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Percy Mayfield

Friday, November 13th, 2009

percymayfield, Percy Mayfield, Tangerine, Ray Charles, HMV

Listen: River’s Invitation / Percy Mayfield
PercyMayfield.mp3

Don’t let his Brook Benton voice put you off, he stayed very pure to rhythm and blues. Ray Charles signed Percy Mayfield to his Tangerine label in ’61, after writing ‘Hit The Road Jack’. It’s Ray Charles playing the piano break on this, as he did with many of his recordings.