbube."

BEST OF 1961: "Hit the Road Jack" WORST OF 1961: A lot to choose from again, but I'm going with "Michael"

#billboard number ones

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filosofablogger · 1 year

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♫ Hit The Road Jack ♫

I was searching for a song tonight … seems I’ve played all my favourites in the past year or so. My friend Jerry and I were chatting via text this evening and he suggested a couple by Steely Dan, but I didn’t care for either of them enough to play them here. So, as I was scrolling through music posts, I came on this one … I’ve always loved this and haven’t played it in over two years, so it…

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#Grammy award #Margie Hendrix #music trivia #Percy Mayfield #Ray Charles #Rhythm & Blues #Saturday Night Live #The Raelettes #Youtube

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luke1105 · 5 years

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On Tour ~~MyLyrics~~

Lyrics inspired by another . . .

(Come on home Love and give up the road on tour on tour on tour on tour) (Come on home Love and give up the road on tour) Soon baby soon (Come on home Love and give up the road on tour on tour on tour on tour) (Come on home Love and give up the road on tour)

My man, lovely man, oh I live my dream You’re missing some time with me it would seem I need to do this for…

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#inspiredbyanother #Lyrics #Margie Hendrix #mylyrics #Percy Mayfield #Ray Charles #song #songwriting #soundsjustlike #whatisthatsong

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dailyvideovault · 5 years

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