A TV talk show studio may not be the optimal environment for live music, but Ray Charles effortlessly transcends that limitation throughout his three early '70s appearances preserved on the two-disc set The Dick Cavett Show - Ray Charles Collection. Then in his early forties, Charles performs more than a dozen songs altogether, seven of them on the second show (taped in September '72, but not aired until the following year), on which he's the only guest......... Episode One - June 26, 1972 Ray performs: - America The Beautiful - Blues For Big Scotia - Am I Blue (duet with Dick Cavett) (Other guests: Tony Randall, Margaret Mead) Episode Two - January 26, 1973 Ray performs: - I Feel So Bad - Georgia On My Mind - Eleanor Rigby - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Lift Every Voice And Sing - America The Beautiful - Shake - Am I Blue (duet with Dick Cavett) Episode Three - July 9, 1973 Ray performs: - I Feel So Bad - Born To Lose - Am I Blue (duet with Dick Cavett) (Other guests: John Lindsay, Dr. Samuel Rosen) Plus New Episode Introductions and the Bonus Featurette Cavett Remembers Ray.
