See these interesting pages for documentary information on some of the sessions. Slash claimed playing the original guitar parts on Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, but " after Ray died, the executive producer used a friend of his instead and took my part off, even though Ray thought I was more bluesy". For an unabridged personnel listing see Wikipedia. Clarence McDonald arranged and played keyboards on Heaven Help Us All. King, Willie Nelson* - vocals, guitar Bonnie Raitt - vocals, slide guitar Norah Jones - vocals, piano Michael McDonald - vocals, keyboards Diana Krall, Elton John, James Taylor, Johnny Mathis, Van Morrison, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight - vocals Danny Jacob, George Marinelli, Jeff Mironov, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson, George Doering, Charles Fearing, Irv Kramer - guitar Randy Waldman - piano, keyboards Alan Pasqua - piano Billy Preston - Hammond b-3 organ Michael Bearden - keyboards David Hayes, Abraham Laboriel, Sr., Trey Henry, Tom Fowler - bass guitar James Gadson, Jim Keltner, Ray Brinker, Shawn Pelton - drums Bashiri Johnson - percussion. The album went multi-platinum and hit #1 on the album charts in several countries.ī.B. One Grammy went to arranger Victor Vanacore for his arrangement on Over The Rainbow. The album was voted Best Pop Vocal Album and Album Of The Year. Here We Go Again with Norah Jones won Best Pop Vocal Collaboration and Record Of The Year. It won a basketful of Grammy Awards: Heaven Help Us All with Gladys Knight, won Best Gospel Performance. I thought it was time to have some of the friends that I love and the artists that I admire come into my studio and sing with me live," explains Ray Charles on the genesis of Genius Loves Company, his final studio album. "I’ve recorded with so many amazing artists in my career but never on a duets album all my own.
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