1 00:00:42,417 --> 00:00:44,795 ♪ [R and B: "What'd I Say"] 2 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:33,844 [Clinking] 3 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:51,194 Always remember your promise to me. 4 00:01:51,194 --> 00:01:54,406 Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple. 5 00:02:02,623 --> 00:02:04,207 [Hydraulics Hiss] 6 00:02:16,428 --> 00:02:19,389 [Bus Driver] All right, rest stop. Forty-five minutes. 7 00:02:19,389 --> 00:02:22,017 Come on, folks, we gotta move. 8 00:02:22,017 --> 00:02:25,896 We leave at 2:45 on the dot. Can't be late. 9 00:02:25,896 --> 00:02:28,273 Hot meals and bathrooms inside. 10 00:02:28,273 --> 00:02:32,194 All right. There's a window out back for y'all to buy sandwiches. 11 00:02:32,194 --> 00:02:35,030 And I suggest you make good use of them outhouses. 12 00:02:35,030 --> 00:02:37,407 Ain't nothing but bushes for you in the Carolinas. 13 00:02:37,407 --> 00:02:39,159 Sir? 14 00:02:41,203 --> 00:02:45,082 - May I help you, son? - Yes, sir. 15 00:02:45,082 --> 00:02:47,834 Seattle? 16 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:50,837 Who you riding with? Nobody. Just me. 17 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:54,216 Boy, I can't take responsibility for some blind nigra... 18 00:02:54,216 --> 00:02:56,802 traveling 3,500 miles alone. 19 00:02:56,802 --> 00:03:00,972 Well, I paid for this here ticket, and it says that you have to take me to Seattle. 20 00:03:00,972 --> 00:03:04,059 Don't you be smarting off to me, boy. 21 00:03:04,059 --> 00:03:06,603 With all due respect, sir, I believe I earned the right. 22 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:08,522 I may have left my eyes on Omaha Beach, 23 00:03:08,522 --> 00:03:10,607 but I ain't asked no charity from Uncle Sam. 24 00:03:10,607 --> 00:03:12,484 I got a job waiting for me in Seattle. 25 00:03:14,236 --> 00:03:18,156 You were in Normandy? Shuttling troopers to the beach. 26 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:20,784 We took a direct hit. 27 00:03:25,414 --> 00:03:27,708 Sorry, son. 28 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:30,794 I'll, uh, keep an eye on you myself. 29 00:03:30,794 --> 00:03:32,546 Come on. Take a seat in the back. 30 00:03:40,470 --> 00:03:43,515 [Man] ♪ Any time ♪ 31 00:03:43,515 --> 00:03:47,394 ♪ You're feeling lonely ♪ 32 00:03:47,394 --> 00:03:50,147 [Radio] ♪ Any time I 33 00:03:50,147 --> 00:03:54,317 ♪ You're feeling blue ♪ 34 00:03:54,317 --> 00:03:57,279 ♪ Any time ♪ 35 00:03:57,279 --> 00:04:01,158 ♪ You feel downhearted ♪ 36 00:04:01,158 --> 00:04:03,326 ♪ That will prove ♪ 37 00:04:03,326 --> 00:04:07,873 ♪ Your love for me is true ♪ 38 00:04:07,873 --> 00:04:10,751 ♪ Any time ♪ 39 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:14,171 ♪ You're thinking 'bout me ♪ 40 00:04:16,298 --> 00:04:19,217 Til, what the hell do you think you're doing? 41 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:20,927 Billy, don't get your feathers all ruffled, now. 42 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:23,138 I met this ol' boy over at the O.C. at Clark Field, 43 00:04:23,138 --> 00:04:25,974 and, well, he plays a mean jazz piano. 44 00:04:25,974 --> 00:04:28,059 I don't care if he whistles "Dixie" out his ass. 45 00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:29,603 He ain't gonna do it here. 46 00:04:29,603 --> 00:04:32,189 Sir. 47 00:04:32,189 --> 00:04:35,192 - Boy, are you blind? - Yes, sir, since I was seven. 48 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:38,779 Well, let me help you out then. 49 00:04:38,779 --> 00:04:41,490 This is a country band. 50 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:43,742 We don't play no boogie-woogie. 51 00:04:43,742 --> 00:04:46,161 Yes, sir, I understand. I love country music. 52 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:48,872 All right. Go on, tell me. 53 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:51,416 What is it you Jove about country music? 54 00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:54,586 I-I love the stories, you know, about falling in love, 55 00:04:54,586 --> 00:04:56,463 and having love knock you around, 56 00:04:56,463 --> 00:04:59,174 and then the pressures of the world on you so tough, it makes you feel small. 57 00:04:59,174 --> 00:05:00,926 You want to give your soul to God. 58 00:05:00,926 --> 00:05:02,677 You might as well. Your ass belongs to him. 59 00:05:02,677 --> 00:05:04,513 [All Laugh] 60 00:05:12,062 --> 00:05:14,773 - Boy, you sure you blind? - Last time I checked. 61 00:05:15,774 --> 00:05:19,194 8 [Country] 62 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:30,121 Okay, come on in. 63 00:05:43,218 --> 00:05:46,388 Billy, I think you're outvoted. 64 00:05:46,388 --> 00:05:50,350 Til, one hint of trouble, and your blind nigra's out of here. 65 00:05:51,476 --> 00:05:53,186 Damn. 66 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:56,064 Here. Hey. 67 00:05:56,064 --> 00:05:59,818 I am gonna have to put some glasses 'fore he scares somebody half to death. 68 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:11,913 [Bus Driver] Seattle, Washington, folks. 69 00:06:11,913 --> 00:06:14,249 Change bus here for all points north... 70 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:18,003 Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Vancouver, Canada. 71 00:06:18,003 --> 00:06:20,547 Jo [Trumpet] 72 00:06:29,681 --> 00:06:32,893 ♪ [Trumpet Continues] 73 00:06:36,146 --> 00:06:38,690 Hey, that's Diz. "Emanon." 74 00:06:38,690 --> 00:06:41,693 Yeah. What's it spell backwards? 75 00:06:41,693 --> 00:06:44,821 Ah-Ah-Ah, come on, man. Why don't you give me something difficult? 76 00:06:44,821 --> 00:06:46,406 "No name." 77 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:50,827 Say, daddy-O, what ax you play? Piano. 78 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,621 Just blew in from Tampa, Florida. 79 00:06:52,621 --> 00:06:55,373 Me and my partner, Gossie McGee, came here to fatten up our style. 80 00:06:55,373 --> 00:06:57,876 Cop some licks from some more experienced cats, you dig? 81 00:06:57,876 --> 00:07:00,170 You know what? 82 00:07:00,170 --> 00:07:02,172 Why don't you let me take you inside? Show you around? 83 00:07:02,172 --> 00:07:03,798 - All right. - Yeah. 84 00:07:03,798 --> 00:07:05,717 This is just like my place. [Laughs] 85 00:07:05,717 --> 00:07:07,677 - So what's your name? - Ray Robinson. 86 00:07:07,677 --> 00:07:10,013 - I'm Quincy Jones. - Quincy Jones? 87 00:07:10,013 --> 00:07:12,933 Hey, Jerry. This here's my man, Ray. 88 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:15,769 He's here to see his friend Gossie McGee, so I figure I'll show him inside... 89 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:18,271 Don't mess with me, Q. He can come in, but not you. 90 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:20,398 Vice has been on my ass for letting you underage kids in. 91 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,108 - Get out of here, Q. - Can't you see... 92 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:24,527 - Get out of here, Q. - He's blind. I got to show him in. 93 00:07:24,527 --> 00:07:26,780 - Get out. - Jive ass. 94 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:28,657 Hey, Ray Robinson. 95 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:31,368 - When am I gonna hear you play, baby? - Well, that may cost you. 96 00:07:32,702 --> 00:07:37,415 Welcome, all you cool cats and fine felines. 97 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:40,001 You come to the place where the sophisti-cats and hipsters... 98 00:07:40,001 --> 00:07:42,253 hang their bebop hats. 99 00:07:42,253 --> 00:07:44,756 So snuggle up and come near, 100 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:48,426 for tonight is Talent Night at the Rocking Chair. 101 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:51,846 Let's hear it for Dancin' Al. 102 00:07:51,846 --> 00:07:53,598 ♪ [Drums] 103 00:08:01,106 --> 00:08:04,651 Gossie been cattin' around with one of my waitresses since he got here. 104 00:08:04,651 --> 00:08:07,988 He never told me that his partner was a blind 'Bama boy. 105 00:08:07,988 --> 00:08:10,699 Marlene. Demurs just called. 106 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:12,367 Thurmond's sick. 107 00:08:12,367 --> 00:08:13,910 Well, what about Sassey? 108 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:15,704 Flat tire. 109 00:08:22,794 --> 00:08:25,880 Okay, 'Bama, why don't you get on up there and show me what you got? 110 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,592 Well, I-I'm not prepared to do my thing right now. Tonight... 111 00:08:29,592 --> 00:08:32,387 This is the only audition you're gonna get, puddin', so either get on up there, 112 00:08:32,387 --> 00:08:34,931 or you and Gossie can haul your asses back down south. 113 00:08:34,931 --> 00:08:36,850 Here, smoke some of this. 114 00:08:39,060 --> 00:08:40,770 [Coughs] 115 00:08:40,770 --> 00:08:42,605 This ain't no tobacco, man. 116 00:08:42,605 --> 00:08:44,774 No, hold it in. It'll calm you down. 117 00:08:44,774 --> 00:08:47,444 All right, Oberon. Get on up there and introduce him. 118 00:08:47,444 --> 00:08:49,279 Yes, ma'am. 119 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:50,613 Okay, 'Bama. 120 00:08:50,613 --> 00:08:53,074 Let's go. 121 00:08:53,074 --> 00:08:54,534 Yeah. 122 00:08:57,245 --> 00:09:01,332 Now, I got something special for all you satin dolls, 123 00:09:01,332 --> 00:09:04,502 and I don't mean Oberon's big thunder. 124 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:06,671 [Scattered Chuckles] Now, that's for another show. 125 00:09:06,671 --> 00:09:09,049 Now we got some new blood for you. 126 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:11,593 Yeah, straight off the bus from Florida, 127 00:09:11,593 --> 00:09:16,681 I give you Ray "Don't Call Me Sugar" Robinson. 128 00:09:16,681 --> 00:09:18,725 [Sparse Applause] 129 00:09:23,271 --> 00:09:25,940 [Man] Oh, this is a shame. 130 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:28,109 - How y'all doing tonight? - Better than you! 131 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:29,903 [Laughing] 132 00:09:31,488 --> 00:09:33,406 - Relax, Ray, relax. - I got it. 133 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:35,075 [Feedback Squeals] 134 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:39,954 Uh, what do y'all want to hear? 135 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:45,502 [Woman] How about a little Nat King Cole? 136 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:51,841 8 [Up-tempo Intro] 137 00:09:51,841 --> 00:09:53,551 Y'all like Nat King Cole? 138 00:09:53,551 --> 00:09:55,095 Ooh-whoo. 139 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:57,305 Come on, baby. Let's go. 140 00:09:57,305 --> 00:10:00,975 ♪ If you ever plan to travel west ♪ 141 00:10:02,852 --> 00:10:03,895 'Bama ain't bad. 142 00:10:03,895 --> 00:10:06,898 [Oberon] Yeah, I'd say he saved our asses. 143 00:10:06,898 --> 00:10:08,733 [Woman] It's about time. 144 00:10:08,733 --> 00:10:10,443 What the hell is Ray doing up there? 145 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:13,154 Auditioning for you, Gossie. 146 00:10:13,154 --> 00:10:14,781 [Gossie] He ain't no good without me. 147 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:16,449 [Chuckles] 148 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:19,327 How'd you and the 'Bama like to do a week here at The Chair? 149 00:10:19,327 --> 00:10:21,996 I know a good bass player. A nice jazz trio could score big... 150 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:23,581 with the right manager. 151 00:10:23,581 --> 00:10:25,458 Manager? 152 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:28,586 Hmm. Come on now, Gossie. Don't be so small-minded. 153 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:30,296 You know you've got to give to get. 154 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:32,549 Well, what exactly do I have to give? 155 00:10:32,549 --> 00:10:35,301 Twenty-five percent. But I'll be getting you other gigs. 156 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:38,179 All right, next question. What do I get? 157 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:40,723 What do you need? 158 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:44,894 - Double scale as leader, plus 10%. - andJ [Singing Continues] 159 00:10:44,894 --> 00:10:49,399 - What about the 'Bama? - He's about as green as a blade of grass. 160 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:52,235 - I can handle him. ♪ Flagstaff, Arizona ♪ 161 00:10:52,235 --> 00:10:54,404 - Yeah, he's green. ♪ Don't forget Winona ♪ 162 00:10:54,404 --> 00:10:56,865 - and Kingman to Barstow ♪ - So, Gossie, you don't need to worry... 163 00:10:56,865 --> 00:10:58,783 about a hotel room for the 'Bama. 164 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:01,828 He can flop at my place. 165 00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:03,454 [Chuckles] Hey, you'll never change. 166 00:11:03,454 --> 00:11:08,334 ♪ Get your kicks on Route 66 ♪ 167 00:11:10,962 --> 00:11:12,964 [Marlene] Ray? You comin' back to bed? 168 00:11:14,757 --> 00:11:16,426 I'm getting some water. 169 00:11:16,426 --> 00:11:19,971 I can see that, but Mama ain't finished yet. 170 00:11:19,971 --> 00:11:21,514 [Oberon] For the first time anywhere, 171 00:11:21,514 --> 00:11:24,642 let's hear it for the McSon Trio. 172 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:27,645 ♪ The buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air ♪ 173 00:11:27,645 --> 00:11:29,564 ♪ The monkey thought that everything was on the square ♪ 174 00:11:29,564 --> 00:11:30,940 [Marlene, Knocking] Ray? 175 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:34,110 - When you comin' out? - In a minute. 176 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:37,488 Mama's got some more blackberry cobbler for you, baby. 177 00:11:37,488 --> 00:11:39,449 Damn. 178 00:11:39,449 --> 00:11:40,825 [Crowd Clamoring] ♪ Straighten up and stay right ♪ 179 00:11:40,825 --> 00:11:43,328 ♪ Straighten up and fly right ♪ 180 00:11:43,328 --> 00:11:45,496 ♪ Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top 181 00:11:46,915 --> 00:11:49,292 [Applause, Whistling] 182 00:11:54,839 --> 00:11:56,758 [Ray] Marlene, if you're going to send us out on tour, 183 00:11:56,758 --> 00:11:58,676 we're gonna need more than five bucks a day. 184 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:01,054 How come we can't get paid after each gig? 185 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:03,139 You boys will spend everything you make. 186 00:12:03,139 --> 00:12:05,516 Club sends the checks to me, so as I can bank 'em. 187 00:12:05,516 --> 00:12:08,311 I just wanna see my own checks, that's all. 188 00:12:08,311 --> 00:12:12,690 You don't see, Ray. You're blind, baby. Or did you forget? 189 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:15,985 You want to go out on your own and see how well you do? 190 00:12:25,328 --> 00:12:28,331 [Quincy] Ray. Hey, Marlene, where's Ray? 191 00:12:28,331 --> 00:12:30,500 [Marlene] He's in the back bedroom. And wipe your feet. 192 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,836 [Gasps] 193 00:12:36,297 --> 00:12:38,675 [Quincy] Ray. Six-nine, where you at? 194 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:42,178 Six-nine. Six-nine. 195 00:12:42,178 --> 00:12:44,305 Lionel Hampton asked me to go on the road with him. 196 00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:47,558 - Lionel Hampton, man. - Yeah, sure he did. Then why are you still here? 197 00:12:47,558 --> 00:12:49,602 And dig this... 198 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:51,813 His wife, she kicked me off the tour bus. 199 00:12:51,813 --> 00:12:55,566 Told me to come back when I started shaving. You believe that? 200 00:12:55,566 --> 00:12:58,236 Seven-oh, man, could you do me a favor and close that bag for me? 201 00:12:58,236 --> 00:13:00,738 Man, you got two hands. You can close it yourself. 202 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:02,615 I got two feet too. Could you close the bag? 203 00:13:02,657 --> 00:13:03,366 I'll get it. 204 00:13:05,868 --> 00:13:07,370 Hey, excuse me, sir! 205 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:11,582 Man, we're gonna be late. 206 00:13:11,582 --> 00:13:14,168 I got to get my own place, Gossie. 207 00:13:14,168 --> 00:13:15,962 Why? 208 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:18,131 I mean, you got free rent right now. 209 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:19,924 Like hell, it's free rent. 210 00:13:19,924 --> 00:13:23,886 [Laughing] 211 00:13:23,886 --> 00:13:27,515 Oh, come on, Ray. Why you gonna mess with a good thing? 212 00:13:27,515 --> 00:13:29,851 All I'm saying is, you keep laying that pipe with Marlene, 213 00:13:29,851 --> 00:13:33,313 and I bet you she gonna make us all rich. Hey, sir. Excuse me! 214 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:35,189 [Honks] 215 00:13:35,189 --> 00:13:37,525 ♪ The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye ♪ 216 00:13:37,525 --> 00:13:40,153 ♪ Said, "Your story's so touchin' but it sound like a lie" ♪ 217 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:42,405 ♪ Straighten up and fly right ♪ 218 00:13:42,405 --> 00:13:45,366 ♪ Straighten up and stay right ♪ 219 00:13:45,366 --> 00:13:47,618 ♪ Straighten up and fly right ♪ 220 00:13:47,618 --> 00:13:49,871 ♪ Cool down, papa, don't you blow ♪ 221 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:51,539 ♪ Your ♪ 222 00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:53,875 ♪ Top ♪ 223 00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:57,754 - Yeah. - [Cheering] 224 00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:04,385 They're just back from their triumphant tour of the Yakima Valley, 225 00:14:04,385 --> 00:14:06,721 the McSon Trio. 226 00:14:06,721 --> 00:14:09,640 They'll be back right here, same time, same place, next week. 227 00:14:14,437 --> 00:14:17,899 Hey, baby, you sound more like Nat than the King himself. 228 00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:22,153 - What's your name? - Ray Robinson. 229 00:14:22,153 --> 00:14:26,324 Ray Robinson, I'm Jack Lauderdale, Swing Time Records. 230 00:14:26,324 --> 00:14:28,785 Oh, man, hey. Hey, Jack, how you doing? 231 00:14:28,785 --> 00:14:30,411 - Good. - Oh, good, man. 232 00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:32,413 How about us making a record together? 233 00:14:32,413 --> 00:14:35,625 - Oh, yeah, man. Hell, yeah. Let's do that. - [Marlene] Can I help you? 234 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:39,128 I don't think so. Me and "Cool Breeze" here just talking a little business. 235 00:14:39,128 --> 00:14:42,131 Then you need to talk to me 'cause I'm his manager. 236 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:45,426 - Well, whichever way the wind blows. - It's blowing. 237 00:14:45,426 --> 00:14:48,054 - Jack Lauderdale, Swing Time Records. - Marlene Andre. 238 00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:50,431 - Marlene. - Gossie McGee. 239 00:14:50,431 --> 00:14:53,059 Great set, baby. We're gonna talk with Mr. Lauderdale here. 240 00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:54,227 Come on, Jack, I'm buying. 241 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:56,437 I'm gonna come on down there and talk to him. 242 00:14:56,437 --> 00:14:58,231 You are doing a fabulous job. 243 00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,982 Hey, Goss, yes, man. 244 00:14:59,982 --> 00:15:01,859 Hey, look, let's talk to him about this record. 245 00:15:01,859 --> 00:15:03,861 No, we're gonna let Marlene handle that. 246 00:15:03,861 --> 00:15:06,614 - You get Oberon to call you a cab, right? - You know what, man? I... 247 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:08,241 - Great set, Ray. - Goss? 248 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,535 Goss? 249 00:15:10,535 --> 00:15:12,495 [Oberon] Hey, daddy-O, want a smoke? 250 00:15:12,495 --> 00:15:16,290 I got some Gage fresh off the boat. It's clean and seedless. 251 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:18,418 So that's how it is, huh? 252 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:20,211 You keep me high while they talk the business? 253 00:15:21,462 --> 00:15:23,172 I ain't the one playing you, man. 254 00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:27,718 Oberon, listen. 255 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:30,888 You know, Marlene and Gossie are the ones running a game on you, Ray. 256 00:15:30,888 --> 00:15:32,723 What? 257 00:15:32,723 --> 00:15:36,394 They sliced up the pie first night you played... 35% off the top. 258 00:15:36,394 --> 00:15:38,813 Plus Gossie's double scale as leader. 259 00:15:38,813 --> 00:15:42,859 Leader? If anybody leading the band, I'm the one that's the leader. 260 00:15:42,859 --> 00:15:45,903 Forget the bo' humps. You know what? I-I'm gonna go my own way. 261 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,114 Who's gonna book your gigs? 262 00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:49,824 Marlene's got you locked up. 263 00:15:49,824 --> 00:15:52,910 And she ain't gonna give up her golden goose. 264 00:15:52,910 --> 00:15:55,371 [Woman] and Straighten up and fly right ♪ 265 00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:58,374 ♪ Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top ♪ 266 00:15:58,374 --> 00:16:00,376 Ray Robinson, you are fantastic. 267 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:04,547 There you go. Give me some skin. 268 00:16:04,547 --> 00:16:06,591 - What's that? - Jack's card. 269 00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:10,678 I got his number at the hotel. 270 00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:12,805 Jo [Trumpet] 271 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:17,477 [Ray] Aw, come on, Q. It's not that complicated. 272 00:16:17,477 --> 00:16:19,270 Now, let's just play it again. 273 00:16:19,270 --> 00:16:22,940 That's a B-flat, C7. Scale it up and triple it off the back end. 274 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:27,403 ♪ [Riffs Back] Yeah. That's it. 275 00:16:27,403 --> 00:16:29,864 ♪ [Trumpet] Ray. 276 00:16:29,864 --> 00:16:32,074 What did I tell you about cooking in the dark? 277 00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:35,036 - Are you trying to burn the house down? - Think about it, Marlene. 278 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:37,914 - What do I need the light for? - You don't need to be cooking anyway. 279 00:16:37,914 --> 00:16:40,666 - We brought you takeout from Oscar's. - Well, get your money back. 280 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:43,419 I got fried chicken right here. Come on, seven-oh, and try this. 281 00:16:43,419 --> 00:16:45,087 [Quincy] Yeah. It's about time. 282 00:16:45,087 --> 00:16:47,048 Mmm. 283 00:16:47,048 --> 00:16:49,634 - That's home-cooked right there. - No, thank you. 284 00:16:49,634 --> 00:16:51,302 [Quincy] This chicken is the mostest. 285 00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:53,971 Just need a little hot sauce. It'd be perfect. - Yeah. 286 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:55,973 So what did Jack Lauderdale have to say? 287 00:16:55,973 --> 00:16:58,935 Well, I clocked him coming out the gate. Man was a two-bit hustler. 288 00:16:58,935 --> 00:17:02,480 - Oh, I see. - Turns out that the only hit Swing Time ever had... 289 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,233 was "Open the Door, Richard," which was a joke record. 290 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:06,943 What about him recording me? 291 00:17:06,943 --> 00:17:09,487 Oh, he'll record you, if we pay the freight. 292 00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:11,405 Scratch a liar, find a thief. 293 00:17:11,405 --> 00:17:13,991 What's that supposed to mean? 294 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:15,952 This. 295 00:17:15,952 --> 00:17:17,703 You see, I saw Jack Lauderdale tonight, 296 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:19,997 and he gave me $500 advance on my record. 297 00:17:19,997 --> 00:17:22,333 He also said he'd put me on the road with Lowell Fulson... 298 00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:25,253 and pay me three times as much as you've been paying. - That's a lie. 299 00:17:25,253 --> 00:17:28,381 Ain't no way he's gonna put some blind man on the road. Think about it. 300 00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:30,550 I mean, you need watching out for, 301 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:32,927 and he ain't got the time to look after you the way I been... 302 00:17:32,927 --> 00:17:34,887 Is that what you been doing? Watching out for me? 303 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:37,014 Is that why you get paid double what I do? 304 00:17:38,641 --> 00:17:41,310 - Who told you that? - It's true, ain't it? 305 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:43,396 You and Marlene have been gaming me since I got here. 306 00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:45,231 - Ray, baby, listen... - I ain't got to listen to you. 307 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:47,650 Look, Ray, I been meaning to talk to you about that. 308 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:49,318 Then why ain't you talking? 309 00:17:50,486 --> 00:17:52,613 Um, 310 00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:54,824 look, Ray, Ray, let's not do nothing stupid. 311 00:17:54,824 --> 00:17:57,702 I might be blind, but I ain't stupid. Q, get my bag from upstairs. 312 00:17:57,702 --> 00:17:59,328 - What? - Get it. 313 00:17:59,328 --> 00:18:01,038 - Right now? - Now. 314 00:18:01,038 --> 00:18:03,165 Ray, man, we done been through a whole lot. 315 00:18:03,165 --> 00:18:05,918 [Marlene] Ray, now, wait a minute. I can explain everything. 316 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:08,462 [Gossie] Ray, think about what you're doing. 317 00:18:08,462 --> 00:18:10,047 Ray, now, you're making a big mistake. 318 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:11,924 That clown is spouting promises he can't keep. 319 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:13,968 - You'd be a fool to follow him. - Look, Ray. 320 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:16,220 Ray, we'll make a new deal! Whatever will make you happy! 321 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,472 Deal is you can lay the pipe now. 322 00:18:18,472 --> 00:18:20,641 You trying to break your neck going down these stairs by yourself? 323 00:18:20,641 --> 00:18:23,519 Hang on now. Oh, man. 324 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:27,523 Ray, I ain't never seen you do nothing like that, man. Never. 325 00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:29,233 That ain't nothing, seven-oh. 326 00:18:29,233 --> 00:18:31,694 [Laughing, Shouting] 327 00:18:42,204 --> 00:18:44,874 [Boy] Stop cheating, Ray. 328 00:18:44,874 --> 00:18:47,084 [Ray] George, you can't catch me. Come on. 329 00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:48,586 Aretha. 330 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:53,633 Aretha Robinson, have you lost your mind? 331 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:57,261 Eula Banks, you promised to split every wash basket with me fair and square. 332 00:18:57,261 --> 00:18:58,804 - [Eula] And I did. - Hell you did! 333 00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:01,098 You charge them white folks one thing and pay me another. 334 00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:03,893 - Well, now, who's gonna wash these? - You can. Now pay me my money. 335 00:19:07,688 --> 00:19:09,732 Okay, I'm gonna give you your two little dollars, 336 00:19:09,732 --> 00:19:12,109 but don't you be expecting no more work out of me. 337 00:19:12,109 --> 00:19:15,321 I got all I need out of you. Ray and George, come on! 338 00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,615 [Eula] That's right. Get out of my yard and don't y'all never come back! 339 00:19:17,615 --> 00:19:19,075 Come on. 340 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:23,954 Y'all got to learn to read and write real good, 341 00:19:23,954 --> 00:19:27,041 SO you never have to work for people like that. 342 00:19:27,041 --> 00:19:29,794 Scratch a liar, find a thief. Understand? 343 00:19:29,794 --> 00:19:31,253 [Brothers] Yes, Mama. 344 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:40,721 [Chattering, Laughing] 345 00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:47,353 [Jack] Smell that, Ray. Smell the success. 346 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:51,440 We're in L.A., man, the place where the Negro comes to spread his wings. 347 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,734 [Ray] You know what, man? ] know my ears ain't deceiving me. 348 00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:56,570 - Is that Art Tatum? - It sure is, baby. You want to meet him? 349 00:19:56,570 --> 00:19:58,864 Oh, my God. I can't, man. You know, Art Tatum is the most. 350 00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:07,498 So, Ray, we gotta talk about your name, man. 351 00:20:07,498 --> 00:20:09,125 Robinson. 352 00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:11,460 I mean, Sugar Ray got the Robinson franchise all sewed up. 353 00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:15,881 So I'm thinking we go with your middle name, Charles. 354 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:18,926 - As in "Ray Charles"? - You know, I don't care what you call me, man, 355 00:20:18,926 --> 00:20:20,845 just as long as my name is on the record. 356 00:20:20,845 --> 00:20:22,680 [Chuckles] Well, we gonna toast to that. 357 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,098 What's the haps, Jack? 358 00:20:24,098 --> 00:20:25,725 - Oh, my goodness. - Gimme some skin. 359 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:27,852 - What's up? Hey, how you doing? - My man. 360 00:20:27,852 --> 00:20:31,147 [Jack] Lowell Fulson, meet your new piano player, Ray Charles. 361 00:20:31,147 --> 00:20:34,400 Ray Charles, the blind sensation. 362 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,528 Ow. Damn. I'm gonna use that on the album cover. 363 00:20:37,528 --> 00:20:39,071 No, man, he's really the sensation. 364 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:40,781 I-I love your music, Mr. Fulson. 365 00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:42,908 Hey, the man's got taste. 366 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:45,745 Hey, and the man ain't been on the road with a band before, 367 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,580 so now you take care of him. 368 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:49,957 - Like my own brother. - [Chuckles] 369 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:57,214 - Ray, I'm gonna be right back. - All right. 370 00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:59,550 [Lowell] Yeah, you got the one on the left. 371 00:20:59,550 --> 00:21:01,594 [Jack] Now, look here. Let me do the talking. 372 00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:03,179 [Lowell] Hey, I'm the star. 373 00:21:03,179 --> 00:21:05,264 ♪ [Up-tempo Piano] 374 00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:30,748 ♪ [Piano: Boogie-woogie] 375 00:21:30,748 --> 00:21:33,959 Don't go inside that place. You know what Mama said. 376 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:35,836 Go home and don't tell Mama nothin'. 377 00:21:37,004 --> 00:21:38,422 Go, George. 378 00:21:42,051 --> 00:21:43,969 George, get outta here. 379 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:57,858 [Chattering] 380 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:13,123 Hey, boy, who let you in? 381 00:22:13,123 --> 00:22:15,292 You must be 'Retha's son, huh? 382 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:17,670 Yes, sir. Ray Charles Robinson. 383 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:20,673 I've been seeing you sneaking around here. 384 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:22,633 You like the piano, huh? 385 00:22:22,633 --> 00:22:25,135 Come on. You wanna learn how to play? 386 00:22:25,135 --> 00:22:28,931 Come on over here. Let me show you how to play. Come on. 387 00:22:28,931 --> 00:22:31,308 I'm gonna teach you how to play. 388 00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:34,228 Now, what we're gonna do, I'm gonna teach you three notes, right? 389 00:22:34,228 --> 00:22:35,729 And this is the first note right here. 390 00:22:37,398 --> 00:22:38,524 Play that. 391 00:22:40,401 --> 00:22:42,736 And here's the second note right here. 392 00:22:42,736 --> 00:22:44,238 Play that. 393 00:22:46,156 --> 00:22:48,075 Here's the third note. 394 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:53,455 Now here's the way it goes. Listen, listen closely now. 395 00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:59,211 Play that. 396 00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:03,257 Good. 397 00:23:03,257 --> 00:23:05,175 Try the other notes. 398 00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:15,352 [Man] Every club we hit, 399 00:23:15,352 --> 00:23:17,730 it's your responsibility to rehearse the band. 400 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,107 Now, these are some lazy-ass bastards, so you 401 00:23:20,107 --> 00:23:22,484 gotta make sure that they don't slough off. 402 00:23:22,484 --> 00:23:24,945 You gotta be ready and dressed to open the show. 403 00:23:24,945 --> 00:23:27,364 Now, Lowell likes to take a little nap before he goes on. 404 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:30,659 You just do your thing until he feels like coming out. 405 00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:33,537 And then when Lowell's playing, you keep the band sharp. 406 00:23:33,537 --> 00:23:35,331 - There's just one thing. - What? 407 00:23:35,331 --> 00:23:37,917 Did Jack tell you that I have to be paid in singles? 408 00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:41,128 You just do your job, you're gonna get your money. 409 00:23:41,128 --> 00:23:43,547 [Lowell] and Baby, come on down ♪ 410 00:23:43,547 --> 00:23:47,092 ♪ Your daddy's in the heart of the town ♪ 411 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:51,972 ♪ Baby, come on down ♪ 412 00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:55,601 ♪ Your daddy's in the heart of town andJ' 413 00:23:55,601 --> 00:23:57,519 [Chattering, Laughing] 414 00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:04,109 How'd you get the name Fathead anyway? 415 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:05,819 Why do they call me Fathead? 416 00:24:05,819 --> 00:24:07,905 No, you don't wanna hear about it. [Man] No, tell them. 417 00:24:07,905 --> 00:24:09,823 But, dig, this is what I really wanna know. 418 00:24:09,823 --> 00:24:11,742 Do any of you fine young ladies know where... 419 00:24:11,742 --> 00:24:13,911 we can get us a nice steak this time of night? 420 00:24:13,911 --> 00:24:17,206 You mean, something big, thick and juicy? 421 00:24:17,206 --> 00:24:20,209 [Man that's just what I mean. 422 00:24:20,209 --> 00:24:23,003 [All Laugh] Hey, yo, Fathead, where you guys headed, man? 423 00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:25,339 [Softly] I ain't babysitting no blind cat. 424 00:24:25,339 --> 00:24:29,843 Uh, sorry, Ray, but, uh, law says there's only six to a cab. 425 00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:31,720 Come on, ladies. Let's get out of here. 426 00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:36,475 [Voices Receding] 427 00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:39,645 [Door Closes] 428 00:24:40,938 --> 00:24:43,315 ♪ [Piano: Blues] 429 00:25:29,111 --> 00:25:31,905 ♪ Every day ♪ 430 00:25:36,577 --> 00:25:39,246 ♪ Every day I have the blues ♪ 431 00:25:46,628 --> 00:25:50,507 ♪ Every day ♪ 432 00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:53,260 [Band Laughing] 433 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:54,845 ♪ Every day I have the blues ♪ 434 00:25:54,845 --> 00:25:56,722 Pay up, baby, that's all right. 435 00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:59,308 Boy, I've been shooting craps since I was 12 years old. 436 00:25:59,308 --> 00:26:01,977 Don't never shoot craps on a white woman's grave. - Why not? 437 00:26:01,977 --> 00:26:03,687 That's bad luck. [Band Laughs] 438 00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:07,816 ♪ You know bad luck and trouble keep on 439 00:26:10,527 --> 00:26:13,572 ♪ Well, you know I had my share ♪ 440 00:26:15,365 --> 00:26:17,159 [Men Muttering] 441 00:26:18,994 --> 00:26:21,455 That's for being late to the bus. 442 00:26:21,455 --> 00:26:23,916 - Wilbur, you a lowdown piece... - You better move on. 443 00:26:28,754 --> 00:26:32,925 Ah, Mr. One-dollar Bill. 444 00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:36,970 [Billy] Five, 10, 15, 20... 445 00:26:36,970 --> 00:26:38,639 [Til] Now, 446 00:26:38,639 --> 00:26:40,140 you like to start counting that again? 447 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:44,561 All right, damn you. 448 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:48,524 [Counting, Indistinct] 449 00:26:48,524 --> 00:26:50,818 Listen, man, I ain't no damn seeing-eye dog. 450 00:26:50,818 --> 00:26:54,363 ♪ You know there ain't nobody worrying about me 451 00:26:55,989 --> 00:26:58,075 ♪ 1 don't see nobody ♪ 452 00:26:58,075 --> 00:27:01,036 ♪ Nobody crying and'7 453 00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:03,080 [Chatter] 454 00:27:07,543 --> 00:27:09,253 - Hey, yo, Fathead, open up, man. - [Fathead] Who is it? 455 00:27:09,253 --> 00:27:11,588 I gotta take a leak. 456 00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:16,051 Hey, what you doing, man? Close the door, Fat. 457 00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:18,345 Say, Ray, we gonna be in here for a little while. 458 00:27:18,345 --> 00:27:21,265 Use the women's can down there on your right, all right? 459 00:27:21,265 --> 00:27:23,725 - I don't want to use the woman's can. Yeah. - This way. All right. 460 00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:26,895 [Fathead] Ray don't know nothing about this. 461 00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:28,272 [Soft Splashing] 462 00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:45,956 Oh, God! Oh, Oh. 463 00:27:45,956 --> 00:27:49,251 Ray, you all right? 464 00:27:49,251 --> 00:27:52,004 I guess I must have slipped on the wet. There's a pipe broke. 465 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:53,589 There's water everywhere. You see it? 466 00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:55,090 [Man] Let's go, man. Close the door. 467 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:57,009 All right. Quit playing, Ray. 468 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:58,886 We're gonna be in here a while. Now, go on, now. 469 00:28:00,637 --> 00:28:02,097 [Man] Who got time for that? 470 00:28:06,768 --> 00:28:08,312 [Man] So, where you from, Ray? 471 00:28:08,312 --> 00:28:09,855 [Ray] North Florida. 472 00:28:09,855 --> 00:28:11,815 Oh, North Florida boy. 473 00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:13,775 Your people still down there? 474 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:15,861 No. 475 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,487 [Driver] All right. 476 00:28:17,487 --> 00:28:19,740 Hey, uh, pardon me for asking, but how... 477 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:23,493 do you get around so good without a cane or a dog? 478 00:28:23,493 --> 00:28:27,122 How do you get around so good without a cane or a dog? 479 00:28:27,122 --> 00:28:28,832 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry. 480 00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:35,047 My ears got to be my eyes, man. It's... Everything sounds different, you know? 481 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:37,007 That's why I wear hard-soled shoes, 482 00:28:37,007 --> 00:28:39,426 so I can hear the echoes of my footsteps off the wall. 483 00:28:39,426 --> 00:28:42,262 So when I pass by an open doorway, the sound changes. 484 00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:44,348 Wow. That's cool. 485 00:28:44,348 --> 00:28:45,891 You know what? You got to learn pretty 486 00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:48,018 quick if you want to get around on your own. 487 00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:50,479 Yeah. 488 00:28:50,479 --> 00:28:53,273 You know, during the war, there was a whole lot I had to learn fast, 489 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:55,067 or I wouldn't be here. 490 00:28:56,944 --> 00:28:58,987 Seeing that much death ain't natural. 491 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,908 Yeah, seeing death ain't natural. 492 00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:06,161 [Clinking] 493 00:29:08,372 --> 00:29:09,998 Boys, get from round that still. 494 00:29:09,998 --> 00:29:11,541 Y'all know better than that. 495 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:12,918 Come on. Catch me. 496 00:29:19,007 --> 00:29:22,135 Stay from round this fire. Y'all need to get clean. Dinner'll be ready soon. 497 00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:23,887 Hear me, Ray? 498 00:29:25,681 --> 00:29:27,266 I got you, I got you. 499 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:28,976 No, you didn't. You missed me. 500 00:29:28,976 --> 00:29:30,519 Stop cheating, Ray. 501 00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:32,479 Okay, you got me. 502 00:29:32,479 --> 00:29:34,189 But I got you back. 503 00:29:34,189 --> 00:29:36,108 I'm not playing no more. 504 00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:37,276 Sissy. 505 00:29:39,528 --> 00:29:43,073 Come on, Ray. Let's go swimming. 506 00:29:43,073 --> 00:29:46,034 Let's go swim in Mom's washtub. 507 00:29:47,369 --> 00:29:49,997 Ray, come on, Ray, play with me. 508 00:29:49,997 --> 00:29:51,832 You better get down before Mama sees you. 509 00:29:51,832 --> 00:29:54,376 I'm a giant. 510 00:29:54,376 --> 00:29:56,628 [Laughs] 511 00:29:57,504 --> 00:30:00,090 Some giant. 512 00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:02,843 Come on, George, I ain't playing this game. 513 00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:05,554 That ain't funny. 514 00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:10,309 Boys, I got some field peas and rice cooking. 515 00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:12,853 And there's that smothered corn left from yesterday. 516 00:30:12,853 --> 00:30:16,064 And if you're real good, I might have two pieces of peach cobbler. 517 00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:19,818 Ray, didn't I tell you to get in this house... 518 00:30:22,112 --> 00:30:23,322 [Basket Thuds] 519 00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:25,073 Dear God, no! 520 00:30:25,073 --> 00:30:26,742 [Man] What's going on? 521 00:30:26,742 --> 00:30:29,870 [People Shouting Indistinctly] 522 00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:33,165 - [Man] That's Aretha's boy! - Breathe, baby, breathe! 523 00:30:33,165 --> 00:30:35,792 Breathe! Breathe, baby! Breathe! Let it out! 524 00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:37,753 Let it out, breathe! Please! 525 00:30:37,753 --> 00:30:41,089 - [Woman] Breathe for your mama, baby. - [Man] Come on, George. 526 00:30:41,089 --> 00:30:43,508 Why didn't you do something? 527 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:45,052 Why didn't you call me? 528 00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:47,637 [Woman] Help us, Lord! 529 00:30:47,637 --> 00:30:49,473 [Aretha Sobbing] 530 00:30:49,473 --> 00:30:50,974 [Woman done took him home. 531 00:30:57,397 --> 00:30:59,983 [Brakes Squeal] 532 00:30:59,983 --> 00:31:02,694 All right. Food and piss stop. 533 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:05,072 Open it up. 534 00:31:07,324 --> 00:31:09,826 Food is hot. You got 45 minutes. 535 00:31:09,826 --> 00:31:11,828 I could eat a horse. 536 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:15,457 - Where's-Where's it? - Follow your nose. Right over there. 537 00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:17,209 - Wilbur? - What? 538 00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:20,170 45 minutes ain't enough time. 539 00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:23,256 - We need more than that, Jack. - Not to eat, you don't. 540 00:31:23,256 --> 00:31:26,426 Now, if you got other business, you better choose because this bus is rolling on time. 541 00:31:26,426 --> 00:31:29,971 Come on. Mercedes got a washroom in the back. 542 00:31:29,971 --> 00:31:35,143 And you... You can smell it. 543 00:31:35,143 --> 00:31:36,853 - Jeff? - Yes, sir? 544 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:39,648 - Could you help me in there, man? - Sure thing, Ray. 545 00:31:39,648 --> 00:31:41,566 - [Wilbur] Hey, Mercedes. - Hey, baby. 546 00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:43,652 I hope you wiped your feet before you came in here. 547 00:31:43,652 --> 00:31:45,237 - There you go. Come on. - Here, take that. 548 00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:46,947 Bathroom's right there in front of you. 549 00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:48,657 Okay, I got it from here. 550 00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:50,617 - You want me to fix you a plate? - No, I'm fine. 551 00:31:50,617 --> 00:31:52,202 All right. 552 00:31:52,202 --> 00:31:55,038 Potato pie it is. 553 00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:58,166 - Ooh, let's go, man. - That was a long bus ride, wasn't it? 554 00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:01,420 Come on, man. Hey, man. 555 00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:03,046 The can's down the hall. 556 00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:04,714 I know where the can is. What y'all doing? 557 00:32:04,714 --> 00:32:06,299 Do yourself a favor and leave. 558 00:32:06,299 --> 00:32:08,009 I'll leave when I get ready to leave. 559 00:32:08,009 --> 00:32:09,594 Come on, Fathead, I want in. 560 00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:11,972 This ain't no weed, Ray. 561 00:32:11,972 --> 00:32:13,723 And we ain't snortin' no bitch. 562 00:32:13,723 --> 00:32:15,434 This is boy. 563 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,644 Boy will make your ass null and void. 564 00:32:17,644 --> 00:32:20,897 - So get out of here, man. - "Null and void," just like my life. 565 00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:23,150 I'll be right at home. 566 00:32:23,150 --> 00:32:24,901 Look, I ain't gonna wait all night. 567 00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:26,611 Hell, it's his funeral, man. 568 00:32:28,321 --> 00:32:30,031 Come on, Ray. Let's go get you something to eat. 569 00:32:30,031 --> 00:32:31,992 I'll leave when I get a taste. 570 00:32:31,992 --> 00:32:33,577 - Ray. - What you gonna do, man? 571 00:32:33,577 --> 00:32:35,120 This train's pulling out, brother. 572 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,248 I ain't having nothing to do with this. I warned you, Ray. 573 00:32:38,248 --> 00:32:39,875 - [Man] Come on, man. - I've been warned. 574 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:41,626 Sit down, brother. Right there. 575 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:43,253 I'm gonna take you on a little ride. 576 00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:45,922 It's gonna cost you though. You got some cash? 577 00:32:45,922 --> 00:32:47,507 Will this do? 578 00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:48,884 That'll do. 579 00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:53,180 Where have you been? Where are them other fools? 580 00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:54,514 Come on. Get it while it's hot. 581 00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:58,268 You're gonna feel a little pinch. 582 00:33:00,854 --> 00:33:02,439 I ain't giving up on you, boy. 583 00:33:04,107 --> 00:33:06,651 Feel it, baby? 584 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:09,488 Just take the ride. 585 00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:11,406 It's better than sex. 586 00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:13,325 Ain't nothing better than sex. 587 00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:24,419 [Congregation] ♪ We will walk through the streets 588 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:27,339 ♪ Of the city ♪ 589 00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:29,716 [Woman] JI Of the city ♪ 590 00:33:29,716 --> 00:33:33,220 ♪ Where our loved ones ♪ 591 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:38,433 ♪ Have gone on before ♪ 592 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:40,852 [Woman] I On before J! 593 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:45,524 ♪ We will stand on the banks ♪ 594 00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:49,361 ♪ Banks andJ 595 00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,988 ♪ Of the river ♪ 596 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:55,116 ♪ Where we'll be ♪ 597 00:33:55,116 --> 00:33:59,663 [Sobbing] J; Soon to part no more ♪ 598 00:33:59,663 --> 00:34:01,706 ♪ Oh, guide me ♪ 599 00:34:01,706 --> 00:34:05,210 ♪ Oh, I pray ♪ 600 00:34:05,210 --> 00:34:06,795 ♪ I pray ♪ 601 00:34:06,795 --> 00:34:09,089 ♪ To Jehovah ♪ 602 00:34:09,089 --> 00:34:12,133 ♪ Pray Jehovah ♪ 603 00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:15,679 ♪ Where our true ones ♪ 604 00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:20,850 ♪ Have gone on before ♪ 605 00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:22,978 ♪ On before ♪ 606 00:34:22,978 --> 00:34:25,397 ♪ We will stand ♪ 607 00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:31,236 ♪ On the banks of the river ♪ 608 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:33,738 ♪ Of the river ♪ 609 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:36,283 ♪ Where we'll meet ♪ 610 00:34:36,283 --> 00:34:40,912 ♪ To part no more ♪ 611 00:34:57,762 --> 00:35:00,515 [Clinking] 612 00:35:11,192 --> 00:35:14,321 Ray, come on and let me put this salve on I got from Dr. McLoud. 613 00:35:14,321 --> 00:35:16,281 No, I don't like it. It stings. 614 00:35:16,281 --> 00:35:18,408 Boy, get up here. 615 00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:20,577 I paid a whole dollar for it. It better work. 616 00:35:20,577 --> 00:35:23,913 Now hold up your head like the doctor says. 617 00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:25,498 This is gonna make you feel better. 618 00:35:29,711 --> 00:35:32,339 Ray, come on in for dinner. 619 00:35:32,339 --> 00:35:34,382 And stop rubbing those eyes. 620 00:35:34,382 --> 00:35:36,384 [Thunder] 621 00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:38,345 [Bottles Clinking] 622 00:35:45,226 --> 00:35:47,062 [Ray Sobbing] 623 00:35:47,062 --> 00:35:50,482 Ray, I ain't gonna beat around the bush with you. You're going blind. 624 00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:53,610 The doctors say ain't nothing they can do, so we got to do it ourselves. 625 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:57,113 - Yes'm, I know, but... - Stop it. Stop it right now. 626 00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:59,240 We ain't got no time for no tears. 627 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:02,202 Ain't nobody gonna have no pity on you just 'cause you're going blind. 628 00:36:02,202 --> 00:36:04,162 - Now wipe them eyes. - Yes'm. 629 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:09,376 Okay, I'll show you how to do something once. 630 00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:12,671 I'll help you if you mess up twice, but the third time, you're on your own, 631 00:36:12,671 --> 00:36:14,964 'cause that's the way it is in the world. 632 00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:16,800 All right. Now get up. 633 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:21,262 Remember, you're going blind, but you ain't stupid. 634 00:36:23,973 --> 00:36:26,351 Remember how many stairs there were? - Four. 635 00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:28,144 Good. 636 00:36:28,144 --> 00:36:30,897 You're gonna have to learn how to use your memory. 637 00:36:30,897 --> 00:36:33,775 Now turn around and I want you to hold out your hands... 638 00:36:33,775 --> 00:36:36,194 and use them as your eyes and find the door. 639 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,781 Good. 640 00:36:39,781 --> 00:36:41,491 That's real good, baby. 641 00:36:41,491 --> 00:36:43,618 JJand [Blues] 642 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:02,929 ♪ Baby, let me hold your hand 643 00:37:07,267 --> 00:37:10,979 ♪ Till I make you understand ♪ 644 00:37:12,772 --> 00:37:14,774 ♪ Oh, baby ♪ 645 00:37:14,774 --> 00:37:18,737 - I could get your coat. - In a minute. 646 00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:22,115 ♪ Baby, let me hold your hand 647 00:37:29,289 --> 00:37:32,375 ♪ I really true believe ♪ 648 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:35,628 This fool makes one record and you'd think he's the star of the band. 649 00:37:35,628 --> 00:37:37,380 But he's got something. 650 00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:39,132 Ain't he? 651 00:37:39,132 --> 00:37:41,384 [Scoffs] His wax won't even hit the charts. 652 00:37:41,384 --> 00:37:44,929 You're still the man. 653 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:49,434 ♪ I want you to know ♪ 654 00:37:49,434 --> 00:37:51,227 ♪ Our love... ♪ 655 00:37:51,227 --> 00:37:54,022 She wasn't that fine. There's something wrong with y'all. 656 00:37:54,022 --> 00:37:57,192 No, man, she's fine, man. She's fine, so you leave her alone. 657 00:37:57,192 --> 00:37:58,943 Look at Ray. 658 00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:02,363 You see that? He feels her wrist 'cause he figures... 659 00:38:02,363 --> 00:38:04,783 that's the way to tell if she's good-looking or not. 660 00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:07,744 You know I had my eye on you all night long. 661 00:38:07,744 --> 00:38:10,663 Oh, well, he's right this time. 662 00:38:10,663 --> 00:38:13,541 You see what a little fame does to "Null and Void"? 663 00:38:13,541 --> 00:38:17,337 Hey, anybody seen that fine-looking gal in the yellow dress? 664 00:38:17,337 --> 00:38:19,047 [Laughs] 665 00:38:19,047 --> 00:38:22,467 - You hear this man? - You snooze, you lose. 666 00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:24,260 [Bass Player] We gonna dock your pay, man. 667 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:26,095 That's two dollars off your bus ride. Know what I'm saying? 668 00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:28,097 ♪ Whoa, baby ♪ 669 00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:34,938 ♪ Baby, I want you by my side ♪ 670 00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:37,816 J/dod 671 00:38:42,111 --> 00:38:43,988 ♪ I want you to know ♪ 672 00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:49,953 ♪ Our love, we will never hide ♪ 673 00:38:51,746 --> 00:38:55,458 ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no ♪ 674 00:38:55,458 --> 00:38:57,460 [Wilbur] All right, who's next? 675 00:38:57,460 --> 00:38:59,629 It's a shame, Jimmy. 676 00:38:59,629 --> 00:39:02,006 You're just gonna piss this right up your arm. 677 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:03,800 You don't tell me what to do with my money. 678 00:39:05,301 --> 00:39:08,388 All right, come on. Step up, one-dollar sensation. 679 00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:15,895 You wanna keep counting? 680 00:39:15,895 --> 00:39:19,065 What's the matter with you, boy? $50 ain't good enough for you? 681 00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:20,692 That ain't 50. Keep counting. 682 00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,861 I guess you want charity... 683 00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:24,654 since that record of yours ain't selling. 684 00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:28,116 [Man] Hey! 685 00:39:28,116 --> 00:39:30,493 They're fightin' back there. 686 00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:32,328 Come on, come on, now. 687 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:34,455 [All Shouting] 688 00:39:34,455 --> 00:39:35,832 Break it up, break it up. 689 00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:37,876 What the hell's going on in here? 690 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,586 Hold it, man. 691 00:39:39,586 --> 00:39:41,588 The blind sensation don't like the money I'm trying to pay. 692 00:39:41,588 --> 00:39:43,756 - He's cheating me. I quit! - You lying son of a bitch! 693 00:39:44,757 --> 00:39:46,968 Don't be fighting nobody that can see! 694 00:39:46,968 --> 00:39:49,679 Listen, I ain't gonna be running around looking for singles for this chump. 695 00:39:49,679 --> 00:39:51,890 - There's $50 here, Ray. - You see that, fool? 696 00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:54,183 Shut up, Wilbur. Ray, I'll handle your pay myself. 697 00:39:54,183 --> 00:39:57,812 No, I'm tired of this. I'm gonna talk to Jack to tell you to find somebody else. 698 00:39:57,812 --> 00:39:59,355 You sure about that? It's cold out there, baby. 699 00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:00,356 I can take care of myself. 700 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:03,067 Ray! Ray! Damn it, Wilbur! 701 00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:05,236 - Let him go. - What are we gonna do now? 702 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:07,280 I [Gospel] 703 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,371 [Ray] "And after the death of Moses..." 704 00:40:15,371 --> 00:40:17,457 The Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 705 00:40:17,457 --> 00:40:19,834 'Moses, my servant, is dead. 706 00:40:19,834 --> 00:40:22,462 Now, therefore, arise. Go over to Jordan. 707 00:40:22,462 --> 00:40:25,381 "Be not afraid, for the Lord, thy God, is with thee." [Knock On Door] 708 00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,592 [Man] Mr. Charles? 709 00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:30,887 - Who is it? - Mr. Charles, my name is Ahmet Ertegun. 710 00:40:30,887 --> 00:40:32,513 May I have a moment of your time? 711 00:40:35,475 --> 00:40:37,769 What do you want, man? I'm at church. 712 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:40,229 [Breaking Glass, Shouting] I'm sorry. I'll come back later. 713 00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:41,606 You're here now. What do you want? 714 00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:45,735 Well, my company, Atlantic Records, 715 00:40:45,735 --> 00:40:48,363 has acquired your contract from Swing Time. 716 00:40:48,363 --> 00:40:50,198 I'd like to discuss your future. 717 00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:51,741 Hold on, man. Don't jive me now. 718 00:40:51,741 --> 00:40:53,284 I ain't for sale. 719 00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:54,744 May I sit down? 720 00:40:57,705 --> 00:40:59,707 You see, Mr. Charles, 721 00:40:59,707 --> 00:41:04,921 Jack Lauderdale has found himself, shall we say, a little overextended, 722 00:41:04,921 --> 00:41:07,715 and has had to unload some of his talent. 723 00:41:07,715 --> 00:41:09,717 When your name came up, I jumped at the chance... 724 00:41:09,717 --> 00:41:11,594 to work with you... I'm a big fan. 725 00:41:11,594 --> 00:41:14,180 What if I want to go to another company? 726 00:41:14,180 --> 00:41:18,559 There's a guy out there right now that is willing to pay me seven cents a record. 727 00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:19,686 Can you do that? 728 00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:23,022 Man, I could promise you 15 cents a record. 729 00:41:23,022 --> 00:41:26,275 But you won't get it, any more than he'll pay you seven. 730 00:41:27,777 --> 00:41:31,239 What I will do is promise you five cents a record, 731 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,534 and pay you five cents a record. 732 00:41:34,534 --> 00:41:38,371 If you think pennies, Mr. Charles, you get pennies. 733 00:41:38,371 --> 00:41:43,543 You think dollars, you get dollars. 734 00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:47,922 You know what? I like how you put things together, man. 735 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:51,259 You know what, Omelet? 736 00:41:51,259 --> 00:41:52,969 You're all right with me. 737 00:41:52,969 --> 00:41:55,638 - Ahmet. - Ahmet. What kind of name is that? 738 00:41:55,638 --> 00:41:58,266 - I'm Turkish. - W-Well, you know what? 739 00:41:58,266 --> 00:42:01,477 I guess Jack Lauderdale's bad luck is my good fortune. 740 00:42:01,477 --> 00:42:04,647 You know what, man? I knew that Atlantic Records was bigger than Swing Time, man. 741 00:42:04,647 --> 00:42:06,691 You guys do good music. I dig Atlantic. 742 00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:08,818 You could've fooled me. 743 00:42:08,818 --> 00:42:11,738 Well, you know, I gotta keep my eye on you city boys. 744 00:42:11,738 --> 00:42:13,489 Down home, we call it "country dumb." 745 00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:15,616 [Laughs] 746 00:42:15,616 --> 00:42:18,870 Hey, man, it ain't Turkish. 747 00:42:22,957 --> 00:42:25,126 [Ray] I Went to see my sweetheart ♪ 748 00:42:26,419 --> 00:42:29,338 ♪ Last night around about 10:00 ♪ 749 00:42:29,338 --> 00:42:32,592 ♪ She said, "Hold me, sweet papa" ♪ 750 00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:36,012 ♪ Squeeze me every now and then ♪ 751 00:42:36,012 --> 00:42:37,764 What do you think? 752 00:42:37,764 --> 00:42:40,349 Man, nobody wants another Nat King Cole. 753 00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:43,936 ♪ 'Cause she's sweet that way ♪ 754 00:42:43,936 --> 00:42:47,899 ♪ The midnight hour ♪ 755 00:42:47,899 --> 00:42:51,819 ♪ Has found me lonely ♪ 756 00:42:51,819 --> 00:42:54,864 ♪ So unhappy ♪ 757 00:42:54,864 --> 00:42:56,532 ♪ As lcan bed 758 00:42:56,532 --> 00:42:59,535 Ahmet. It's just like Charles Brown. 759 00:42:59,535 --> 00:43:01,704 ♪ You left me ♪ 760 00:43:01,704 --> 00:43:04,415 Okay, I'll talk to him. ♪ Yes, you left me ♪ 761 00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:06,542 Tom. 762 00:43:06,584 --> 00:43:08,669 ♪ Without a lover ♪ All right, fellas. That's a cut. 763 00:43:08,669 --> 00:43:10,171 That's a cut, fellas. 764 00:43:10,171 --> 00:43:12,215 Fellas. 765 00:43:12,215 --> 00:43:14,342 - The band can take five. - He just don't get it. 766 00:43:14,342 --> 00:43:16,135 [Ray] All right, cats, take five. You either sound original, 767 00:43:16,135 --> 00:43:18,096 or you've got nothing. 768 00:43:18,096 --> 00:43:20,556 [Ray] Ahmet, what'd you think of that? 769 00:43:20,556 --> 00:43:23,142 Ray, I want to tell you something, and I don't want you to take it wrong. 770 00:43:23,142 --> 00:43:24,852 Then give it to me right then. 771 00:43:24,852 --> 00:43:28,314 I signed you because I sensed something special in you, 772 00:43:28,314 --> 00:43:31,776 not because you sound like Nat Cole or Charles Brown. 773 00:43:31,776 --> 00:43:35,363 I thought you like what I do. We love the timbre of your voice. 774 00:43:35,363 --> 00:43:37,740 We like your virtuosity, your energy. 775 00:43:37,740 --> 00:43:39,992 - But not my music. - Come on, man. 776 00:43:39,992 --> 00:43:43,871 - I didn't say that. - Look, man, Ahmet, this is what I do, man. 777 00:43:43,871 --> 00:43:46,916 I gotta make a living. This is what people want. I don't know no other way. 778 00:43:46,916 --> 00:43:49,293 We gotta help you find one. 779 00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:50,962 Look, let's try a little change of pace, okay? 780 00:43:50,962 --> 00:43:53,047 You're familiar with stride piano? 781 00:43:53,047 --> 00:43:55,675 You kidding me, man? The man that I learned the piano from is a stride player. 782 00:43:55,675 --> 00:43:58,177 - Okay, I got a song. - Uh-huh. 783 00:43:58,177 --> 00:44:00,763 - It's called "The Mess Around." - "The Mess Around." Cute title. Who wrote it? 784 00:44:00,763 --> 00:44:02,723 I did. 785 00:44:02,723 --> 00:44:04,976 - Oh, you wrote it. - Yeah. 786 00:44:04,976 --> 00:44:07,145 Well, sing it to me, man. 787 00:44:07,145 --> 00:44:10,189 - Sing it? - Yeah. It ain't like I can read the lyrics. 788 00:44:10,189 --> 00:44:12,859 Okay, well, it's, uh, key of G. 789 00:44:12,859 --> 00:44:14,610 Okay. Key of G. 790 00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:16,737 Uh-huh. 791 00:44:16,737 --> 00:44:18,447 Yeah. 792 00:44:18,447 --> 00:44:21,242 Yeah, but it's a kind of Pete Johnson thing. 793 00:44:21,242 --> 00:44:24,370 Pete Johnson. ♪ [Boogie-woogie Riff] 794 00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:26,247 Yeah, yeah. That's it. 795 00:44:26,247 --> 00:44:28,624 You like that? Okay, here we go. Two, three, four. 796 00:44:28,624 --> 00:44:31,502 ♪ You can talk about the pit barbecue 797 00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:34,380 ♪ The band was jumpin', the people too ♪ 798 00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:37,091 ♪ They're doin' the Mess Around ♪ 799 00:44:37,091 --> 00:44:38,551 ♪ They're doin' the mess around 800 00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:42,138 ♪ They're doin' the mess around 801 00:44:42,138 --> 00:44:44,098 ♪ Everybody doin' the mess around ♪ 802 00:44:44,098 --> 00:44:46,058 That's pretty good. Let me take it from here. 803 00:44:46,058 --> 00:44:49,896 ♪ Now this band's gonna play from 9:00 to 1:00 ♪ 804 00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:52,523 ♪ Everybody here's gonna have some fun ♪ 805 00:44:52,523 --> 00:44:54,650 ♪ Doin' the mess around ♪ 806 00:44:54,650 --> 00:44:57,403 ♪ Ah, doin' the mess around ♪ 807 00:44:59,113 --> 00:45:01,032 ♪ They're doing the mess around 808 00:45:01,032 --> 00:45:02,783 ♪ Everybody's doin' the mess around ♪ 809 00:45:05,244 --> 00:45:09,790 ♪ Now you see that girl with that diamond ring ♪ 810 00:45:09,790 --> 00:45:12,668 ♪ She knows how to shake that thing ♪ 811 00:45:12,710 --> 00:45:14,837 ♪ Mess around ♪ 812 00:45:14,837 --> 00:45:16,672 ♪ I declare, she can mess around ♪ 813 00:45:18,466 --> 00:45:20,468 ♪ Ah, mess around ♪ 814 00:45:20,468 --> 00:45:23,137 ♪ Everybody do the mess around andJ' 815 00:45:24,931 --> 00:45:27,266 [Laughs] 816 00:45:28,643 --> 00:45:30,603 Now we got something. 817 00:45:30,603 --> 00:45:31,979 That's all right, right there. 818 00:45:33,940 --> 00:45:35,524 - What do you think of that, Ahmet? - Great, Ray. 819 00:45:35,524 --> 00:45:37,235 Unbelievable. 820 00:45:37,235 --> 00:45:39,570 - Who's that? - Come on. 821 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:41,489 Ray, I want you to meet my new partner, Jerry. 822 00:45:41,489 --> 00:45:43,532 Mr. Ray Charles, Jerry Wexler. 823 00:45:43,532 --> 00:45:45,826 - Hey. - Don't worry, Ray. You know what I'm gonna do? 824 00:45:45,826 --> 00:45:47,411 I'm gonna step back. I'm gonna watch. 825 00:45:47,411 --> 00:45:49,372 I'm gonna learn how to produce a record. 826 00:45:49,372 --> 00:45:51,123 I'm in awe. That was out of sight. 827 00:45:51,123 --> 00:45:53,292 That's some runnin' and riffin', man. 828 00:45:53,292 --> 00:45:55,503 Well, this'll make you shout, man. 829 00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:06,097 [Deejay] We're listening to that new recording, "Mess Around," 830 00:46:06,097 --> 00:46:08,432 by Atlantic recording artist Ray Charles. 831 00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:11,519 And we have the gentleman live here in the KCOH studios. 832 00:46:11,519 --> 00:46:13,980 So, Ray, when you're not making your own music... 833 00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:15,940 who do you listen to? 834 00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:18,859 Well, you know what? The fact is, King Bee, I really and truly love gospel. 835 00:46:18,859 --> 00:46:21,362 One of my favorite groups is from right here in Houston, 836 00:46:21,362 --> 00:46:23,823 The Cecil Shaw Singers. 837 00:46:23,823 --> 00:46:27,618 You heard it. Ray Charles endorses Houston's own Cecil Shaw. 838 00:46:27,618 --> 00:46:29,662 Well, we'll be playing gospel all day Sunday, 839 00:46:29,662 --> 00:46:32,707 but right now, let's hear some more of that "Mess Around" by Ray Charles. 840 00:46:32,707 --> 00:46:34,083 [Man] K.B., line one. 841 00:46:36,669 --> 00:46:38,129 King Bee. 842 00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:41,632 Mm-hmm. 843 00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:44,176 Yeah, he's right here. 844 00:46:44,176 --> 00:46:46,387 Miss Della Antwine of the Cecil Shaw Singers. 845 00:46:50,224 --> 00:46:52,393 Hello, Miss Antwine. 846 00:46:52,393 --> 00:46:54,645 You sung tenor in "Jesus is my Shepherd," right? 847 00:46:54,645 --> 00:46:56,647 Yes. 848 00:46:56,647 --> 00:46:59,483 How'd you pick me out? 849 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:02,778 Actually, I, uh, I hear like you see. 850 00:47:02,778 --> 00:47:05,114 Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance. 851 00:47:05,114 --> 00:47:06,824 [People Chattering, Dishes Clinking] 852 00:47:11,704 --> 00:47:13,372 I can't hear her. 853 00:47:13,372 --> 00:47:15,041 You have to listen. 854 00:47:27,595 --> 00:47:29,555 [Wings Fluttering] 855 00:47:31,974 --> 00:47:33,726 Yes. 856 00:47:33,726 --> 00:47:36,437 Yeah. Yes, you can. 857 00:47:36,437 --> 00:47:38,189 Uh-oh. You hear that? 858 00:47:38,189 --> 00:47:39,565 What? 859 00:47:39,565 --> 00:47:41,817 Her heart just skipped a beat. 860 00:47:44,403 --> 00:47:46,322 Oh, did you like my record? 861 00:47:46,322 --> 00:47:48,699 The one that King Bee was playin'? 862 00:47:50,242 --> 00:47:52,244 It was very nice. 863 00:47:52,244 --> 00:47:55,122 Different than the others. I... 864 00:47:55,122 --> 00:47:57,083 I've heard a lot of your music. 865 00:47:57,083 --> 00:47:59,293 Was it very nice too? 866 00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:01,253 Look, Miss Antwine, if you don't really like the record, 867 00:48:01,253 --> 00:48:02,963 you ain't got to beat around the bush. 868 00:48:02,963 --> 00:48:07,009 - I mean, my mama never did. - It's not that I don't enjoy your music. 869 00:48:07,009 --> 00:48:09,428 It's just that I feel I've heard it before. 870 00:48:09,428 --> 00:48:12,223 I keep wonderin' what the real Ray Charles sound like. 871 00:48:12,223 --> 00:48:15,017 - Ray Charles? Who's he? - Nobody, if you don't know. 872 00:48:15,017 --> 00:48:16,477 Hmm. 873 00:48:16,477 --> 00:48:19,313 Sorry, I should've kept my mouth shut. 874 00:48:19,313 --> 00:48:21,607 Oh, no, no. Then you wouldn't be you. 875 00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:26,070 You know, it's not like I haven't heard that before. 876 00:48:26,070 --> 00:48:28,489 I guess I just, uh, never really listened, that's all. 877 00:48:30,991 --> 00:48:33,869 Ain't nobody ever put it that sweet, I guess. 878 00:48:51,470 --> 00:48:53,180 You know what, Miss Della Bea Antwine? 879 00:48:53,180 --> 00:48:55,224 You really are a country girl. You know that? 880 00:48:55,224 --> 00:48:57,143 - Yes. - Yeah. 881 00:48:57,143 --> 00:49:00,229 - How'd you know? - I could tell by the way you ordered. 882 00:49:00,229 --> 00:49:01,856 "Let me get molasses with my corn bread." 883 00:49:03,232 --> 00:49:04,984 Were you raised on a farm? 884 00:49:04,984 --> 00:49:07,862 My mother did a little, uh, sharecropping in Florida. 885 00:49:07,862 --> 00:49:09,697 She still there? 886 00:49:09,697 --> 00:49:12,283 God bless her heart, she passed away when I went to school. 887 00:49:12,283 --> 00:49:13,993 Ray, I'm sorry. 888 00:49:13,993 --> 00:49:16,245 [Ray] She never was real healthy. 889 00:49:16,245 --> 00:49:18,789 She just worked herself to death. Poor thing. 890 00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:21,709 That's why she didn't want me carrying around no tin cup. 891 00:49:21,709 --> 00:49:23,335 The kids I went to school with, 892 00:49:23,335 --> 00:49:26,797 they were doing basket weaving and wickerwork. 893 00:49:26,797 --> 00:49:29,383 But not you because of your gift. 894 00:49:29,383 --> 00:49:31,260 Because of my ears. 895 00:49:31,260 --> 00:49:33,262 See, I can mimic damn near anybody, 896 00:49:33,262 --> 00:49:36,056 and I-1 make a pretty decent living at it. 897 00:49:36,056 --> 00:49:39,685 It's just if I change my style up and people really don't dig it, 898 00:49:39,685 --> 00:49:42,521 I mean, what am I left with, you know? 899 00:49:42,521 --> 00:49:45,232 I mean, when you're blind, Miss Antwine, 900 00:49:45,232 --> 00:49:48,319 you ain't got that many choices. 901 00:49:48,319 --> 00:49:51,739 Seem to me like you got all the choices in the world. 902 00:49:51,739 --> 00:49:54,283 God gave you the gift to sound like anybody you please. 903 00:49:54,283 --> 00:49:55,784 Even yourself. 904 00:49:57,786 --> 00:50:00,581 We're here. This is where I live. 905 00:50:00,581 --> 00:50:02,666 Do you think the preacher'd let me in? 906 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:05,294 I mean, I-I'm a sinner, but I need a little prayer. 907 00:50:05,294 --> 00:50:07,630 His wife don't like me having male company. 908 00:50:07,630 --> 00:50:10,132 Well, tell him there's a soul out here that needs saving. 909 00:50:11,884 --> 00:50:14,094 You know what, Miss Antwine, you really... 910 00:50:14,094 --> 00:50:15,721 got me thinking. 911 00:50:15,721 --> 00:50:18,390 About what? 912 00:50:18,390 --> 00:50:20,434 About my life. 913 00:50:20,434 --> 00:50:22,311 About my music. 914 00:50:24,063 --> 00:50:25,439 About everything. 915 00:50:28,150 --> 00:50:31,153 Ray, don't-don't you think we're moving a little fast? 916 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,658 Listen, I'm gonna go to New York for a couple of weeks, 917 00:50:35,658 --> 00:50:37,409 and when I get back, 918 00:50:37,409 --> 00:50:39,453 you could take it as slow as you want. 919 00:50:42,706 --> 00:50:44,416 All right, Mr. Charles. 920 00:50:46,377 --> 00:50:48,504 All right, Miss Antwine. 921 00:50:48,504 --> 00:50:50,297 I'll see you in a couple of weeks. 922 00:50:50,297 --> 00:50:52,299 Well, hold on now. Let me call you a cab. 923 00:50:52,299 --> 00:50:53,926 I got it. Three blocks up, 924 00:50:53,926 --> 00:50:57,096 left for two, right for one, 925 00:50:57,096 --> 00:51:00,182 15 giant steps and I'm at the Crystal White Hotel. 926 00:51:00,182 --> 00:51:01,684 Hello! 927 00:51:07,982 --> 00:51:10,943 [Ahmet] "Mess Around" was a positive step for us, Ray. 928 00:51:10,943 --> 00:51:13,028 - We're making progress. - [Ray] Come on, Ahmet. 929 00:51:13,070 --> 00:51:16,323 You've been nice to me, man. I haven't given you guys any hits, man. 930 00:51:16,323 --> 00:51:18,826 Atlantic has been good to me, but if you want me to do something special, 931 00:51:18,826 --> 00:51:20,244 I'm gonna need my own band. 932 00:51:20,244 --> 00:51:21,745 Oh, man. 933 00:51:21,745 --> 00:51:24,123 Taking a band out on the road costs a mint, Ray. 934 00:51:24,123 --> 00:51:25,916 I mean, even Joe Morris is struggling. 935 00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:29,378 - His band's had a hit record. - Ahmet, listen, I'm not Joe Morris. 936 00:51:29,378 --> 00:51:31,213 You told me if I think pennies, I got pennies. 937 00:51:31,213 --> 00:51:34,383 I'm thinking dollars, man. 938 00:51:34,383 --> 00:51:37,886 Ruth Brown's got a tour booked in Georgia. 939 00:51:37,886 --> 00:51:41,390 - She needs a band. - I'll take it. 940 00:51:41,390 --> 00:51:43,726 I could write the charts for her. 941 00:51:43,726 --> 00:51:46,395 I-I could do backup, and I can also be an opening act. 942 00:51:48,063 --> 00:51:50,190 [Sighs] Okay. 943 00:51:50,190 --> 00:51:52,860 But you're going to be financially responsible. 944 00:51:52,860 --> 00:51:54,987 You're gonna have to make it work, Ray. 945 00:51:54,987 --> 00:51:57,990 Yeah, I'm gonna make it do what it do, baby. Yeah. 946 00:51:59,491 --> 00:52:01,201 [Knocking] 947 00:52:10,377 --> 00:52:12,087 Ray? 948 00:52:12,087 --> 00:52:14,298 Miss Antwine, it's been two weeks. 949 00:52:14,298 --> 00:52:16,842 It's been three. 950 00:52:18,552 --> 00:52:20,054 Mmm. 951 00:52:22,348 --> 00:52:24,099 Well, where's the preacher at? 952 00:52:24,141 --> 00:52:26,602 - And the wife? - They in Dallas till Monday. 953 00:52:26,602 --> 00:52:28,395 Well, hallelujah. 954 00:52:38,864 --> 00:52:40,908 Della Bea. 955 00:52:40,908 --> 00:52:43,535 That's like a honey bee, right? 956 00:52:43,535 --> 00:52:45,371 Hmm? 957 00:52:46,955 --> 00:52:48,957 Can I call you Bea? 958 00:52:48,957 --> 00:52:51,001 Yeah. 959 00:52:51,001 --> 00:52:52,586 I'd like that. 960 00:52:55,005 --> 00:52:58,008 You know there's only been two cats that I ever really trusted in my life? 961 00:53:00,219 --> 00:53:03,972 There's Jeff Brown... he's gonna be my tour manager... 962 00:53:03,972 --> 00:53:08,268 Fathead Newman, my tenor man, 963 00:53:08,268 --> 00:53:10,229 and now you. 964 00:53:17,695 --> 00:53:19,697 But you gotta do me a favor, Bea. 965 00:53:19,697 --> 00:53:21,782 You gotta always tell me the truth. 966 00:53:21,782 --> 00:53:24,243 I mean, just like you did before. 967 00:53:24,243 --> 00:53:27,162 Don't feel sorry for me just 'cause I'm blind. 968 00:53:28,789 --> 00:53:31,166 How could I pity someone I admire? 969 00:53:35,879 --> 00:53:38,424 - Can I play something for you? - Now? 970 00:53:38,424 --> 00:53:40,050 - Yeah. - No, Ray. 971 00:53:40,050 --> 00:53:41,593 Yeah, right now. Right now. I want... 972 00:53:41,593 --> 00:53:43,095 Ray. 973 00:53:44,555 --> 00:53:47,182 - Ray. - I gotta sing it to you. 974 00:53:47,224 --> 00:53:49,351 [Bea] It's right there. You got it. 975 00:53:49,351 --> 00:53:52,855 [Ray] Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, this'll work. 976 00:53:52,855 --> 00:53:55,899 Now you go ahead and play. I'm going to close these drapes. 977 00:53:55,899 --> 00:53:57,735 - All right. - I don't want no neighbors looking in. 978 00:53:57,735 --> 00:54:00,195 ♪ Well ♪ 979 00:54:00,237 --> 00:54:04,408 ♪ I got a woman way over town ♪ 980 00:54:04,408 --> 00:54:09,621 ♪ That's good to me. Oh, yeah ♪ 981 00:54:09,621 --> 00:54:12,791 ♪ I got a woman way over town ♪ 982 00:54:12,791 --> 00:54:14,501 Ray? 983 00:54:14,501 --> 00:54:17,629 ♪ She's good to me Oh, yeah ♪ 984 00:54:17,629 --> 00:54:19,298 Ray. 985 00:54:19,298 --> 00:54:21,008 ♪ She gives me money ♪ 986 00:54:21,008 --> 00:54:23,177 Ray? Ray, that's sacrilegious. ♪ When I'm in need ♪ 987 00:54:23,177 --> 00:54:26,889 - What? - It-It's a gospel song. 988 00:54:26,889 --> 00:54:28,223 I know what it is. I wrote it. 989 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:32,060 I-l mean, you told me to find my own voice. 990 00:54:32,060 --> 00:54:33,854 Well, Bea, this is it. 991 00:54:33,854 --> 00:54:37,649 But it ain't right to be changing gospel music into this. 992 00:54:37,649 --> 00:54:40,194 Yeah, what, it's devil music? 993 00:54:40,194 --> 00:54:43,906 Evil music? Do you think I'm evil, Bea? 994 00:54:43,906 --> 00:54:46,658 Look, I've been performing gospel and blues all my life. 995 00:54:46,658 --> 00:54:48,660 It's who I am. 996 00:54:48,660 --> 00:54:52,247 And if I'm gonna do my own thing, I gotta be natural, right? 997 00:54:53,874 --> 00:54:56,794 I'm singing about my feelings for you. 998 00:54:56,794 --> 00:54:58,504 About how I love you. 999 00:55:01,131 --> 00:55:02,716 What could be more natural than that? 1000 00:55:04,426 --> 00:55:06,136 Huh, Bea? 1001 00:55:06,136 --> 00:55:08,972 Tell me. 1002 00:55:08,972 --> 00:55:11,391 More natural than me and you. 1003 00:55:11,391 --> 00:55:13,977 Ray... 1004 00:55:17,022 --> 00:55:19,566 [A Cappella] I I got a woman ♪ 1005 00:55:19,566 --> 00:55:21,401 ♪ Way over town ♪ 1006 00:55:23,111 --> 00:55:25,906 ♪ Good to me J [Chuckles] 1007 00:55:25,906 --> 00:55:28,992 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 1008 00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:31,078 [Jerry] So we bite the bullet. We cancel all the tour dates. 1009 00:55:31,078 --> 00:55:32,746 But what the hell are we gonna tell Ray? 1010 00:55:32,746 --> 00:55:34,414 [Ahmet] We just have to tell him the truth. 1011 00:55:34,414 --> 00:55:36,959 Ruth Brown's pregnant, so there's no tour. 1012 00:55:36,959 --> 00:55:40,754 What about LaVern Baker? Get LaVern Baker to take the tour. 1013 00:55:40,754 --> 00:55:43,090 She doesn't have a record. There's nothing to promote. 1014 00:55:43,090 --> 00:55:46,552 You and Jesse get up there, write a couple of songs. Let's get her in the studio. 1015 00:55:46,552 --> 00:55:48,637 It's gonna take a month to put something like that together. 1016 00:55:48,637 --> 00:55:50,514 So what are we gonna do? We gotta do something. 1017 00:55:50,514 --> 00:55:52,307 Ray's got a whole new band up there. 1018 00:55:52,349 --> 00:55:54,226 How the hell did he put together a band so fast? 1019 00:55:54,226 --> 00:55:57,563 Boss. Boss, they're here. 1020 00:55:57,563 --> 00:56:00,315 All right. Come on. Let's get it together, so we can show 'em this. 1021 00:56:00,357 --> 00:56:02,734 Oh, you're gonna let me break this to Ray? - Yeah. 1022 00:56:02,734 --> 00:56:04,695 ♪ Well ♪ - Why me? 1023 00:56:04,695 --> 00:56:06,530 - Because Ruth Brown was your idea. ♪ 1 gota woman ♪ 1024 00:56:06,530 --> 00:56:08,782 - Ruth Brown was a good idea. ♪ Way over town ♪ 1025 00:56:08,782 --> 00:56:10,325 - Shh-shh. - Ruth Brown still is a good idea. 1026 00:56:10,325 --> 00:56:12,578 ♪ That's good to me ♪ 1027 00:56:12,578 --> 00:56:15,080 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 1028 00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:17,708 ♪ Say I got a woman ♪ 1029 00:56:17,708 --> 00:56:20,127 ♪ Way over town ♪ 1030 00:56:20,127 --> 00:56:22,546 ♪ Good to me ♪ 1031 00:56:22,546 --> 00:56:24,798 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 1032 00:56:24,798 --> 00:56:27,092 ♪ She gives me money ♪ 1033 00:56:27,092 --> 00:56:29,761 ♪ When I'm in need ♪ 1034 00:56:29,761 --> 00:56:32,472 ♪ Yeah she's a kind of ♪ 1035 00:56:32,472 --> 00:56:34,558 ♪ Friend indeed ♪ 1036 00:56:34,558 --> 00:56:36,143 ♪ 1 gota woman ♪ 1037 00:56:36,143 --> 00:56:37,936 - Ahmet? ♪ Way over town ♪ 1038 00:56:37,936 --> 00:56:39,938 - Yeah? - We gotta get this on wax. 1039 00:56:39,938 --> 00:56:42,107 ♪ Good to me J Oh, yeah. 1040 00:56:42,107 --> 00:56:43,317 ♪ Oh, yeah I 1041 00:56:43,317 --> 00:56:44,902 Hear that, New York? 1042 00:56:44,902 --> 00:56:47,237 The sound is huge. 1043 00:56:47,237 --> 00:56:49,698 But, there's only seven cats on this record. 1044 00:56:49,698 --> 00:56:52,451 This is the new Ray Charles, baby, 1045 00:56:52,451 --> 00:56:54,536 and there's nothing out there like it, 1046 00:56:54,536 --> 00:56:57,414 and you heard it first on the Moondog Show. 1047 00:56:59,249 --> 00:57:01,460 ♪ Just for me ♪ 1048 00:57:01,460 --> 00:57:03,587 ♪ Oh, yeah I 1049 00:57:03,587 --> 00:57:06,632 ♪ She gives me money ♪ 1050 00:57:06,632 --> 00:57:09,259 The Shaw Agency's the best booker on the Chitlin' Circuit. 1051 00:57:09,259 --> 00:57:10,886 That's my opinion. 1052 00:57:10,886 --> 00:57:12,930 Milt Shaw, meet Ray Charles. 1053 00:57:12,930 --> 00:57:15,474 Ray, it was Milt's dad, Billy, who first drew my attention... 1054 00:57:15,474 --> 00:57:18,852 to a certain blind pianist when he was booking Lowell Fulson. 1055 00:57:18,852 --> 00:57:21,730 Ray Charles, we believe in your talent. 1056 00:57:21,730 --> 00:57:24,358 We wanna be in the Ray Charles business. 1057 00:57:24,358 --> 00:57:27,819 We've already got you booked on a 10-city tour with Roy Milton's Solid Senders. 1058 00:57:27,819 --> 00:57:29,404 Oh, Roy, man, I love him. 1059 00:57:29,446 --> 00:57:32,866 And Tangula, the Exotic Shake Dancer. 1060 00:57:32,866 --> 00:57:35,535 She is gorgeous. 1061 00:57:35,535 --> 00:57:37,537 Ray, I gotta tell you. 1062 00:57:37,537 --> 00:57:39,498 We think you're onto something very big here. 1063 00:57:39,498 --> 00:57:42,250 Nobody's ever combined R and B and gospel before. 1064 00:57:42,250 --> 00:57:44,086 "I've Got a Woman" is a smash, 1065 00:57:44,086 --> 00:57:47,214 and you've gotta start thinking about a follow-up, my friend, like now. 1066 00:57:47,214 --> 00:57:50,217 You know, that sounds good. I got to run to Texas and take care of some business, 1067 00:57:50,217 --> 00:57:52,344 and I'll be right back. 1068 00:57:52,344 --> 00:57:54,638 Well, make it fast. I'm ready to sell, sell, sell. 1069 00:57:54,638 --> 00:57:58,433 Yeah, as long as you'll book me in front of Tangula. 1070 00:57:58,433 --> 00:58:00,894 Della, hold on. Let me get my camera. Let me get one picture. 1071 00:58:00,894 --> 00:58:03,939 Ray, y'all stay right there. Ray. 1072 00:58:03,939 --> 00:58:05,607 Della, let me get one picture. 1073 00:58:05,607 --> 00:58:09,027 Come on, one picture. Della, come on, now. Della. 1074 00:58:09,027 --> 00:58:11,989 Be careful, Ray. These are your last steps of freedom, man. 1075 00:58:11,989 --> 00:58:13,699 Don't open that door. 1076 00:58:13,699 --> 00:58:16,451 Hey, Ray, you gotta carry her over the threshold, Ray. 1077 00:58:16,493 --> 00:58:18,370 Come on back out here, Della. 1078 00:58:18,370 --> 00:58:19,997 Please, let me get a picture. 1079 00:58:19,997 --> 00:58:23,041 Straight ahead, Ray. Straight ahead, Ray. 1080 00:58:23,041 --> 00:58:25,627 - To the right. To the right. ♪ Never grumbles or fusses ♪ 1081 00:58:25,627 --> 00:58:27,921 ♪ Always treats me right ♪ 1082 00:58:27,921 --> 00:58:29,673 ♪ Never running' in the streets I 1083 00:58:29,673 --> 00:58:31,800 [Fathead] Hey, Ray, you need some help? ♪ Or leaving me alone I 1084 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:33,385 You know what you're doing? 1085 00:58:33,385 --> 00:58:35,470 ♪ She knows a woman's place I 1086 00:58:35,470 --> 00:58:37,180 ♪ Is right there now in her home ♪ 1087 00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:39,016 ♪ I got a woman ♪ 1088 00:58:39,016 --> 00:58:41,518 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 1089 00:58:44,730 --> 00:58:46,982 [Bea] Ray? [Knocking] 1090 00:58:46,982 --> 00:58:48,900 Ray? [Knocking Continues] 1091 00:58:48,900 --> 00:58:52,029 Can I come in? 1092 00:58:52,029 --> 00:58:53,697 H-Hold on. 1093 00:58:53,697 --> 00:58:55,073 What's going on, Ray? 1094 00:58:59,870 --> 00:59:01,955 Open this door. 1095 00:59:01,955 --> 00:59:05,292 Hey. What... Why are you locking doors on me, Ray? 1096 00:59:05,292 --> 00:59:06,835 [Giggles] You know the place is small. 1097 00:59:06,835 --> 00:59:08,420 We gotta have a little privacy. 1098 00:59:08,420 --> 00:59:11,089 What we need is a little more room. 1099 00:59:11,089 --> 00:59:15,135 You know, we're gonna need some space while we start a family. 1100 00:59:15,135 --> 00:59:18,638 Bea, you know I'll be on the road for most of the year. 1101 00:59:18,638 --> 00:59:21,433 Ray. 1102 00:59:21,433 --> 00:59:24,853 I'm just thinking. What if I'm not a good father? 1103 00:59:24,853 --> 00:59:26,688 My daddy was never around. 1104 00:59:26,688 --> 00:59:30,275 He-He had three different families. 1105 00:59:30,275 --> 00:59:32,611 Well, you... 1106 00:59:32,611 --> 00:59:34,738 are gonna have one... - Hmm? 1107 00:59:34,738 --> 00:59:36,406 Starting right now. 1108 00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:38,658 - Right now? - Mm-hmm. 1109 00:59:38,658 --> 00:59:41,036 - What do you think? - Mmm. 1110 00:59:41,036 --> 00:59:43,205 Well, it's what I know. 1111 00:59:43,205 --> 00:59:45,540 ♪ I know, Lord, I know ♪ 1112 00:59:45,582 --> 00:59:47,209 ♪ Hallelujah, I just love her so ♪ 1113 01:00:07,104 --> 01:00:10,565 ♪ Now if I call her on the telephone ♪ 1114 01:00:10,607 --> 01:00:13,568 ♪ And tell her that I'm all alone ♪ 1115 01:00:13,568 --> 01:00:16,154 ♪ By the time I count from one to four ♪ 1116 01:00:16,154 --> 01:00:19,574 ♪ I hear her on my door, you know ♪ 1117 01:00:19,616 --> 01:00:21,034 ♪ In the evening when the sun goes down ♪ 1118 01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:22,452 [Man] Y'all have lost your minds! 1119 01:00:22,452 --> 01:00:23,995 Stop this stuff! [Woman] You oughta be ashamed! 1120 01:00:23,995 --> 01:00:26,915 Can't take it no more. Stop it! 1121 01:00:26,915 --> 01:00:29,709 - Wait a minute, now. What is the problem? - Take your hands off me! 1122 01:00:29,709 --> 01:00:33,338 [Clamoring, Arguing] ♪ 'Cause I know, yes, I know ♪ 1123 01:00:33,338 --> 01:00:37,300 This ain't right. Y'all sitting up in this bar, listening to this devil. 1124 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:39,010 You're just giving your money to Satan. 1125 01:00:39,010 --> 01:00:40,554 That's what you're doing. 1126 01:00:40,554 --> 01:00:42,347 Hey, you got a problem? 1127 01:00:42,347 --> 01:00:44,015 [Man] Yeah, I got a problem. 1128 01:00:44,015 --> 01:00:45,976 That's gospel you're singing. 1129 01:00:45,976 --> 01:00:48,270 You're turning God's music into sex. 1130 01:00:48,270 --> 01:00:49,771 You're makin' money off the Lord. 1131 01:00:49,771 --> 01:00:51,982 [Woman] Don't y'all smile at me! 1132 01:00:51,982 --> 01:00:55,026 All of y'all goin' straight to hell. 1133 01:00:55,026 --> 01:00:57,946 - She's right. - Robert. Be cool, man. 1134 01:00:57,946 --> 01:01:00,866 No. This is wrong. [Woman] Thank you, Jesus. 1135 01:01:00,866 --> 01:01:02,534 [Clamoring Continues] 1136 01:01:02,534 --> 01:01:04,953 It's okay, it's okay. Go ahead and let him go. 1137 01:01:04,953 --> 01:01:06,538 You got a right to believe what you believe. 1138 01:01:06,538 --> 01:01:08,623 You can go to hell by yourself. 1139 01:01:08,623 --> 01:01:10,584 Boss, you wanna cancel the show? 1140 01:01:10,584 --> 01:01:13,211 No, I'm not going to cancel the show. Just find me a Bari player by tomorrow. 1141 01:01:13,211 --> 01:01:16,298 I just wanna ask the folks right now. 1142 01:01:16,298 --> 01:01:18,884 If all y'all want me keep playing, let me hear you say "Amen." 1143 01:01:18,884 --> 01:01:21,761 [All] Amen. 1144 01:01:21,761 --> 01:01:24,181 And while you're at it, find me a girl with church training... 1145 01:01:24,181 --> 01:01:26,766 that can sing, but without the church attitude. - All right. 1146 01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:28,393 Let's go, y'all. Keep it going. 1147 01:01:28,393 --> 01:01:30,812 Keep it going. Come on now. 1148 01:01:37,402 --> 01:01:40,197 ♪ Let me tell you about a girl I know ♪ 1149 01:01:40,197 --> 01:01:43,825 ♪ She's my baby and she lives next door ♪ 1150 01:01:43,825 --> 01:01:45,535 [Honks] 1151 01:01:47,662 --> 01:01:49,623 - [Bea] Ray, you got your watch? - Yeah. 1152 01:01:49,623 --> 01:01:51,416 Good. All right, now, baby. 1153 01:01:51,416 --> 01:01:53,460 Your blue shirt's on top, 1154 01:01:53,460 --> 01:01:55,378 the pants are in between, 1155 01:01:55,378 --> 01:01:57,339 and the white shirt's on the bottom. 1156 01:01:57,339 --> 01:01:58,965 Here's your glasses. 1157 01:01:58,965 --> 01:02:01,885 There you go. [Horn Honks] 1158 01:02:01,885 --> 01:02:06,181 Bea, why don't you come go on the road with us? Hmm? 1159 01:02:06,181 --> 01:02:08,141 Baby, what would I do on the road? 1160 01:02:08,141 --> 01:02:11,478 You do what I say you do. That's what you're gonna do. 1161 01:02:11,478 --> 01:02:15,023 I been trying to get a female voice in the band anyway. 1162 01:02:15,023 --> 01:02:19,027 Can't you just picture me wobbling around on that stage, big as a house? 1163 01:02:19,027 --> 01:02:21,029 Well, I can't picture you no how, 1164 01:02:21,029 --> 01:02:23,114 but I know what I can do. 1165 01:02:24,157 --> 01:02:25,825 Come on now. 1166 01:02:25,825 --> 01:02:27,619 Don't start nothin' you can't finish. 1167 01:02:27,619 --> 01:02:30,163 Jeff is waiting. 1168 01:02:30,163 --> 01:02:32,499 You know I can't go on the road with you. 1169 01:02:32,499 --> 01:02:34,501 Not with your baby inside me. 1170 01:02:34,501 --> 01:02:36,711 Mmm. I'm gonna get your shaving kit. 1171 01:02:38,546 --> 01:02:41,007 Bea, I got it. 1172 01:02:41,007 --> 01:02:42,342 Bea, hold up. Hold up. 1173 01:02:46,638 --> 01:02:48,014 Bea, let me get it. 1174 01:02:49,307 --> 01:02:51,309 How long you been hiding this from me? 1175 01:02:52,936 --> 01:02:55,105 Ray? 1176 01:02:55,105 --> 01:02:57,440 I'm your wife. 1177 01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,693 Bea, I was just so excited to see you. 1178 01:02:59,693 --> 01:03:02,570 I forgot to leave it with the band, that's all. Let me get it for you. 1179 01:03:02,570 --> 01:03:04,489 - All this is is a little medicine. - Ray. 1180 01:03:04,489 --> 01:03:06,950 - That's all it is, baby. - That ain't medicine to nobody, Ray. 1181 01:03:06,950 --> 01:03:10,036 - Don't be lying to yourself. - Bea, look, it ain't like I'm dealing it, baby. 1182 01:03:10,036 --> 01:03:12,080 I just use itto get a little taste, that's all. 1183 01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:13,999 No, you don't taste poison, Ray. It kills people. 1184 01:03:13,999 --> 01:03:16,960 - Now, you got to stop this. - I ain't got to do a goddamn thing! 1185 01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:21,047 [Stammers] What about me? What about your baby? 1186 01:03:21,047 --> 01:03:22,966 Bea, 1187 01:03:22,966 --> 01:03:25,760 It ain't like I'm new to this. 1188 01:03:25,802 --> 01:03:27,762 If I felt like this was jeopardizing... 1189 01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:30,056 my music or you or providing for that baby, 1190 01:03:30,056 --> 01:03:32,183 I would stop it in a minute, but I know it won't. 1191 01:03:32,183 --> 01:03:34,853 How do you know that, Ray? How do you know that? 1192 01:03:34,853 --> 01:03:37,147 You know what? Talk till you're blue in the face. 1193 01:03:37,147 --> 01:03:39,190 It don't matter. I'm not going to stop. 1194 01:03:39,190 --> 01:03:41,026 - Then I'm coming with you. - No, no. 1195 01:03:41,026 --> 01:03:43,570 - You just said to me a second ago... - You know what it is, Bea? 1196 01:03:43,570 --> 01:03:45,947 I think it's like you said. 1197 01:03:45,947 --> 01:03:49,075 I don't think that the road is the place for you and the baby. 1198 01:03:52,078 --> 01:03:53,788 What are you saying to me, Ray? 1199 01:03:53,830 --> 01:03:56,374 What I'm saying is, is that when I get home, 1200 01:03:56,374 --> 01:03:58,752 I hope that you're here at my house. 1201 01:03:59,919 --> 01:04:01,463 Your house? 1202 01:04:06,301 --> 01:04:08,345 Jeff, come get this bag. 1203 01:04:08,345 --> 01:04:10,347 [Jeff] All right, Ray. 1204 01:04:11,348 --> 01:04:13,516 Hey, Della Bea. 1205 01:04:19,022 --> 01:04:20,482 You all right? 1206 01:04:38,208 --> 01:04:39,918 [Sobbing] 1207 01:04:39,918 --> 01:04:41,628 [Engine Starts] 1208 01:04:44,047 --> 01:04:47,050 [Woman] I It brings a tear ♪ 1209 01:04:47,050 --> 01:04:49,469 ♪ To my eyes ♪ 1210 01:04:49,469 --> 01:04:51,971 ♪ When I begin ♪ 1211 01:04:51,971 --> 01:04:54,724 ♪ To realize ♪ 1212 01:04:54,724 --> 01:04:56,601 That's good. Thank you. ♪ lcry so much I 1213 01:04:56,601 --> 01:04:59,854 - How's she look? - She's very pretty. Brown skin. 1214 01:04:59,854 --> 01:05:03,775 ♪ 1 guess I'll drown in my own tears ♪ 1215 01:05:03,775 --> 01:05:06,861 Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. That's great. 1216 01:05:06,903 --> 01:05:08,863 I really dig your sound. 1217 01:05:08,905 --> 01:05:10,532 Uh, what was your name again, sweetheart? 1218 01:05:10,532 --> 01:05:12,200 Oh, Mary Ann. 1219 01:05:12,200 --> 01:05:14,661 Mary Ann Fisher. Mary Ann Fisher. 1220 01:05:14,661 --> 01:05:16,830 Mary Ann, how would you feel if I asked you to sing... 1221 01:05:16,830 --> 01:05:18,873 a torch song with a gospel feel to it? 1222 01:05:18,873 --> 01:05:21,751 Well, gospel's all about love anyway, isn't it? 1223 01:05:21,751 --> 01:05:23,586 Yeah. 1224 01:05:23,586 --> 01:05:25,588 Would it make you feel like a sinner? 1225 01:05:27,632 --> 01:05:29,884 Well, Mr. Charles, I love the Lord, the Lord loves me, 1226 01:05:29,884 --> 01:05:32,345 but I ain't no hypocrite. 1227 01:05:32,345 --> 01:05:34,305 Oh, hello. 1228 01:05:34,305 --> 01:05:36,307 You know what, it's hard to fool me, 1229 01:05:36,307 --> 01:05:39,894 but it's impossible to fool the Almighty, ain't it? 1230 01:05:39,936 --> 01:05:43,022 Why don't we rehearse this song a little bit? - Okay. 1231 01:05:43,022 --> 01:05:46,025 Boss, we got to go. 1232 01:05:46,025 --> 01:05:48,194 Go ahead. I'll be with you in a minute. 1233 01:05:48,194 --> 01:05:49,779 I just really feel you. I feel your spirit. 1234 01:05:49,779 --> 01:05:51,156 Boss, are you sure? 1235 01:05:54,284 --> 01:05:55,785 There are some things that... 1236 01:05:55,785 --> 01:05:57,287 Let's go. 1237 01:06:00,331 --> 01:06:03,084 ♪ It brings a tear 1238 01:06:06,713 --> 01:06:10,216 ♪ Into my eye ♪ 1239 01:06:12,135 --> 01:06:14,554 ♪ When I begin ♪ 1240 01:06:17,557 --> 01:06:20,602 ♪ To realize ♪ 1241 01:06:23,146 --> 01:06:25,565 ♪ I cried so much ♪ 1242 01:06:27,817 --> 01:06:31,988 ♪ Whoa, since you've been gone ♪ 1243 01:06:33,781 --> 01:06:36,910 ♪ I was drowning in ♪ 1244 01:06:38,870 --> 01:06:43,708 ♪ My own tears ♪ 1245 01:06:43,708 --> 01:06:45,710 You're amazing. 1246 01:06:45,710 --> 01:06:47,629 So are you, baby. 1247 01:06:47,629 --> 01:06:49,255 Come sit next to me. 1248 01:06:56,137 --> 01:06:57,764 So, what do you think? 1249 01:07:13,571 --> 01:07:16,366 [Knocks] [Jeff] Ray, telephone. 1250 01:07:16,366 --> 01:07:17,909 Take a message. 1251 01:07:20,036 --> 01:07:21,538 It's Della Bea. 1252 01:07:21,538 --> 01:07:23,915 Damn. 1253 01:07:23,915 --> 01:07:26,292 Uh, tell her I'm busy. 1254 01:07:26,292 --> 01:07:28,461 Come on, man. I ain't lying to Bea. 1255 01:07:28,461 --> 01:07:32,799 Uh-oh. Is that the wife? 1256 01:07:32,799 --> 01:07:34,634 Shut up. 1257 01:07:36,553 --> 01:07:37,971 I'll be there in a second. 1258 01:07:39,472 --> 01:07:41,349 Look. 1259 01:07:41,349 --> 01:07:43,017 Don't mess with this junk, all right? 1260 01:07:43,059 --> 01:07:45,395 All it'll do is make you sick. 1261 01:07:48,898 --> 01:07:51,192 Does he have all his fingers and toes? 1262 01:07:51,192 --> 01:07:53,861 Yes, he does. 1263 01:07:57,615 --> 01:07:59,075 Can he, uh... 1264 01:08:02,412 --> 01:08:04,247 Can he see? 1265 01:08:05,999 --> 01:08:07,458 Yes. 1266 01:08:10,378 --> 01:08:12,755 You wanna hold him? 1267 01:08:12,755 --> 01:08:14,465 [Stutters] No, I... 1268 01:08:14,465 --> 01:08:16,301 - Come on, Ray. - I wouldn't know what to do. 1269 01:08:16,301 --> 01:08:18,136 That's what you came here for. 1270 01:08:18,136 --> 01:08:19,679 Use this hand to hold his head. 1271 01:08:19,679 --> 01:08:21,306 Okay. 1272 01:08:21,306 --> 01:08:22,682 Okay, right there. 1273 01:08:24,642 --> 01:08:26,853 [Baby Crying] Shh. Shh. 1274 01:08:30,607 --> 01:08:33,067 It's all right. 1275 01:08:33,067 --> 01:08:35,278 That's your daddy. 1276 01:08:35,278 --> 01:08:37,697 Yeah. 1277 01:08:37,697 --> 01:08:39,991 [Voice Trembling] He ain't no bigger than a loaf of bread. 1278 01:08:41,826 --> 01:08:43,953 Thank you. 1279 01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:45,580 He's not my gift to you, Ray. 1280 01:08:45,580 --> 01:08:48,082 He's your son. 1281 01:08:48,082 --> 01:08:51,169 You know I'm gonna take care of both of y'all. You know that, right? 1282 01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:56,466 I love you. 1283 01:08:56,466 --> 01:08:58,968 I love you too, Ray, 1284 01:08:58,968 --> 01:09:01,012 but there's something I gotta say. 1285 01:09:01,012 --> 01:09:04,098 I know you're a musician, a working musician, 1286 01:09:04,140 --> 01:09:06,434 but don't bring the road into our home again, 1287 01:09:06,434 --> 01:09:09,479 the home I am making for you and our children. 1288 01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:11,939 Bea, I promise I won't do that. 1289 01:09:11,939 --> 01:09:14,776 - It's just there's some things... - No, don't say no more. 1290 01:09:16,235 --> 01:09:18,112 I ain't no fool. 1291 01:09:18,154 --> 01:09:21,032 You know you're the only woman I'll ever love. 1292 01:09:29,165 --> 01:09:31,542 [Bottles Clinking] 1293 01:09:32,669 --> 01:09:34,962 Ow, Mama! 1294 01:09:34,962 --> 01:09:36,798 Mama, help! 1295 01:09:36,798 --> 01:09:41,803 Mama, help! Mama, help, please! 1296 01:09:41,803 --> 01:09:43,930 I need you! 1297 01:09:48,476 --> 01:09:51,813 Mama! Help! 1298 01:09:52,980 --> 01:09:54,899 Mama. 1299 01:09:54,899 --> 01:09:57,318 [Chickens Clucking] [Men Chattering] 1300 01:10:13,626 --> 01:10:16,546 [Cowbell Clanking] [Cow Mooing] 1301 01:10:16,546 --> 01:10:19,298 Y'all have a good one now. All right. 1302 01:10:19,298 --> 01:10:20,675 Come on, come on. 1303 01:10:20,675 --> 01:10:22,593 [Moos] 1304 01:10:22,593 --> 01:10:25,221 [Bubbling Loudly] 1305 01:10:31,018 --> 01:10:32,729 [Fire Crackling] 1306 01:10:45,575 --> 01:10:46,993 [Gasps] 1307 01:11:09,015 --> 01:11:10,850 [Insect Chirping] 1308 01:11:46,052 --> 01:11:49,639 I hear you too, Mama. You're right there. 1309 01:11:57,480 --> 01:11:59,440 Yeah. Yes, I am. 1310 01:12:03,027 --> 01:12:04,821 Why are you crying, Mama? 1311 01:12:04,821 --> 01:12:06,656 'Cause I'm happy. 1312 01:12:09,909 --> 01:12:12,745 Hey, it's Uncle Jeff. 1313 01:12:12,745 --> 01:12:14,789 [Chuckling] I got my camera. 1314 01:12:14,789 --> 01:12:16,999 Sarah, Sarah. Come on in. 1315 01:12:16,999 --> 01:12:19,085 Put the flowers right there behind them. 1316 01:12:19,085 --> 01:12:20,837 All right, big smiles, everybody. Big smiles. 1317 01:12:28,719 --> 01:12:30,388 Yeah. 1318 01:12:36,310 --> 01:12:39,814 ♪ Well, now, oh, Mary Ann ♪ 1319 01:12:39,814 --> 01:12:42,859 ♪ You know, you sure look fine ♪ 1320 01:12:42,859 --> 01:12:46,028 ♪ Well, now, oh ♪ 1321 01:12:46,028 --> 01:12:49,574 ♪ You know, you sure look fine ♪ 1322 01:12:49,574 --> 01:12:52,785 ♪ Well, now, oh, Mary Ann ♪ 1323 01:12:52,785 --> 01:12:54,245 ♪ I can love you all the time ♪ 1324 01:12:56,122 --> 01:12:59,458 ♪ Well, now, oh, Mary Ann 1325 01:12:59,458 --> 01:13:01,002 ♪ I said, "Baby, don't you know?" I 1326 01:13:02,461 --> 01:13:06,048 ♪ Well, now, oh... ♪ 1327 01:13:06,048 --> 01:13:09,802 ♪ Well, now, baby, don't you know? ♪ 1328 01:13:09,802 --> 01:13:12,805 ♪ Don't you know, baby ♪ 1329 01:13:12,805 --> 01:13:14,307 ♪ That I love you so? ♪ 1330 01:13:16,517 --> 01:13:18,477 Was that you? Huh? 1331 01:13:18,477 --> 01:13:20,855 [Giggling] Hi, Junior. 1332 01:13:20,855 --> 01:13:22,440 Come on, Ray. Let's get this boy home, 1333 01:13:22,440 --> 01:13:24,066 so he can get something to eat. 1334 01:13:24,066 --> 01:13:25,943 You know, they have those cookies you like. Mmm. 1335 01:13:29,071 --> 01:13:32,909 ♪ Oh, Mary Ann 1336 01:13:32,909 --> 01:13:35,578 ♪ Can I take you home tonight? ♪ 1337 01:13:35,578 --> 01:13:37,496 [Jeff] Boss, if we try and make it... 1338 01:13:37,496 --> 01:13:39,790 through these cracker speed traps, we're gonna be a little late. 1339 01:13:39,790 --> 01:13:41,375 Yeah, well, just stay within the limits. 1340 01:13:41,375 --> 01:13:43,127 All right. 1341 01:13:43,127 --> 01:13:46,005 Why don't we get that spot in Memphis, huh? 1342 01:13:46,005 --> 01:13:47,798 We could have our own place. 1343 01:13:47,798 --> 01:13:49,675 Baby, I'm not leaving Houston. 1344 01:13:51,010 --> 01:13:53,262 I'll bet she don't do this. 1345 01:13:53,262 --> 01:13:55,222 Wait, wait, hold on. 1346 01:13:55,222 --> 01:13:57,975 Come on, baby. Good-bye don't mean gone, okay? 1347 01:13:57,975 --> 01:13:59,644 I'm not gonna leave my family. 1348 01:13:59,644 --> 01:14:01,646 Okay, baby, okay. 1349 01:14:01,646 --> 01:14:04,106 No need to get sore. 1350 01:14:04,106 --> 01:14:08,861 How about we give me a little more to do in the show, huh? 1351 01:14:08,861 --> 01:14:11,614 - How about a solo? - You just don't stop, do you? 1352 01:14:11,614 --> 01:14:13,991 I'm going up to New York and do some publicity. 1353 01:14:13,991 --> 01:14:15,743 You take a week off and stay here, 1354 01:14:15,743 --> 01:14:18,704 find some material, and when I get back we can talk about it. 1355 01:14:18,704 --> 01:14:21,374 Okay. Okay. 1356 01:14:23,167 --> 01:14:24,752 Okay. 1357 01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:31,592 [Man] Yeah, I like that. 1358 01:14:31,592 --> 01:14:33,135 [Crowd Cheering] 1359 01:14:37,848 --> 01:14:39,308 Mary Ann. 1360 01:14:41,686 --> 01:14:43,521 [Ray] You know what? I dig New York, man. 1361 01:14:43,521 --> 01:14:45,272 It's like everybody here is making their own sound. 1362 01:14:45,272 --> 01:14:47,525 [Jerry] They loved it. Ray, they loved you. 1363 01:14:47,525 --> 01:14:49,360 We're gonna get the cover of Billboard. 1364 01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:52,154 You know what? I want to do a session while I'm here. How about tomorrow? 1365 01:14:52,154 --> 01:14:54,448 - You got the band here? - Yeah, I've got the band. 1366 01:14:54,448 --> 01:14:56,617 - Step down. - Everybody except Mary Ann because I need... 1367 01:14:56,617 --> 01:14:58,119 a different background, you know what I'm saying? 1368 01:14:58,119 --> 01:14:59,787 I've been hearing this thing in my head, 1369 01:14:59,787 --> 01:15:02,873 kind of like a dance... between a man and three women. 1370 01:15:02,873 --> 01:15:04,458 Sounds fun. Can I watch? 1371 01:15:04,458 --> 01:15:06,544 It's a dance of voices, Ahmet. 1372 01:15:06,544 --> 01:15:08,838 What do you have in mind? Like three Mary Anns? 1373 01:15:08,838 --> 01:15:11,048 Oh, no, no, no. That's too smooth, you dig? 1374 01:15:11,048 --> 01:15:14,176 I need something that's more raw. 1375 01:15:14,176 --> 01:15:15,803 The Cookies. What about The Cookies? 1376 01:15:15,803 --> 01:15:17,722 Cookies are sweet. 1377 01:15:17,722 --> 01:15:21,058 ♪ If you don't want, you don't have to ♪ 1378 01:15:21,058 --> 01:15:24,311 ♪ Get in trouble, if you don't want, you don't have to ♪ 1379 01:15:24,311 --> 01:15:25,980 ♪ Get in trouble ♪ 1380 01:15:25,980 --> 01:15:27,857 ♪ If you don't want, you don't have to ♪ 1381 01:15:27,857 --> 01:15:29,608 ♪ Get in trouble ♪ 1382 01:15:29,608 --> 01:15:32,361 ♪ Say, you better leave my woman alone ♪ 1383 01:15:32,361 --> 01:15:34,697 ♪ Well, I know you are a playboy 1384 01:15:36,282 --> 01:15:39,618 ♪ And you've got women all over town ♪ 1385 01:15:39,618 --> 01:15:42,580 ♪ But listen, buddy, if you ever sweet talk my little girl ♪ 1386 01:15:42,580 --> 01:15:46,250 ♪ I'm gonna lay your body down ♪ 1387 01:15:46,250 --> 01:15:48,711 ♪ If you don't want, you don't have to ♪ 1388 01:15:48,711 --> 01:15:50,004 ♪ Get in trouble ♪ 1389 01:15:50,004 --> 01:15:52,381 ♪ If you don't want, oh, yeah ♪ 1390 01:15:52,381 --> 01:15:53,966 ♪ Get in trouble, if you don't want ♪ 1391 01:15:53,966 --> 01:15:55,301 Jesus, he's on fire, huh? 1392 01:15:57,553 --> 01:16:00,222 Maybe we should sign these girls up. 1393 01:16:00,222 --> 01:16:02,224 If I know Ray, we won't get a chance. 1394 01:16:02,224 --> 01:16:03,893 ♪ That woman alone ♪ 1395 01:16:03,893 --> 01:16:05,436 - ♪ You better leave ♪ - and That woman alone ♪ 1396 01:16:05,436 --> 01:16:07,313 - ♪ Better leave ♪ - and That woman alone ♪ 1397 01:16:07,313 --> 01:16:08,856 ♪ My woman alone JJ Woman alone ♪ 1398 01:16:08,856 --> 01:16:10,357 - JIlsaidJ - ♪ Woman alone ♪ 1399 01:16:10,357 --> 01:16:12,026 ♪ You better leave J Woman alone ♪ 1400 01:16:12,026 --> 01:16:15,404 ♪ My I> Woman alone, woman alone 1401 01:16:15,404 --> 01:16:16,906 ♪ Woman J Woman alone ♪ 1402 01:16:16,906 --> 01:16:19,075 ♪ If you don't want, you don't have to ♪ 1403 01:16:19,075 --> 01:16:20,618 ♪ Get in trouble ♪ 1404 01:16:20,618 --> 01:16:22,995 ♪ If you don't want, you don't have to ♪ 1405 01:16:22,995 --> 01:16:24,663 ♪ Get in trouble ♪ 1406 01:16:24,663 --> 01:16:26,457 ♪ If you don't want, you don't have to ♪ 1407 01:16:26,457 --> 01:16:28,209 ♪ Get in trouble ♪ 1408 01:16:28,209 --> 01:16:31,170 ♪ Hey, you better leave my woman alone ♪ 1409 01:16:31,170 --> 01:16:33,547 ♪ My woman alone, my I 1410 01:16:33,547 --> 01:16:37,384 [Harmony] I Woman alone 2 1411 01:16:40,387 --> 01:16:42,765 [Tom] Whoo! It doesn't get any better than that, Ray. 1412 01:16:42,765 --> 01:16:45,476 You know what? I love it. We're gonna put it out just like that. 1413 01:16:45,476 --> 01:16:48,187 You know, I never got a record in one take before. 1414 01:16:48,187 --> 01:16:50,189 You cookies sound sweet. Mm-hmm. 1415 01:16:50,189 --> 01:16:53,109 Well, you know, when it's happening, baby, it just feels right. 1416 01:16:53,109 --> 01:16:55,903 I know what you mean. I got the shivers in this studio. 1417 01:16:55,903 --> 01:16:57,738 That's 'cause they ain't paid the heating bill. 1418 01:16:57,738 --> 01:16:59,573 I have a question for all of you. 1419 01:16:59,615 --> 01:17:02,076 How would you like to go on the road with me? 1420 01:17:02,076 --> 01:17:03,702 [Gasping] 1421 01:17:03,702 --> 01:17:05,871 [Women Squealing] 1422 01:17:05,871 --> 01:17:08,374 Um, um, how much are you gonna pay us? 1423 01:17:08,374 --> 01:17:11,377 - Ahmet takes care of all that. - What, you mean he don't listen to you? 1424 01:17:11,377 --> 01:17:13,420 Yeah, you better know he does. 1425 01:17:13,420 --> 01:17:16,382 Look, don't worry about it. Brother Ray will take care of all of you, honey. 1426 01:17:16,382 --> 01:17:19,593 My mama taught me to take care of myself, honey. 1427 01:17:19,635 --> 01:17:21,303 Is your mother here? 1428 01:17:21,303 --> 01:17:24,223 - No, she's not, but I speak for us. - No, you don't. 1429 01:17:24,223 --> 01:17:28,394 Okay, speak-for-us. How about, uh, $20 a week? 1430 01:17:28,394 --> 01:17:29,979 - Twenty dollars is good. - We'll take 40 each. 1431 01:17:29,979 --> 01:17:31,522 Twenty. [Ray] Forty each? 1432 01:17:31,522 --> 01:17:33,107 - You heard me. - Twenty will do. 1433 01:17:33,107 --> 01:17:35,776 No, no, no, no. How about 25? 1434 01:17:35,776 --> 01:17:38,279 - Twenty-five, we'll take 25. - We'll take 30. 1435 01:17:38,279 --> 01:17:40,531 I better say "yeah" before you talk me out of my drawers. 1436 01:17:40,531 --> 01:17:42,616 [All Squealing] $30 a week! 1437 01:17:42,658 --> 01:17:44,034 Deal? 1438 01:17:44,034 --> 01:17:45,619 Oh, yeah. 1439 01:17:45,661 --> 01:17:47,955 - Oh, Margie, right? - Yeah. 1440 01:17:47,955 --> 01:17:51,792 Look, Margie, from now on, you guys are gonna be called the Raelettes. 1441 01:17:51,792 --> 01:17:55,129 - Raelettes? - Does that mean we have to "let Ray"? 1442 01:17:55,129 --> 01:17:56,755 Oh, Lord, what am I gonna do with you? 1443 01:17:56,755 --> 01:17:58,632 I'm sure you'll think of something. 1444 01:17:58,674 --> 01:18:00,926 [Laughing] Ah, yeah. 1445 01:18:00,926 --> 01:18:03,721 - $30 a week. - We're going to be Raelettes. 1446 01:18:05,973 --> 01:18:10,060 [Piano: "Moonlight Sonata"] 1447 01:18:10,060 --> 01:18:13,105 [Woman] It's hot here. It's nothing like Jersey. 1448 01:18:13,105 --> 01:18:15,524 [Women Chattering] 1449 01:18:15,524 --> 01:18:17,318 [Woman she's got on a sweater. 1450 01:18:17,318 --> 01:18:19,486 [Woman need some strong deodorant. 1451 01:18:19,486 --> 01:18:23,824 - [All Laughing] - You know what I'm talkin' about! 1452 01:18:23,824 --> 01:18:26,827 [Margie] Ethel, go over there and talk to her. 1453 01:18:26,827 --> 01:18:29,496 [Ethel] Oh, gosh. [Jeff] Fathead, come on. You're on the clock. 1454 01:18:29,496 --> 01:18:31,290 Bob, you're late. [Fathead] We're two minutes late. 1455 01:18:31,290 --> 01:18:34,084 [Bangs Piano] All right, hold on, Jeff. 1456 01:18:34,084 --> 01:18:36,462 Listen up. From now on, we're going to sing four-part harmony. 1457 01:18:36,462 --> 01:18:39,465 Ethel, I want you to sing alto. 1458 01:18:39,465 --> 01:18:41,383 Margie, I want you to sing tenor. 1459 01:18:41,383 --> 01:18:44,178 Pat, soprano, and Mary Ann, bass. 1460 01:18:44,178 --> 01:18:45,888 I ain't no bass. I'm a soprano. 1461 01:18:45,888 --> 01:18:47,681 I'll sing bass. 1462 01:18:47,681 --> 01:18:50,893 I mean, where we come from, we can sing anything. - Mm-hmm. 1463 01:18:50,893 --> 01:18:53,312 We're talking about singing, sugar, not hog calling. 1464 01:18:53,312 --> 01:18:54,480 [Margie] What? 1465 01:18:54,480 --> 01:18:55,481 - Oh, that's cold. - Ooh. 1466 01:18:55,481 --> 01:18:57,608 Who you calling a hog? 1467 01:18:57,608 --> 01:18:59,693 Well, if the corncob fits. 1468 01:18:59,693 --> 01:19:02,488 - You better shut your mouth. - Wait a minute, stop now. 1469 01:19:02,488 --> 01:19:06,075 Hey, hey, hey! What is all the cackling for? 1470 01:19:06,075 --> 01:19:08,953 Mary Ann, sweetheart, I wrote something special for you. 1471 01:19:08,953 --> 01:19:11,622 - It's a solo. - A solo? 1472 01:19:11,622 --> 01:19:13,624 Yeah, come on down here and let me play it for you. 1473 01:19:30,015 --> 01:19:32,935 [Harmonizing] ♪ What kind of man are you? ♪ 1474 01:19:32,935 --> 01:19:35,562 ♪ OhJ 1475 01:19:35,562 --> 01:19:39,650 ♪ Why do I love you so? ♪ 1476 01:19:39,650 --> 01:19:42,653 ♪ What kind of man are you? ♪ 1477 01:19:42,653 --> 01:19:45,322 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 1478 01:19:45,322 --> 01:19:47,866 ♪ When you love me no more ♪ 1479 01:19:47,866 --> 01:19:49,535 - Hey, Ethel. - What? 1480 01:19:49,535 --> 01:19:51,745 Ethel, come here and see this new piano Ray got. 1481 01:19:51,745 --> 01:19:54,164 - Come on, Mary Ann. - It's called a Wurlitzer. 1482 01:19:54,164 --> 01:19:56,667 - A what? - You gotta see this thing. It's out of sight. 1483 01:19:56,667 --> 01:19:58,752 This thing is out of sight, man. 1484 01:20:01,171 --> 01:20:04,883 Baby, I got your drink here for you. 1485 01:20:09,305 --> 01:20:13,976 - Don't play that. - Oh, she wants me to play something else. 1486 01:20:13,976 --> 01:20:15,894 [All Laughing] [Margie] Anything else. 1487 01:20:17,563 --> 01:20:19,315 Yeah. 1488 01:20:19,315 --> 01:20:22,401 ♪ What kind of man are you? ♪ 1489 01:20:22,401 --> 01:20:24,945 JI 1490 01:20:24,945 --> 01:20:29,366 ♪ I just can't satisfy ♪ 1491 01:20:29,366 --> 01:20:32,369 ♪ What kind of man are you? ♪ 1492 01:20:32,369 --> 01:20:34,538 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 1493 01:20:34,538 --> 01:20:38,167 ♪ No matter how I try ♪ 1494 01:20:38,167 --> 01:20:40,336 Oh. 1495 01:20:40,336 --> 01:20:42,338 [Men Cheering] 1496 01:20:42,338 --> 01:20:44,923 We got some elbow room, gentlemen. 1497 01:20:44,923 --> 01:20:47,760 Now this is a car. This is a car. 1498 01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:50,804 Uh, uh, uh. 1499 01:20:50,846 --> 01:20:53,015 It looks like a damn weenie mobile. 1500 01:20:53,015 --> 01:20:56,226 [Laughing, Chattering] 1501 01:20:56,226 --> 01:20:59,355 [Jeff] It's two-toned, Ray. Red and white. 1502 01:20:59,355 --> 01:21:01,899 Oh, lookee here. 1503 01:21:01,899 --> 01:21:03,692 [Jeff] Come on. Let's take it for a spin. 1504 01:21:03,692 --> 01:21:06,487 [Ray] Since I'm the boss, you've got to let me drive. 1505 01:21:07,946 --> 01:21:10,032 - Don't hit nothing, Ray. - All right. 1506 01:21:10,032 --> 01:21:12,534 ♪ What kind of man are you? ♪ 1507 01:21:12,534 --> 01:21:14,578 Mmm ♪ 1508 01:21:14,578 --> 01:21:18,248 ♪ I'm always left alone ♪ 1509 01:21:20,209 --> 01:21:22,503 - Ooh! Are you okay? - Yeah. 1510 01:21:22,503 --> 01:21:25,172 - What room are you in? - 69. 1511 01:21:25,172 --> 01:21:27,549 You are so nasty. 1512 01:21:27,549 --> 01:21:29,134 That's what I love about you. 1513 01:21:29,134 --> 01:21:30,928 No, seriously, what room are you in? 1514 01:21:30,928 --> 01:21:33,138 I... I'm in 626. 1515 01:21:33,138 --> 01:21:35,641 - [Margie] 624. - Yeah. 1516 01:21:35,641 --> 01:21:37,768 Baby, I can't wait to get into your room. 1517 01:21:37,768 --> 01:21:40,938 [Both Chattering] 1518 01:21:40,938 --> 01:21:42,856 This is 626 right here. 1519 01:21:42,856 --> 01:21:44,566 All right, where's the key? 1520 01:21:44,566 --> 01:21:46,693 - You gotta go get the key. - I've gotta find it. 1521 01:21:46,693 --> 01:21:48,320 - Oh, yeah. - Is that it? 1522 01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:50,030 [Chuckles] It might be. 1523 01:21:51,865 --> 01:21:55,035 I'm not gonna unbuckle your pants yet, baby. Let's get you in. 1524 01:21:55,035 --> 01:22:01,041 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 1525 01:22:02,668 --> 01:22:04,461 [Audience Cheering] 1526 01:22:04,461 --> 01:22:07,423 [Ray] Miss Mary Ann Fisher, ladies and gentlemen. 1527 01:22:11,385 --> 01:22:13,470 [Fathead] Wait till you see what I got in the goody bag. 1528 01:22:13,470 --> 01:22:16,056 - Goody bag? - Gonna fly you to the moon, baby. 1529 01:22:16,056 --> 01:22:19,435 Let me get your hand, Ray. Right, there are three. 1530 01:22:19,435 --> 01:22:21,478 All right. That's for you. 1531 01:22:21,478 --> 01:22:24,273 I thought you was my friend, Fathead. The weight is off. 1532 01:22:24,273 --> 01:22:27,401 Don't start with me, Ray. The weight is off. 1533 01:22:27,401 --> 01:22:30,404 It ain't off. When you get high, man, and you try to cop, 1534 01:22:30,404 --> 01:22:32,406 those dealers spank your ass. 1535 01:22:32,406 --> 01:22:33,907 You gotta have more discipline. 1536 01:22:33,907 --> 01:22:36,285 You know what, man? 1537 01:22:36,285 --> 01:22:38,245 I ain't messing up my high tonight, 1538 01:22:38,245 --> 01:22:40,581 sitting here with you arguing about nothing. 1539 01:22:41,748 --> 01:22:44,334 [Indistinct] 1540 01:22:44,334 --> 01:22:46,086 Fathead, just tie me off. 1541 01:22:46,086 --> 01:22:48,255 Come on, Fathead. Fat. 1542 01:22:49,631 --> 01:22:51,341 Take care of your bad self. 1543 01:22:51,341 --> 01:22:52,801 You know so damn much. 1544 01:22:54,178 --> 01:22:57,181 - Later, Margie. - Bye, Fathead. 1545 01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:01,727 Damn. 1546 01:23:05,230 --> 01:23:07,399 [Bottles Clinking] 1547 01:23:07,399 --> 01:23:09,359 Ain't nothing free in this world but Jesus. 1548 01:23:15,699 --> 01:23:19,119 - Margie. - Yeah, what do you want? 1549 01:23:19,119 --> 01:23:22,748 Do me a favor, sweetheart, and pick that up for me. 1550 01:23:22,748 --> 01:23:24,625 You're gonna have to get me off. 1551 01:23:27,461 --> 01:23:29,838 I'll do it if you let me try some. 1552 01:23:29,838 --> 01:23:31,965 [Chuckles] This ain't for no little girls. 1553 01:23:32,007 --> 01:23:35,677 - I ain't no little girl. - I understand that. 1554 01:23:35,677 --> 01:23:39,848 It's just that this stuff will take you places that you don't want to go. 1555 01:23:39,848 --> 01:23:43,268 - See, I wanna share that with you. - Listen to me. 1556 01:23:43,268 --> 01:23:47,064 If I ever hear about you doing some drugs, you're through, you hear me? 1557 01:23:47,064 --> 01:23:50,150 You believe that more than you believe in Jesus. 1558 01:23:50,150 --> 01:23:54,613 Don't say that, Ray. 1559 01:23:54,613 --> 01:23:59,743 Ray, Ray, I watch your show every single night. 1560 01:23:59,743 --> 01:24:02,204 And every night is new to me, 1561 01:24:02,204 --> 01:24:04,540 maybe because it's new to you. 1562 01:24:04,540 --> 01:24:08,126 It's like you live every single word. 1563 01:24:08,126 --> 01:24:11,672 And then you bend some crazy note and... 1564 01:24:11,672 --> 01:24:13,298 [Sighing] 1565 01:24:13,298 --> 01:24:15,425 Damn, if you don't break my heart. 1566 01:24:15,425 --> 01:24:18,178 You got genius, baby. 1567 01:24:18,178 --> 01:24:23,183 I just wanna be a part of that. 1568 01:24:23,183 --> 01:24:24,685 [Ray] ♪ You know the nighttime, darling ♪ 1569 01:24:24,685 --> 01:24:26,228 [Raelettes]; Night and day ♪ 1570 01:24:26,228 --> 01:24:27,771 ♪ Is the right time ♪ 1571 01:24:27,771 --> 01:24:29,439 ♪ Night and day ♪ 1572 01:24:29,439 --> 01:24:32,359 ♪ To be 2 Night and day ♪ 1573 01:24:32,359 --> 01:24:34,987 ♪ With the one you love ♪ ♪ Night and day ♪ 1574 01:24:34,987 --> 01:24:36,989 ♪ Whoa, whoa, baby ♪ 1575 01:24:36,989 --> 01:24:38,365 ♪ Night and day ♪ 1576 01:24:38,365 --> 01:24:39,992 ♪ When I come home, baby, now ♪ 1577 01:24:39,992 --> 01:24:41,201 ♪ Night and day ♪ 1578 01:24:41,201 --> 01:24:43,579 ♪ I want you to hold my hand ♪ 1579 01:24:43,579 --> 01:24:45,998 - and Night and day ♪ - ♪ Yeah, tight as you can ♪ 1580 01:24:45,998 --> 01:24:47,749 ♪ Night and day ♪ 1581 01:24:47,749 --> 01:24:50,752 ♪ I know the nighttime ♪ ♪ Night and day ♪ 1582 01:24:50,752 --> 01:24:53,380 ♪ Oh, is the right time ♪ ♪ Night and day ♪ 1583 01:24:53,380 --> 01:24:56,341 ♪ To be with the one you love now JJ Night and day ♪ 1584 01:24:56,341 --> 01:24:58,594 ♪ You know what I'm thinking of I 1585 01:24:58,594 --> 01:24:59,928 ♪ Night and day ♪ Whoa, sing your song, Margie ♪ 1586 01:24:59,928 --> 01:25:01,638 ♪ Baby ♪ 1587 01:25:01,638 --> 01:25:04,766 ♪ Night and day JJ Baby 1588 01:25:04,766 --> 01:25:06,435 ♪ Night and day ♪ 1589 01:25:06,435 --> 01:25:09,229 ♪ Baby JJ Night and day ♪ 1590 01:25:09,229 --> 01:25:12,357 ♪ Oh, baby IJ Night and day ♪ 1591 01:25:12,357 --> 01:25:14,276 ♪ Do I love you? I 1592 01:25:14,276 --> 01:25:17,070 - ♪ Night and day ♪ - and No one above you ♪ 1593 01:25:17,112 --> 01:25:18,822 ♪ Night and day ♪ 1594 01:25:18,822 --> 01:25:20,490 ♪ Hold me tight ♪ 1595 01:25:20,490 --> 01:25:22,492 Look at him. Look at his knees shaking. 1596 01:25:22,492 --> 01:25:24,286 He's got that junkie itch. 1597 01:25:24,286 --> 01:25:25,871 ♪ Because the nighttime ♪ 1598 01:25:25,871 --> 01:25:27,664 He's totally hooked. 1599 01:25:27,664 --> 01:25:29,958 ♪ Oh, is the right time ♪ 1600 01:25:29,958 --> 01:25:32,085 Yeah, but listen to that sound. He's brilliant. 1601 01:25:32,085 --> 01:25:34,212 You can never trust a junkie, man. 1602 01:25:34,212 --> 01:25:36,882 What do you want me to do? Listen to him, man. 1603 01:25:36,882 --> 01:25:39,676 ♪ I said, baby JJ Night and day ♪ 1604 01:25:39,676 --> 01:25:41,803 ♪ Baby ♪ 1605 01:25:41,803 --> 01:25:44,473 ♪ Night and day JJ Baby 1606 01:25:44,473 --> 01:25:46,058 ♪ Night and day ♪ 1607 01:25:46,058 --> 01:25:47,643 ♪ Whoa, baby, now ♪ 1608 01:25:47,643 --> 01:25:49,269 ♪ Night and day ♪ 1609 01:25:49,269 --> 01:25:52,105 - Happy birthday! - Happy birthday, Ray. 1610 01:25:52,147 --> 01:25:54,191 You know what to do. 1611 01:25:54,191 --> 01:25:55,359 Take a deep breath. 1612 01:25:55,359 --> 01:25:57,110 Go ahead. 1613 01:25:57,152 --> 01:25:59,112 [All Cheering] 1614 01:25:59,154 --> 01:26:02,032 - Did he blow them out? - Every single one. 1615 01:26:02,032 --> 01:26:04,826 ♪ I know the nighttime ♪ ♪ Night and day ♪ 1616 01:26:04,826 --> 01:26:08,038 ♪ Oh, every day is the right time JJ Night and day 1617 01:26:08,038 --> 01:26:10,999 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah IJ Night and day ♪ 1618 01:26:10,999 --> 01:26:13,585 - 8 [Vocalizing] - and Night and day ♪ 1619 01:26:13,585 --> 01:26:18,548 - and Yeah, yeah 2 - [Crowd Cheering] 1620 01:26:18,548 --> 01:26:20,884 You know what? I want to thank you so very much. 1621 01:26:20,884 --> 01:26:24,262 Another round of applause for Miss Margie Hendricks. 1622 01:26:24,262 --> 01:26:25,931 - Thank you. - The beautiful Margie, yeah. 1623 01:26:25,931 --> 01:26:28,141 And thank you so much and good night. 1624 01:26:30,394 --> 01:26:32,396 - Do you see what time it is? - What's the problem? 1625 01:26:32,396 --> 01:26:34,940 The problem is I have a contract. That's the problem. 1626 01:26:34,940 --> 01:26:38,443 Ray? Ray, you still got 20 minutes left. 1627 01:26:38,443 --> 01:26:40,112 [Ray] What do you want me to do? 1628 01:26:40,112 --> 01:26:42,114 That fool's gonna hold us to every second in the contract. 1629 01:26:42,114 --> 01:26:44,825 Go babysit him. I'll take care of it. Okay. 1630 01:26:44,825 --> 01:26:45,742 It's okay. 1631 01:26:45,784 --> 01:26:48,578 They're saying we've got a little bit more work to do. 1632 01:26:48,578 --> 01:26:50,622 That was the last song in the book, Ray. 1633 01:26:50,622 --> 01:26:52,708 You know, Fathead, it ain't never the last song. 1634 01:26:52,708 --> 01:26:56,753 Now, band, follow me. Do what I do, say what I say. This is how we're gonna do it. 1635 01:26:56,753 --> 01:26:59,965 ♪ [Intro: "What Did I Say" 1636 01:27:04,886 --> 01:27:06,263 [Man] That'll work. 1637 01:27:10,350 --> 01:27:12,602 [Rhythmic Clapping] 1638 01:27:31,455 --> 01:27:34,291 ♪ Hey, Mama, don't you treat me wrong ♪ 1639 01:27:34,291 --> 01:27:38,128 ♪ Come and love your daddy all night long, yeah ♪ 1640 01:27:38,128 --> 01:27:40,589 ♪ Baby, it's all right now ♪ 1641 01:27:40,589 --> 01:27:42,090 ♪ Oh, it's all right ♪ 1642 01:27:42,090 --> 01:27:44,551 ♪ Hey, hey, hey, yeah ♪ 1643 01:27:47,345 --> 01:27:49,431 ♪ See the girl with the diamond ring? ♪ 1644 01:27:49,431 --> 01:27:51,933 ♪ She knows how to shake that thing ♪ 1645 01:27:51,933 --> 01:27:53,977 ♪ Now, now, yeah ♪ 1646 01:27:53,977 --> 01:27:55,687 ♪ She's all right ♪ 1647 01:27:55,687 --> 01:27:57,981 ♪ Oh, it's all right ♪ 1648 01:27:57,981 --> 01:28:00,233 ♪ Hey, hey, hey, yeah ♪ 1649 01:28:00,275 --> 01:28:02,611 Can you play it one time for me, son? 1650 01:28:08,867 --> 01:28:11,578 That's what I'm talking about now. 1651 01:28:11,578 --> 01:28:13,830 Hold on, baby. 1652 01:28:17,459 --> 01:28:20,962 ♪ You gonna tell your mama, tell your pa ♪ 1653 01:28:20,962 --> 01:28:22,881 - ♪ Gonna send you back to Arkansas ♪ - Bop, bop, bop. 1654 01:28:22,881 --> 01:28:24,424 ♪ Mama ♪ 1655 01:28:24,424 --> 01:28:26,218 ♪ Mama, they don't do right ♪ 1656 01:28:26,218 --> 01:28:29,304 ♪ Hey, don't do right 1657 01:28:30,472 --> 01:28:33,475 ♪ Aw, what'd I say? ♪ 1658 01:28:34,893 --> 01:28:37,270 ♪ Tell me what'd I say ♪ 1659 01:28:37,312 --> 01:28:39,439 ♪ Tell me what'd I say ♪ 1660 01:28:39,439 --> 01:28:41,817 Where can I get that record from? 1661 01:28:41,817 --> 01:28:43,735 I don't know. It doesn't exist yet. 1662 01:28:43,735 --> 01:28:45,403 I'll tell Ray he should record it. 1663 01:28:45,403 --> 01:28:47,656 ♪ And I want to know ♪ 1664 01:28:48,782 --> 01:28:51,117 Mmm ♪ 1665 01:28:51,117 --> 01:28:54,079 ♪ OhJ 1666 01:28:54,079 --> 01:28:55,372 - S Mmm ♪ - S Mmm ♪ 1667 01:28:55,372 --> 01:28:56,748 - §Oh/J - >Oh ♪ 1668 01:28:56,748 --> 01:28:58,250 - andS Mmm, oh ♪ - andS Mmm, oh ♪ 1669 01:28:58,250 --> 01:29:01,044 - and Oh, it's all right ♪ - ♪ Baby, it's all right ♪ 1670 01:29:01,044 --> 01:29:03,672 - and Yeah, now, it's all right ♪ - ♪ Baby, it's all right ♪ 1671 01:29:03,672 --> 01:29:06,258 - and Oh, it's all right ♪ - ♪ Baby, it's all right ♪ 1672 01:29:06,258 --> 01:29:08,802 - and Mama, it's all right ♪ - ♪ Baby, it's all right ♪ 1673 01:29:08,802 --> 01:29:11,513 - ♪ Oh, it's all right now ♪ - ♪ Baby, it's all right ♪ 1674 01:29:11,513 --> 01:29:13,598 - ♪ It's all right now ♪ - I Baby, it's all right ♪ 1675 01:29:14,724 --> 01:29:16,226 Ss Mmm ♪ - Yeah, that's it. 1676 01:29:16,226 --> 01:29:18,061 Ss Mmm ♪ 1677 01:29:18,061 --> 01:29:20,021 ♪ OhbMy Oh 1678 01:29:20,021 --> 01:29:23,191 ♪ Huh, huh 2 Huh, huh 28 1679 01:29:23,191 --> 01:29:26,236 I'm telling you. That is out of sight. That's a hit. 1680 01:29:26,236 --> 01:29:28,113 It's fantastic, Ray. 1681 01:29:28,113 --> 01:29:31,283 But what the hell are we going to do with this? It's too damn long. 1682 01:29:31,283 --> 01:29:33,159 Every night we play this, we bring the house down. 1683 01:29:33,159 --> 01:29:34,661 I'm telling you. It's guaranteed. 1684 01:29:34,661 --> 01:29:36,746 Tom, cut the playback. 1685 01:29:36,746 --> 01:29:39,082 Come on out here. 1686 01:29:39,082 --> 01:29:40,876 ♪ [Stops] 1687 01:29:40,876 --> 01:29:42,711 You know what, Ray? You're probably right. 1688 01:29:42,711 --> 01:29:45,046 I'm sure you're right. I've never heard a sound like this before. 1689 01:29:45,046 --> 01:29:46,965 But how the hell are we going to market this? 1690 01:29:46,965 --> 01:29:49,551 We could cut the second verse. Pop back into the chorus. 1691 01:29:49,551 --> 01:29:52,345 You cut that, I'll cut you in half. 1692 01:29:52,345 --> 01:29:54,723 All right, all right, Ray. 1693 01:29:54,723 --> 01:29:57,517 We could, uh, split it up. 1694 01:29:57,517 --> 01:30:00,061 Do a side-A, side-B type of thing. 1695 01:30:00,061 --> 01:30:01,980 It's been done before. What the hell, right? 1696 01:30:02,022 --> 01:30:02,647 Yeah. 1697 01:30:04,441 --> 01:30:06,359 It's sexual. 1698 01:30:06,359 --> 01:30:09,279 - It's just too damn sexual for kids. - Let's do it. 1699 01:30:09,279 --> 01:30:12,324 Yeah, baby. That's why I love y'all, man. 1700 01:30:12,324 --> 01:30:13,700 [Jerry] What the hell. It's Atlantic, right? 1701 01:30:13,700 --> 01:30:15,368 Atlantic. 1702 01:30:15,410 --> 01:30:17,662 We'll release it in summer. There's less censorship. 1703 01:30:17,662 --> 01:30:20,457 When school's out, the kids are ready to kick loose. Let's boogaloo. 1704 01:30:20,457 --> 01:30:21,625 [Ray] Okay. 1705 01:30:23,543 --> 01:30:27,047 Tom, let's see if we can cut this pumpkin in two. 1706 01:30:27,047 --> 01:30:29,299 Show me what your genius is all about. 1707 01:30:29,299 --> 01:30:31,301 You got it, boss. 1708 01:30:31,301 --> 01:30:34,679 Yeah, put one on side A, then put another one on side B. 1709 01:30:34,679 --> 01:30:36,932 - That sounds out of sight. - How you feeling, Ray? 1710 01:30:36,932 --> 01:30:38,725 I feel groovy, baby. 1711 01:30:38,725 --> 01:30:41,394 - I'm talking about the junk. - What? 1712 01:30:41,394 --> 01:30:44,272 It's starting to show. 1713 01:30:44,272 --> 01:30:46,816 You're scratching all the time. You can't sit still. 1714 01:30:46,816 --> 01:30:50,070 Hey, man, have I ever missed a date? 1715 01:30:50,070 --> 01:30:52,072 No, you never have. 1716 01:30:52,072 --> 01:30:54,282 Who's the one that delivers a record on one take, huh? 1717 01:30:54,282 --> 01:30:56,618 Ray, you deliver better than anybody I know, 1718 01:30:56,618 --> 01:30:58,787 but I'm not talking to you as a businessman. 1719 01:30:58,787 --> 01:31:01,539 Now, come on. Listen to me. 1720 01:31:01,539 --> 01:31:04,501 I'm worried about you. 1721 01:31:04,501 --> 01:31:06,169 Now, as a friend, 1722 01:31:06,169 --> 01:31:07,879 I'm telling you, man... Your slip is hanging. 1723 01:31:07,879 --> 01:31:10,757 [Chuckles] Your slip is hanging. 1724 01:31:10,757 --> 01:31:13,969 You've been hanging out with us country boys too much, man. 1725 01:31:13,969 --> 01:31:15,595 Look, don't worry about this, man. 1726 01:31:15,595 --> 01:31:17,430 If this monkey gets too heavy on my back, 1727 01:31:17,472 --> 01:31:19,891 I will get an organ-grinder, man, and put him to work. 1728 01:31:21,768 --> 01:31:24,229 ♪ Say it one more time ♪ ♪ Just one more time ♪ 1729 01:31:24,229 --> 01:31:26,272 ♪ Say it one more time ♪ Just one more time ♪ 1730 01:31:26,272 --> 01:31:28,233 He's off the Chitlin' Circuit. DownBeat just voted him... 1731 01:31:28,233 --> 01:31:31,027 best male jazz vocalist by a two-to-one margin. 1732 01:31:31,027 --> 01:31:32,612 Well, if you want to keep him in Philadelphia, 1733 01:31:32,612 --> 01:31:34,155 you're gonna find him a bigger venue. 1734 01:31:34,155 --> 01:31:35,907 ♪ Mmm; Mmm ¢ 1735 01:31:35,907 --> 01:31:38,410 ♪ OhbMy Oh 1736 01:31:38,410 --> 01:31:39,911 ♪ Huh and Huh ♪ 1737 01:31:39,911 --> 01:31:41,204 ♪ OhbMy Oh 1738 01:31:41,204 --> 01:31:42,914 ♪ Huh, huh ♪> Huh, huh ♪ 1739 01:31:42,914 --> 01:31:45,417 ♪ Oh, make me feel so good ♪ Make me feel so good 1740 01:31:45,417 --> 01:31:48,294 - "What'd I Say." ♪ Make me feel so good now, yeah 1741 01:31:48,294 --> 01:31:51,089 ♪ Whoa, baby ♪ ♪ Make me feel so good ♪ 1742 01:31:51,089 --> 01:31:52,924 ♪ Make me feel so good, yeah ♪ 1743 01:31:52,924 --> 01:31:57,220 Forget second billing. Ray Charles headlines at 1,000 per or no deal. 1744 01:31:57,220 --> 01:31:59,222 ♪ Make me feel so good, yeah ♪ ♪ Make me feel so good ♪ 1745 01:31:59,222 --> 01:32:00,432 Terrific. 1746 01:32:00,432 --> 01:32:03,351 ♪ Mmm; Mmm ¢ 1747 01:32:03,351 --> 01:32:05,645 ♪ OhbMy Oh 1748 01:32:05,645 --> 01:32:07,105 ♪ Huh and Huh ♪ 1749 01:32:07,105 --> 01:32:08,565 ♪ OhbMy Oh 1750 01:32:08,565 --> 01:32:10,233 ♪ Huh, Huh and 1751 01:32:10,233 --> 01:32:13,403 ♪ Oh, it's all right ♪ Baby, it's all right ♪ 1752 01:32:13,403 --> 01:32:16,072 ♪ Said it's all right now ♪ ♪ Baby, it's all right ♪ 1753 01:32:16,072 --> 01:32:19,367 ♪ Said it's all right ♪ ♪ Baby, it's all right ♪ 1754 01:32:19,367 --> 01:32:21,411 [Bea] Ray, I'm having second thoughts about this. 1755 01:32:21,411 --> 01:32:23,204 I don't know nobody in L.A. 1756 01:32:23,204 --> 01:32:26,082 [Ray]Look, Bea, I don't want my kids growing up in the South now. 1757 01:32:26,082 --> 01:32:29,961 L.A. is where, you know, a Negro can spread his wings and fly. 1758 01:32:31,379 --> 01:32:33,631 [Bea] Ray, my whole family is in Texas. 1759 01:32:33,631 --> 01:32:35,884 [Ray] That's why we're moving to L.A. 1760 01:32:35,884 --> 01:32:37,761 I'll tell you what, Jeff. Tell the boys... 1761 01:32:37,761 --> 01:32:39,846 they can go ahead and start their vacation right now. 1762 01:32:39,846 --> 01:32:42,098 [Jeff] All right, boss, once I get you inside. 1763 01:32:44,100 --> 01:32:45,810 ♪ [Ends] 1764 01:32:45,810 --> 01:32:48,063 [Bea] Look at that huge coconut tree. 1765 01:32:48,063 --> 01:32:50,607 That ain't no coconut tree. Those are palm trees. 1766 01:32:50,607 --> 01:32:52,650 - There's thousands of them. - Palm trees, yeah. 1767 01:32:52,650 --> 01:32:55,862 - Okay. - And here's the keys to your life, brand-new life. 1768 01:32:58,448 --> 01:33:00,533 Oh, Ray. 1769 01:33:03,453 --> 01:33:05,914 Ray, this is too much. 1770 01:33:05,914 --> 01:33:07,832 Have you seen the dining room? 1771 01:33:10,877 --> 01:33:13,004 [Laughs] But, baby, it's October. 1772 01:33:13,004 --> 01:33:14,631 You know what, I wanted to celebrate early... 1773 01:33:14,631 --> 01:33:17,592 because the band is going to be playing during the holidays. 1774 01:33:19,761 --> 01:33:22,347 - [Bea] You are unbelievable. - Look at your presents. 1775 01:33:22,347 --> 01:33:25,475 Baby, look at what Santa brought you. You must have been good. 1776 01:33:25,475 --> 01:33:28,103 - Go ahead. - Christmas is early, baby. 1777 01:33:28,103 --> 01:33:29,854 Go get it. What's he taking? 1778 01:33:29,854 --> 01:33:31,731 - Guitar. - He's gonna be a musician just like his daddy. 1779 01:33:31,731 --> 01:33:34,651 [Bea] Can you play? [Phone Rings] 1780 01:33:34,651 --> 01:33:35,860 [Jeff] Hello? 1781 01:33:38,363 --> 01:33:40,323 How'd you get this number? 1782 01:33:40,323 --> 01:33:42,742 How do you think I got it? 1783 01:33:42,742 --> 01:33:44,494 Put Ray on the phone. 1784 01:33:44,494 --> 01:33:46,162 [Bea] It's a mitt. 1785 01:33:46,162 --> 01:33:48,581 Ray, telephone. [Ray] Like Willie Mays. 1786 01:33:48,581 --> 01:33:50,500 Deal with it, man. 1787 01:33:50,500 --> 01:33:53,878 Ray, it's important. Telephone. 1788 01:33:53,878 --> 01:33:55,380 I'll be right back. All right. 1789 01:33:56,506 --> 01:33:58,550 Who is it? 1790 01:33:58,550 --> 01:34:00,593 It's Margie, man. 1791 01:34:04,305 --> 01:34:07,350 Junior, come help your mama change your brother's diaper. 1792 01:34:07,350 --> 01:34:10,353 I don't want to go. I want to stay and open my presents. 1793 01:34:10,395 --> 01:34:11,396 Come on. 1794 01:34:11,396 --> 01:34:13,898 - I don't want to. - I don't care. Don't make me tell you twice. 1795 01:34:13,898 --> 01:34:15,233 Hello. 1796 01:34:15,233 --> 01:34:17,527 Hey, baby, surprise. 1797 01:34:17,527 --> 01:34:19,821 I came to L.A. to surprise you. 1798 01:34:19,821 --> 01:34:22,740 Surprise me? Are you out your mind? I'm with my wife and kids. 1799 01:34:22,740 --> 01:34:25,285 Well, on the road, I'm Mrs. Ray Charles. 1800 01:34:25,285 --> 01:34:28,204 - That's on the road. - Yeah, but, baby, come on. 1801 01:34:28,204 --> 01:34:30,290 I've got everything set up for us. 1802 01:34:30,290 --> 01:34:32,375 Didn't you hear what I just said to you, huh? 1803 01:34:32,375 --> 01:34:35,837 Wait a minute, baby. Look, I got a bottle of Bols... - Shut up. 1804 01:34:35,837 --> 01:34:38,923 Listen, we record in two weeks, okay? I'll see you then. 1805 01:34:38,923 --> 01:34:39,924 - Wait a minute, Ray. - Bye. 1806 01:34:41,092 --> 01:34:42,427 Ray! 1807 01:34:45,221 --> 01:34:47,140 [Ray] I One of these days I 1808 01:34:47,140 --> 01:34:49,392 ♪ And it won't be long 1809 01:34:51,519 --> 01:34:54,314 ♪ You gonna look for me I 1810 01:34:54,314 --> 01:34:57,150 ♪ And I'll be gone I 1811 01:34:57,150 --> 01:34:58,902 ♪ Lord, I believe ♪ 1812 01:34:58,902 --> 01:35:01,321 [Raelettes] ♪ I believe ♪ 1813 01:35:01,321 --> 01:35:03,573 ♪ Yes, I believe ♪ - Oh. 1814 01:35:03,573 --> 01:35:05,450 ♪ I say, I believe right now 1815 01:35:05,450 --> 01:35:07,744 ♪ I believe ♪ 1816 01:35:07,744 --> 01:35:10,496 ♪ Yes, I believe ♪ 1817 01:35:10,496 --> 01:35:16,461 ♪ Well, I believe in my soul now ♪ 1818 01:35:16,461 --> 01:35:19,130 ♪ You're trying to make a fool of me ♪ 1819 01:35:19,130 --> 01:35:22,967 ♪ I believe it I believe it and8 1820 01:35:22,967 --> 01:35:25,511 Hold, hold, hold. Wait, wait, cut, cut, cut. 1821 01:35:25,511 --> 01:35:27,138 Now, y'all know that sounds off. 1822 01:35:27,138 --> 01:35:29,057 You know what? The three-part harmony is off. 1823 01:35:29,057 --> 01:35:31,643 Let's start it all over again from the top with the band. 1824 01:35:33,603 --> 01:35:37,273 [Vocals Only] I I believe it I believe it ♪ 1825 01:35:37,273 --> 01:35:39,692 Whoa, partner. What was that? 1826 01:35:39,692 --> 01:35:41,527 I knew you'd like that, Ray. It's an eight-track. 1827 01:35:41,527 --> 01:35:44,113 We just got it. We can record each part separately. 1828 01:35:44,113 --> 01:35:47,075 Whoa, Nellie. I can't wait to see that. 1829 01:35:47,075 --> 01:35:49,619 [Laughing] What's so funny? 1830 01:35:49,619 --> 01:35:51,120 Nothing, partner. 1831 01:35:52,372 --> 01:35:53,748 Margie's drunk. Jeff? 1832 01:35:55,166 --> 01:35:57,168 Why don't you go home and sleep it off? 1833 01:35:57,168 --> 01:35:59,379 Margie, come on. Let me take you home. 1834 01:35:59,379 --> 01:36:01,256 No, I'll leave when I'm good and goddamn ready. 1835 01:36:01,256 --> 01:36:03,091 She's good and goddamn ready right now. 1836 01:36:03,091 --> 01:36:05,301 Why don't you make me leave then, sucker? 1837 01:36:05,301 --> 01:36:07,971 Teach you to treat me like some piece of meat. 1838 01:36:07,971 --> 01:36:10,056 No, I ain't shuttin' up, Pat. 1839 01:36:10,056 --> 01:36:12,308 - Should we get in there? - No. 1840 01:36:12,308 --> 01:36:14,519 He's gonna have to make me leave if he wants me to go. 1841 01:36:14,519 --> 01:36:17,689 You ain't got to shut up. Jeff, get all of them out of here. 1842 01:36:17,689 --> 01:36:19,691 - Every one of 'em out. - See, you're a cold-ass bastard. 1843 01:36:19,691 --> 01:36:23,152 No, let go of me, Jeff. You're a cold-ass bastard, Ray. 1844 01:36:23,152 --> 01:36:26,531 See, he wouldn't even spit on me if my ass was on fire. 1845 01:36:26,531 --> 01:36:28,491 - Damn right I wouldn't. - Put me down, Jeff. 1846 01:36:28,491 --> 01:36:30,034 Put me down, damn it! 1847 01:36:30,034 --> 01:36:31,661 You dropped your shoe. 1848 01:36:31,661 --> 01:36:33,496 [Band Laughing] 1849 01:36:33,496 --> 01:36:35,999 All right, come on. Let's get back to work. 1850 01:36:35,999 --> 01:36:37,750 Tom, this is what I want you to do. 1851 01:36:37,750 --> 01:36:40,503 We're gonna lay my vocals down and finish the harmony parts. 1852 01:36:40,503 --> 01:36:43,923 How are we gonna do the harmonies, Ray? You sent the girls home. 1853 01:36:43,923 --> 01:36:46,217 I know what I did. Let me take care of that. 1854 01:36:46,217 --> 01:36:49,554 You turn that eight-track on, and I'll do the girls' parts myself. 1855 01:36:49,554 --> 01:36:52,140 And go out here somewhere and find me a "Oh, Johnny" girl. 1856 01:36:52,140 --> 01:36:54,517 Uh, one minute. 1857 01:36:54,517 --> 01:36:56,978 What the hell's an "Oh, Johnny" girl? 1858 01:36:56,978 --> 01:36:58,938 I think I've got an idea. 1859 01:36:58,938 --> 01:37:03,109 ♪ Last night you were dreaming ♪ 1860 01:37:03,109 --> 01:37:05,778 ♪ And I heard you say ♪ 1861 01:37:07,530 --> 01:37:09,407 Oh, Johnny. 1862 01:37:09,407 --> 01:37:12,785 ♪ When you know my name is Ray ♪ 1863 01:37:12,827 --> 01:37:14,704 ♪ That's why I believe right now ♪ 1864 01:37:14,704 --> 01:37:17,332 [High-pitched] J I believe ♪ 1865 01:37:17,332 --> 01:37:19,584 [High-pitched] J Yes, ] believe I I Yes, I believe ♪ 1866 01:37:19,584 --> 01:37:21,502 ♪ I say I believe right now ♪ 1867 01:37:21,502 --> 01:37:24,005 ♪ I believe and 1868 01:37:24,005 --> 01:37:25,882 ♪ Yes, I believe J J Yes, I believe ♪ 1869 01:37:25,882 --> 01:37:27,675 ♪ Whoa ♪ 1870 01:37:27,675 --> 01:37:29,385 [Milt] The sky is the limit, Ray. 1871 01:37:29,385 --> 01:37:32,221 I got you a $5,000-a-night raise. 1872 01:37:32,221 --> 01:37:34,140 They're gonna up you to 15 per. 1873 01:37:34,140 --> 01:37:35,892 Rehearsal in 10 minutes, guys. 1874 01:37:35,892 --> 01:37:38,227 Jeff, could you run downstairs and get me some cigarettes? 1875 01:37:38,227 --> 01:37:40,271 - Okay, boss. - Thank you. 1876 01:37:41,856 --> 01:37:43,733 15 per, huh? 1877 01:37:43,733 --> 01:37:47,945 You know, Ray, your contract with Atlantic is expiring in four months. 1878 01:37:47,945 --> 01:37:52,950 Yeah. I got the contract. They're gonna double my royalties. 1879 01:37:52,950 --> 01:37:55,370 Before we jump back in that pond, 1880 01:37:55,370 --> 01:37:57,330 I thought I'd find out what else was out there. 1881 01:37:57,330 --> 01:38:01,292 I had a very productive chat with ABC-Paramount yesterday. 1882 01:38:01,292 --> 01:38:03,252 ABC? Who told you to do that? 1883 01:38:03,252 --> 01:38:04,837 You know good and well Atlantic is family. 1884 01:38:04,879 --> 01:38:06,547 Just like the Shaw Agency. 1885 01:38:06,547 --> 01:38:09,217 Ray, my job is to get you the best deal possible. 1886 01:38:09,217 --> 01:38:11,386 ABC is very interested. 1887 01:38:11,386 --> 01:38:12,512 No. 1888 01:38:15,098 --> 01:38:17,475 How interested? 1889 01:38:17,475 --> 01:38:20,228 How about a $50,000 advance? 1890 01:38:20,228 --> 01:38:21,979 Each year for three years. 1891 01:38:21,979 --> 01:38:24,482 You produce your own records. 1892 01:38:24,482 --> 01:38:26,484 They'll deduct recording costs... 1893 01:38:26,484 --> 01:38:29,112 and give you 75%. 1894 01:38:32,907 --> 01:38:35,535 Ahmet and Jerry are flying in tonight, 1895 01:38:35,535 --> 01:38:39,664 so will you put them off until I can talk things out with ABC? 1896 01:38:41,833 --> 01:38:44,877 Well, my mama said ain't nothing wrong with talking. 1897 01:38:44,877 --> 01:38:46,421 [Man] Hey, enough of the formalities. 1898 01:38:46,421 --> 01:38:48,381 Come on. Let's go back into the office, Ray. 1899 01:38:48,381 --> 01:38:50,800 I hope I can call you Ray. I want you to be comfortable here. 1900 01:38:50,800 --> 01:38:52,385 Because I'll tell you something. 1901 01:38:52,385 --> 01:38:53,970 Everything is gonna be better at ABC. 1902 01:38:53,970 --> 01:38:55,888 Moving from an indie label to a major means... 1903 01:38:55,888 --> 01:38:58,015 you're gonna sell a lot more records, 1904 01:38:58,015 --> 01:39:00,685 as well as attract much larger crowds, both white and Negro. 1905 01:39:00,685 --> 01:39:04,230 Well, Mr. Clark, I've been at Atlantic for so long... 1906 01:39:04,230 --> 01:39:06,607 I just wanted to give those guys a chance, 1907 01:39:06,607 --> 01:39:09,110 you know, to at least match the offer. 1908 01:39:09,110 --> 01:39:10,903 Mmm-hmm. Oh, certainly, certainly. 1909 01:39:10,945 --> 01:39:13,030 But I doubt they'll be able to. 1910 01:39:13,030 --> 01:39:15,783 Remember, we're giving you a state-of-the-art deal here. 1911 01:39:15,783 --> 01:39:18,202 Since I'm producing my own records, I was wondering if I could... 1912 01:39:18,202 --> 01:39:20,079 own my masters too. 1913 01:39:28,504 --> 01:39:32,175 Well, Ray, we've never done that before. 1914 01:39:32,175 --> 01:39:34,010 No record company has. 1915 01:39:34,010 --> 01:39:36,095 Well, I think I'm going to have to have it that way... 1916 01:39:36,095 --> 01:39:39,140 in order for me to leave Atlantic Records. 1917 01:39:48,441 --> 01:39:50,359 [Jerry] Ahmet believes we're a family here at Atlantic. 1918 01:39:50,359 --> 01:39:51,903 I believe we're family here at Atlantic. 1919 01:39:51,903 --> 01:39:54,322 Obviously you don't. 1920 01:39:54,322 --> 01:39:56,240 Ahmet wouldn't believe it. 1921 01:39:56,240 --> 01:39:59,452 You know what he said, Ray? He said you would never turn your back on us, 1922 01:39:59,452 --> 01:40:02,121 never for a schlockmeister like Sam Clark. 1923 01:40:02,121 --> 01:40:05,208 [Chuckles] That's rich. Sam Clark's a corporate slug. 1924 01:40:05,208 --> 01:40:07,710 Wouldn't know the difference between Earl Hines and Art Tatum. 1925 01:40:14,842 --> 01:40:16,677 We let you grow here, Ray. 1926 01:40:16,677 --> 01:40:19,430 Man, nobody's taking credit for your talent, 1927 01:40:19,430 --> 01:40:21,057 but we nourished it. 1928 01:40:21,057 --> 01:40:22,808 We let you do your thing. 1929 01:40:25,102 --> 01:40:27,271 Goddamn it, we deserve better than this. 1930 01:40:27,271 --> 01:40:28,981 Don't think that I don't appreciate... 1931 01:40:29,023 --> 01:40:30,691 everything you guys have done here, Jerry. 1932 01:40:30,691 --> 01:40:33,694 Ahmet, I'm very proud of the work we've done here together, 1933 01:40:33,694 --> 01:40:36,822 but Atlantic has done pretty good money-wise on my records, haven't they? 1934 01:40:36,822 --> 01:40:39,075 Yes, we've done very well, Ray. 1935 01:40:39,075 --> 01:40:41,869 You're the ones that taught me that making a record is business... 1936 01:40:41,869 --> 01:40:44,455 and to find the best business deal you can. 1937 01:40:44,455 --> 01:40:47,667 Now, 75¢ of every dollar and owning my own masters... 1938 01:40:47,667 --> 01:40:49,627 is a pretty damn good deal. 1939 01:40:49,627 --> 01:40:52,088 Can you match it? 1940 01:40:52,088 --> 01:40:55,758 Ray, we would love to match it, 1941 01:40:55,758 --> 01:40:58,678 but we just can't. 1942 01:40:58,678 --> 01:41:00,930 That's a better deal than Sinatra gets. 1943 01:41:03,516 --> 01:41:05,142 I'm very proud of you. 1944 01:41:07,937 --> 01:41:11,399 Looks like those boys are gonna get a taste of country charm. 1945 01:41:11,399 --> 01:41:13,109 Yeah. 1946 01:41:16,195 --> 01:41:18,114 He's gonna be all right, man. [Door Slams] 1947 01:41:18,114 --> 01:41:20,575 You guys always do find the best. 1948 01:41:37,550 --> 01:41:39,343 ♪ Georgia ♪ 1949 01:41:41,512 --> 01:41:43,097 ♪ Georgia ♪ 1950 01:41:45,182 --> 01:41:50,688 ♪ The whole day through ♪ 1951 01:41:50,688 --> 01:41:53,399 ♪ Just an old sweet song ♪ 1952 01:41:56,277 --> 01:41:59,447 ♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪ 1953 01:41:59,447 --> 01:42:05,328 ♪ Georgia on my mind ♪ 1954 01:42:05,328 --> 01:42:07,538 ♪ I said Georgia I 1955 01:42:11,459 --> 01:42:14,003 ♪ Georgia ♪ 1956 01:42:14,003 --> 01:42:16,672 Listen to that crap. 1957 01:42:16,672 --> 01:42:20,176 I thought you said ABC wasn't going to force nothing on him. 1958 01:42:20,176 --> 01:42:22,595 They didn't. 1959 01:42:22,595 --> 01:42:24,555 It was Ray's idea. 1960 01:42:25,848 --> 01:42:27,391 Something new. 1961 01:42:27,391 --> 01:42:29,727 What are we then, Jeff? Something old? 1962 01:42:29,727 --> 01:42:32,271 Yeah, what about us? 1963 01:42:32,271 --> 01:42:33,773 We've got to eat too. 1964 01:42:37,985 --> 01:42:44,033 ♪ Other arms reach out to me ♪ 1965 01:42:45,242 --> 01:42:48,579 ♪ Other eyes smile ♪ 1966 01:42:48,579 --> 01:42:51,332 ♪ Tenderly ♪ 1967 01:42:52,583 --> 01:42:55,544 ♪ Still in peaceful dreams ♪ 1968 01:42:55,544 --> 01:42:57,963 ♪ lseed 1969 01:42:57,963 --> 01:43:01,133 ♪ The road leads back ♪ 1970 01:43:01,175 --> 01:43:04,387 ♪ Toyou ♪ 1971 01:43:04,387 --> 01:43:06,847 ♪ Whoa ♪ 1972 01:43:06,847 --> 01:43:08,891 [Crowd Cheering, Whistling] [Man] Bravo, bravo! 1973 01:43:10,976 --> 01:43:13,562 [Ray] It's a hit record. What the hell is wrong with that? 1974 01:43:13,562 --> 01:43:16,023 Some critics are saying you've gone middle-of-the-road. 1975 01:43:16,023 --> 01:43:17,817 The orchestra, the choir, 1976 01:43:17,817 --> 01:43:19,485 The Perry Como Show, man? 1977 01:43:19,485 --> 01:43:22,905 If I feel the music, then that means it's real. 1978 01:43:22,905 --> 01:43:25,658 No, it ain't. Ray Charles is a sellout. 1979 01:43:25,658 --> 01:43:28,911 He's a blind Liberace, leaving those "Rocking Chair" roots behind. 1980 01:43:28,911 --> 01:43:31,747 Quincy Jones. Can we get a picture of these two guys? 1981 01:43:31,747 --> 01:43:33,749 - Six-nine. - Hey, boy. 1982 01:43:33,749 --> 01:43:36,335 Look here. This interview is over. 1983 01:43:36,335 --> 01:43:38,170 I'd love to get you two together, man. 1984 01:43:38,212 --> 01:43:41,173 [Jones] Some other time. Look at you. 1985 01:43:41,215 --> 01:43:42,800 How's it going, man? You look good. 1986 01:43:42,800 --> 01:43:45,261 Let me look at you. You look good too. 1987 01:43:45,261 --> 01:43:46,846 You hear what they're saying about me? 1988 01:43:46,846 --> 01:43:48,514 They're saying I can't do it no more. 1989 01:43:48,514 --> 01:43:51,642 - I've done gone middle-of-the-road. - So crank out another hit. 1990 01:43:51,642 --> 01:43:54,353 Let me tell you something. It ain't easy to keep on being greezy, Q. 1991 01:43:55,312 --> 01:43:57,857 Where you blow in from? 1992 01:43:57,857 --> 01:43:58,858 Paris. 1993 01:43:58,858 --> 01:44:00,568 - Bonjour. - Yeah, man. 1994 01:44:00,568 --> 01:44:02,653 France is where it's at. 1995 01:44:02,653 --> 01:44:04,864 Yeah, man, and all that stuff that you've been playing, man, 1996 01:44:04,864 --> 01:44:07,074 it really is out of sight. 1997 01:44:07,074 --> 01:44:09,827 You know, we gotta record something together. 1998 01:44:09,827 --> 01:44:11,579 I mean, people will really dig it. 1999 01:44:11,579 --> 01:44:13,205 So where are you going after the festival? 2000 01:44:13,205 --> 01:44:17,710 I got D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Georgia. 2001 01:44:17,710 --> 01:44:20,337 Once you get that record out there, you gotta sell it. 2002 01:44:20,337 --> 01:44:24,467 The South, man? I'm not doin' it no more. 2003 01:44:24,467 --> 01:44:26,844 Come on, Q. Now, that's where the money is, baby. 2004 01:44:26,844 --> 01:44:29,972 You know, when I left Seattle with Hamp, 2005 01:44:29,972 --> 01:44:34,101 we went down there, man, and it felt like I walked into a prison cell. 2006 01:44:34,101 --> 01:44:37,396 You know, a black man is a boy in Mississippi, Ray, 2007 01:44:37,396 --> 01:44:39,607 even if he's 80 years old. 2008 01:44:42,902 --> 01:44:45,237 I'm never playing to Jim Crow again, ever. 2009 01:44:45,237 --> 01:44:46,697 Eh, if that's what you feel, baby. 2010 01:44:46,697 --> 01:44:48,908 No, I'm serious, Ray. 2011 01:44:48,908 --> 01:44:50,534 I mean, we gotta do something. 2012 01:44:51,994 --> 01:44:53,954 Well, you know, what the hell, man. 2013 01:44:53,954 --> 01:44:57,333 You're just gonna leave a lot more money on the table for me. 2014 01:44:58,375 --> 01:44:59,794 You're welcome to it, man. 2015 01:45:00,711 --> 01:45:04,256 ♪ [Electric Piano] 2016 01:45:15,267 --> 01:45:18,354 - Are you ready to work? - Work on what? 2017 01:45:18,354 --> 01:45:20,731 Get over here. You gotta help me with this one. 2018 01:45:20,731 --> 01:45:22,358 Percy just sent me some new music. 2019 01:45:30,699 --> 01:45:33,744 [Retching] 2020 01:45:37,039 --> 01:45:38,999 You know what they're saying about me? 2021 01:45:38,999 --> 01:45:41,544 Said I lost something. Said I've gone middle-of-the-road. 2022 01:45:41,544 --> 01:45:43,629 They may as well say the same thing about you. 2023 01:45:43,629 --> 01:45:45,297 You were the soul of this band. 2024 01:45:45,339 --> 01:45:47,216 Now every time you're around, you're just drunk. 2025 01:45:49,552 --> 01:45:53,138 Drunk soul of a blind junkie. What a lovely couple. 2026 01:45:53,138 --> 01:45:55,474 Why don't you just get out of here? 2027 01:45:57,226 --> 01:45:59,395 I ain't drunk, Ray. 2028 01:45:59,395 --> 01:46:01,021 I'm pregnant. 2029 01:46:02,857 --> 01:46:05,776 Yeah, that's right. I'm having your baby. 2030 01:46:05,776 --> 01:46:08,612 You ain't really. You can't do that. 2031 01:46:08,612 --> 01:46:11,699 You have to talk to the doctor or something. You gotta get rid of it. 2032 01:46:12,992 --> 01:46:15,286 My God! What? 2033 01:46:15,286 --> 01:46:17,329 Because I'm not your precious Bea? 2034 01:46:17,329 --> 01:46:19,665 I'm not good enough to have this baby? 2035 01:46:21,417 --> 01:46:23,335 You lay up in my bed every night. 2036 01:46:23,377 --> 01:46:26,213 My bed! 2037 01:46:26,213 --> 01:46:28,048 I'm gonna have this baby, Ray. 2038 01:46:28,048 --> 01:46:29,049 [Strikes Keys] 2039 01:46:30,843 --> 01:46:34,889 - No! No, Ray, no. - Margie, come here. Listen to me. 2040 01:46:34,889 --> 01:46:36,891 I care about you. I ain't gonna let nothing happen to you. 2041 01:46:36,891 --> 01:46:38,517 I'll pay for everything. 2042 01:46:38,517 --> 01:46:42,021 No! This is gonna cost you more than money. 2043 01:46:42,021 --> 01:46:44,857 I want you to leave her, Ray. Come and be with our baby. 2044 01:46:44,857 --> 01:46:48,277 You out your damn mind. You knew the rules when you got into this. 2045 01:46:48,277 --> 01:46:49,904 You know good and goddamn well... 2046 01:46:49,904 --> 01:46:51,447 I ain't gonna leave my family. 2047 01:46:51,447 --> 01:46:54,033 [Gasps] Leave your family? 2048 01:46:54,033 --> 01:46:57,786 You are a damn fool, you know that? 2049 01:46:57,786 --> 01:47:00,998 Between the dope and the music and me, 2050 01:47:00,998 --> 01:47:03,500 you already done left your damn family. 2051 01:47:03,500 --> 01:47:06,211 You know what the sad part about it is, Ray? 2052 01:47:06,211 --> 01:47:08,255 You don't even know it. 2053 01:47:08,255 --> 01:47:10,341 [Sighs] 2054 01:47:12,384 --> 01:47:14,136 You know what? 2055 01:47:14,136 --> 01:47:17,806 From now on, it's strictly business between you and me. 2056 01:47:18,974 --> 01:47:21,352 [Playing Piano] 2057 01:47:21,352 --> 01:47:24,521 Yeah, that's it. That's it, keep that anger. 2058 01:47:24,521 --> 01:47:26,398 ♪ Hit the road, Jack ♪ 2059 01:47:26,398 --> 01:47:27,942 ♪ And don't you come back no more ♪ 2060 01:47:27,942 --> 01:47:30,027 ♪ No more, no more, no more ♪ 2061 01:47:30,027 --> 01:47:34,073 ♪ Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more ♪ 2062 01:47:34,073 --> 01:47:36,742 ♪ That's right Hit the road, Jack ♪ - That's it. 2063 01:47:36,742 --> 01:47:40,287 ♪ And don't you come back no more, no more, No more, no more ♪ 2064 01:47:40,287 --> 01:47:44,500 ♪ Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more ♪ 2065 01:47:44,500 --> 01:47:46,919 - and What you say? ♪ - ♪ Hit the road, Jack ♪ 2066 01:47:46,919 --> 01:47:48,921 ♪ And don't you come back no more ♪ 2067 01:47:48,921 --> 01:47:50,589 ♪ No more, no more, no more ♪ 2068 01:47:50,589 --> 01:47:52,257 ♪ Hit the road, Jack ♪ 2069 01:47:52,257 --> 01:47:56,387 ♪ And don't you come back no more ♪ 2070 01:47:56,387 --> 01:47:59,431 ♪ Now, baby, listen, baby, don't you treat me this way ♪ 2071 01:47:59,473 --> 01:48:02,142 ♪ 'Cause I'll be back on my feet some day ♪ 2072 01:48:02,142 --> 01:48:04,895 ♪ Don't care if you do 'cause it's understood ♪ 2073 01:48:04,895 --> 01:48:07,523 ♪ You ain't got no money You just ain't no good ♪ 2074 01:48:07,523 --> 01:48:10,609 ♪ Well, I guess if you say so ♪ 2075 01:48:10,609 --> 01:48:13,445 ♪ I'll have to pack my things and go JJ That's right ♪ 2076 01:48:13,445 --> 01:48:16,365 ♪ Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more ♪ 2077 01:48:16,365 --> 01:48:18,575 ♪ No more, no more, no more ♪ 2078 01:48:18,575 --> 01:48:20,119 ♪ Hit the road, Jack ♪ 2079 01:48:20,119 --> 01:48:22,746 ♪ And don't you come back no more ♪ 2080 01:48:22,746 --> 01:48:24,289 ♪ What you say? ♪ 2081 01:48:24,289 --> 01:48:26,792 Hey, Ray, it's Sam. 2082 01:48:26,792 --> 01:48:29,169 Can you hear me? It's Sam. 2083 01:48:29,169 --> 01:48:32,047 Yeah, hey, "Hit the Road" is our second number one. 2084 01:48:32,047 --> 01:48:35,467 Yeah, ABC is taking out ads in all the trades. 2085 01:48:35,509 --> 01:48:38,637 Yeah, oh, and congrats on your Grammy nomination. 2086 01:48:38,637 --> 01:48:41,765 No, no, no, I know you're gonna win. 2087 01:48:41,765 --> 01:48:44,018 Hey, are you feeling all right? 2088 01:48:44,018 --> 01:48:46,687 Come on, baby, be happy. You're doing good. 2089 01:48:46,687 --> 01:48:48,230 [Mumbling Softly] Thank you, Sam. 2090 01:48:48,230 --> 01:48:51,233 I-I really am happy about that. 2091 01:48:51,233 --> 01:48:53,110 And, uh, yeah. 2092 01:48:56,613 --> 01:48:59,199 I'll stop by Jeff's room and get my money on my way out. 2093 01:49:06,498 --> 01:49:07,708 Ray. 2094 01:49:09,752 --> 01:49:11,462 Margie, you ain't gotta leave, baby. 2095 01:49:11,462 --> 01:49:13,630 I'm on your hit record. 2096 01:49:13,630 --> 01:49:16,258 If I'm ever gonna go solo, then now's the time. 2097 01:49:16,258 --> 01:49:18,260 Yeah, I don't want you to. 2098 01:49:18,260 --> 01:49:20,888 I don't want you to go solo. 2099 01:49:20,888 --> 01:49:23,098 Ray, for once, I'm doing something for me. 2100 01:49:23,098 --> 01:49:26,393 You remember the hummingbird, right? 2101 01:49:26,393 --> 01:49:28,062 What? 2102 01:49:28,062 --> 01:49:30,439 The hummingbird, Bea. 2103 01:49:42,910 --> 01:49:45,496 [Door Slams] Hell, I don't want you to go. 2104 01:49:46,622 --> 01:49:48,999 [Bottles Clinking] 2105 01:49:59,426 --> 01:50:02,221 Somebody will fetch you when your bus gets to St. Augustine. 2106 01:50:02,221 --> 01:50:04,348 And when you get there, show them this sign and tell them... 2107 01:50:04,348 --> 01:50:06,308 that your name is Ray Charles Robinson. 2108 01:50:08,143 --> 01:50:10,562 And them sandwiches I made, don't eat them all at once, you hear? 2109 01:50:10,604 --> 01:50:12,981 Mama, please don't make me go away. 2110 01:50:12,981 --> 01:50:14,691 I'll keep up with the normal kids. 2111 01:50:14,691 --> 01:50:16,860 I'll be good, just like George. 2112 01:50:16,860 --> 01:50:18,695 This ain't got nothing to do with George. 2113 01:50:18,695 --> 01:50:21,532 I've taken you as far as I can, baby. 2114 01:50:21,532 --> 01:50:24,409 Them teachers at that blind school, they can teach you things I can't. 2115 01:50:24,409 --> 01:50:26,537 And you needs an education in this world. 2116 01:50:26,537 --> 01:50:28,831 - I don't want no education. - Shh, don't say that. 2117 01:50:28,831 --> 01:50:30,332 I don't. I wanna stay with you. 2118 01:50:30,332 --> 01:50:32,084 Stop it, Ray. 2119 01:50:32,084 --> 01:50:35,587 I won't have you living hand-to-mouth like me, you hear? 2120 01:50:35,629 --> 01:50:39,174 Now listen, if you wanna do something to make your mama proud, 2121 01:50:39,174 --> 01:50:41,218 promise me, promise me... 2122 01:50:41,218 --> 01:50:43,220 you'll never let nobody turn you into no cripple. 2123 01:50:43,220 --> 01:50:46,348 You won't become no charity case, and you'll stand on your own two feet. 2124 01:50:46,348 --> 01:50:48,350 I promise. 2125 01:50:48,350 --> 01:50:50,602 I love you, baby. 2126 01:50:50,602 --> 01:50:52,604 I'm so proud of you. 2127 01:50:57,943 --> 01:51:00,070 [Sniffling] 2128 01:51:06,743 --> 01:51:10,581 [Crowd Chanting] No more segregation. No more segregation. 2129 01:51:10,581 --> 01:51:12,332 [Chanting Continues] 2130 01:51:14,960 --> 01:51:17,045 [Siren Blaring] 2131 01:51:28,182 --> 01:51:29,641 [Man] Welcome back to Augusta, Ray. 2132 01:51:29,683 --> 01:51:31,894 Hey. Good to see you. 2133 01:51:31,894 --> 01:51:33,729 [Reporter] Ray Charles! Over here. 2134 01:51:34,980 --> 01:51:37,191 Do you believe in the protest, Ray? 2135 01:51:37,191 --> 01:51:38,859 Get outta here, will ya? 2136 01:51:38,859 --> 01:51:41,111 Ray, I'm sorry about this. Hurry on up inside. 2137 01:51:41,111 --> 01:51:42,613 We've got some refreshments waiting for you. 2138 01:51:42,613 --> 01:51:44,823 Mr. Charles. Mr. Charles. 2139 01:51:44,823 --> 01:51:46,742 You know tonight's show is segregated? 2140 01:51:46,742 --> 01:51:49,661 The dance floor's whites only. Negroes can't leave the balcony. 2141 01:51:49,703 --> 01:51:51,830 That's how it is, man. You know, this is Georgia. 2142 01:51:51,830 --> 01:51:53,457 You think we don't know that? 2143 01:51:53,457 --> 01:51:55,167 Negroes been persecuted in this state every day. 2144 01:51:55,167 --> 01:51:57,461 Look, man, ain't nothing I can do about that. 2145 01:51:57,461 --> 01:52:00,797 I'm an entertainer, and we all gotta play Jim Crow down here. 2146 01:52:00,797 --> 01:52:02,466 That's right. Get outta here, boy. 2147 01:52:02,466 --> 01:52:04,176 It doesn't have to be that way. 2148 01:52:04,176 --> 01:52:06,303 We could change things right here and now! 2149 01:52:06,303 --> 01:52:08,055 I'm sorry, son, ain't nothing I can do. 2150 01:52:08,055 --> 01:52:09,890 You hear that, boy? It's the way things are. 2151 01:52:09,890 --> 01:52:11,516 Ain't nothin', ain't nobody gonna change it. 2152 01:52:11,516 --> 01:52:14,770 Get your black ass out of here and take that trash with you. 2153 01:52:14,770 --> 01:52:17,022 Hold on, hold on. He's right. 2154 01:52:17,022 --> 01:52:19,441 He's right, Jeff. Get them on the bus. 2155 01:52:19,441 --> 01:52:22,361 - Get them back on the bus. - [Jeff] Y'all heard him. 2156 01:52:22,361 --> 01:52:24,988 Y'all heard Ray. Back on the bus, everybody. 2157 01:52:24,988 --> 01:52:27,491 - Everybody back on the bus! - Are you serious? 2158 01:52:27,491 --> 01:52:29,534 - Get them on the bus. - What the hell is this? 2159 01:52:29,534 --> 01:52:31,078 I can't do nothing here. 2160 01:52:31,078 --> 01:52:32,871 Ray, you know me. 2161 01:52:32,871 --> 01:52:35,916 I'm not gonna lose money just because you suddenly got religion. 2162 01:52:35,916 --> 01:52:37,626 - Nothing I can do, man. - You've got a contract. 2163 01:52:37,626 --> 01:52:39,586 - I know that. - You break it, I'm gonna sue your ass. 2164 01:52:39,586 --> 01:52:41,380 - And I'll win. - You gotta do what you gotta do. 2165 01:52:41,380 --> 01:52:43,048 - I'll win big! - You gotta do what you gotta do. 2166 01:52:43,048 --> 01:52:44,466 - I'll own your ass, Ray! - All right. 2167 01:52:44,466 --> 01:52:47,469 I'll own you! 2168 01:52:47,469 --> 01:52:50,347 Thank you, Mr. Charles. You could be the first. 2169 01:52:50,347 --> 01:52:51,807 No, thank you, son. You were right. 2170 01:52:51,807 --> 01:52:54,851 You're right. 2171 01:52:54,851 --> 01:52:57,145 You will never work Georgia again! 2172 01:52:58,939 --> 01:53:02,150 He filed a lawsuit, and it's more than a fine, Ray. 2173 01:53:02,150 --> 01:53:03,735 This guy's got juice. He can get you barred... 2174 01:53:03,735 --> 01:53:05,862 from ever playing Georgia again. 2175 01:53:05,862 --> 01:53:09,241 But he's willing to drop the suit if you'll make up the gig. 2176 01:53:09,241 --> 01:53:10,534 [Bangs Piano] 2177 01:53:10,534 --> 01:53:11,785 Not if it's segregated. 2178 01:53:12,869 --> 01:53:14,329 Ray. 2179 01:53:16,039 --> 01:53:18,333 I admire what you're doing, man, but you can't afford this. 2180 01:53:18,333 --> 01:53:20,294 Georgia's our highest-grossing state. 2181 01:53:20,294 --> 01:53:23,380 I'm not gonna play any more of those Jim Crow joints ever again. You got that? 2182 01:53:24,298 --> 01:53:26,341 Yeah, I got it. 2183 01:53:26,341 --> 01:53:29,553 - Jeff, get those people in here so we can rehearse. - Come on, y'all. 2184 01:53:29,553 --> 01:53:31,138 Let's go, now. Come on. Time to rehearse. 2185 01:53:34,725 --> 01:53:36,351 [Ray] and Unchain my heart ♪ 2186 01:53:36,351 --> 01:53:37,853 [Raelettes] I Unchain my heart 2187 01:53:37,853 --> 01:53:39,438 ♪ Baby, let me be ♪ 2188 01:53:39,438 --> 01:53:44,234 ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2189 01:53:44,234 --> 01:53:45,777 ♪ 'Cause you don't care about me ♪ 2190 01:53:45,819 --> 01:53:47,404 ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2191 01:53:47,404 --> 01:53:49,072 ♪ [Crowd Clapping] 2192 01:53:49,072 --> 01:53:51,783 ♪ Why lead me through a life of misery ♪ 2193 01:53:51,783 --> 01:53:54,453 ♪ When you don't care a bag of beans for me? ♪ 2194 01:53:54,453 --> 01:53:58,248 ♪ So unchain my heart, please, please set me free ♪ 2195 01:54:00,917 --> 01:54:03,086 Go ahead and dance. 2196 01:54:04,588 --> 01:54:05,922 Let's dance, everybody. 2197 01:54:07,883 --> 01:54:09,801 [All Clamoring] 2198 01:54:15,932 --> 01:54:17,559 - You okay? - Yeah, what the hell is going on? 2199 01:54:17,559 --> 01:54:19,186 Just a bunch of kids on stage dancing. 2200 01:54:19,186 --> 01:54:21,146 Well, let them dance. That's what they're here for. 2201 01:54:21,146 --> 01:54:23,315 Officer, please don't hurt them. Let them keep dancing. 2202 01:54:23,315 --> 01:54:25,025 Keep it going. Keep it going. 2203 01:54:25,025 --> 01:54:28,445 - ♪ I'm under your spell ♪ - ♪ I'm under your spell ♪ 2204 01:54:28,445 --> 01:54:31,281 - ♪ Like a man in a trance ♪ - ♪ Like a man in a trance ♪ 2205 01:54:31,281 --> 01:54:33,367 ♪ Whoa, but you know darn well ♪ 2206 01:54:33,367 --> 01:54:34,826 ♪ I know darn well ♪ 2207 01:54:34,868 --> 01:54:38,372 ♪ That I don't stand a chance ♪ 2208 01:54:38,372 --> 01:54:41,124 - § So unchain my heart ♪ - § Unchain my heart ♪ 2209 01:54:41,124 --> 01:54:44,628 ♪ Let me go my way ♪ ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2210 01:54:44,628 --> 01:54:47,506 - § Unchain my heart ♪ - § Unchain my heart ♪ 2211 01:54:47,506 --> 01:54:52,010 - and You worry me night and day J - J Unchain my heart I 2212 01:54:52,010 --> 01:54:54,596 ♪ Why lead me through a life of misery ♪ 2213 01:54:54,596 --> 01:54:55,430 [Officer] Get off now! 2214 01:54:55,472 --> 01:54:57,391 ♪ When you don't care a bag of beans for me? ♪ 2215 01:54:57,391 --> 01:55:00,102 ♪ So unchain my heart ♪ 2216 01:55:00,102 --> 01:55:03,230 - J} Please, please set me free J - J Please set me free ♪ 2217 01:55:03,230 --> 01:55:04,815 [Ray] and Won't you set me free? ♪ 2218 01:55:04,815 --> 01:55:06,316 [Raelettes] I Please set me free ♪ 2219 01:55:06,316 --> 01:55:07,859 ♪ Whoa, set me free ♪ 2220 01:55:07,901 --> 01:55:09,403 ♪ Please set me free ♪ 2221 01:55:09,403 --> 01:55:11,113 [Knocking] 2222 01:55:11,113 --> 01:55:12,614 [Man] Mr. Charles, it's Western Union. 2223 01:55:12,614 --> 01:55:14,866 We have a telegram for you. 2224 01:55:14,908 --> 01:55:16,827 - You have to sign for it, sir. - I'm coming. 2225 01:55:21,498 --> 01:55:24,876 Indianapolis Police, I got a report of loud music coming from this area. 2226 01:55:24,876 --> 01:55:26,586 Where do you think you're going, pal? 2227 01:55:28,422 --> 01:55:30,298 - Come here. - I'm just going to the bathroom. 2228 01:55:30,298 --> 01:55:32,092 No. Handcuff this son of a bitch. 2229 01:55:32,092 --> 01:55:36,221 You recognize this, Ray? Heroin's a felony. 2230 01:55:36,221 --> 01:55:38,140 It ain't like I'm dealing it, man. 2231 01:55:38,140 --> 01:55:39,766 I'm not hurting nobody. 2232 01:55:39,766 --> 01:55:41,685 No, you're hurting everybody. 2233 01:55:41,685 --> 01:55:44,729 Your jungle music is poisoning our kids' minds. 2234 01:55:44,729 --> 01:55:46,982 I'm gonna put your black ass away forever. 2235 01:55:46,982 --> 01:55:49,901 You gotta understand. I got a wife, I got kids. 2236 01:55:49,943 --> 01:55:51,736 I got responsibilities. 2237 01:55:51,736 --> 01:55:54,448 Why don't you tell that story to these people? Okay, bring them in. 2238 01:55:58,910 --> 01:56:01,663 - Ray, was it a setup, Ray? - How long have you been on heroin, Ray? 2239 01:56:01,663 --> 01:56:04,332 [Overlapping Questions] 2240 01:56:04,332 --> 01:56:08,753 [All Clamoring] 2241 01:56:08,753 --> 01:56:11,173 Ray, are you gonna plead guilty? 2242 01:56:11,173 --> 01:56:13,383 [Reporters' Audios Fade] 2243 01:56:13,383 --> 01:56:16,011 [Ray] ♪ You give your hand to me ♪ 2244 01:56:17,888 --> 01:56:21,391 ♪ And then you say, "Hello" ♪ 2245 01:56:22,517 --> 01:56:27,105 ♪ And I can hardly speak ♪ 2246 01:56:27,105 --> 01:56:31,318 ♪ My heart is beating so ♪ 2247 01:56:31,318 --> 01:56:35,238 ♪ And anyone can tell; 2248 01:56:35,238 --> 01:56:38,575 ♪ You think you know me well ♪ 2249 01:56:40,785 --> 01:56:44,789 ♪ But you, you don't know me, no ♪ 2250 01:56:44,789 --> 01:56:47,584 - David. - Hi, baby. 2251 01:56:47,584 --> 01:56:49,586 - David. - Bea, he can stay. 2252 01:56:49,586 --> 01:56:51,963 No, baby, come on. 2253 01:56:51,963 --> 01:56:53,507 - Bea? - What? 2254 01:56:55,467 --> 01:56:57,594 - Since I got back... - Since you got out. 2255 01:56:57,594 --> 01:57:00,180 Yeah. 2256 01:57:00,180 --> 01:57:03,099 Since I got here, you haven't said more than two words to me. 2257 01:57:03,099 --> 01:57:06,436 Ray, what am I supposed to say? 2258 01:57:06,436 --> 01:57:10,148 My words don't seem to mean much to you anymore. Maybe they never did. 2259 01:57:10,148 --> 01:57:13,443 - Come on, now, Bea. You know I love you. - Are you gonna stop then? 2260 01:57:16,154 --> 01:57:18,198 You know what, Bea? What you don't understand... 2261 01:57:18,198 --> 01:57:20,075 there's a lot of mean-spirited people out there. 2262 01:57:21,618 --> 01:57:22,869 Yeah. 2263 01:57:27,165 --> 01:57:28,750 Ray? 2264 01:57:32,587 --> 01:57:34,756 You know I had to bring Junior home from school today... 2265 01:57:34,756 --> 01:57:36,800 because of what the other kids are saying. 2266 01:57:36,800 --> 01:57:38,760 They got mean-ass kids around here. 2267 01:57:38,760 --> 01:57:41,221 - We should move to Beverly Hills. - No, no, Ray. 2268 01:57:41,221 --> 01:57:43,473 We're not gonna move. 'Cause it's not about where we live, Ray. 2269 01:57:43,473 --> 01:57:45,392 It's about what you're doing to yourself. 2270 01:57:46,518 --> 01:57:48,812 And those boys worship you. 2271 01:57:48,812 --> 01:57:51,147 You want them to end up using that poison too? 2272 01:57:51,147 --> 01:57:53,984 - That's not fair. - What's not fair? 2273 01:57:53,984 --> 01:57:55,527 What's not fair, Ray? [Phone Ringing] 2274 01:57:55,527 --> 01:57:57,362 [Stammering] That's-that's a low blow. 2275 01:57:59,906 --> 01:58:01,449 Hello? 2276 01:58:02,909 --> 01:58:05,912 Don't jive me, Milt. Don't jive me, man. 2277 01:58:05,912 --> 01:58:07,455 Really? 2278 01:58:07,455 --> 01:58:11,126 Good, good. Now, tell Sam I said thank you. 2279 01:58:11,126 --> 01:58:13,336 All right. All right, then. 2280 01:58:15,547 --> 01:58:17,882 - Oh, yeah. - What, Ray? Come on, now. 2281 01:58:17,882 --> 01:58:20,051 - Yeah, yeah! - Ray, tell me what happened. 2282 01:58:20,093 --> 01:58:22,470 ABC got the case dropped. 2283 01:58:22,470 --> 01:58:23,972 The police didn't have a warrant. 2284 01:58:23,972 --> 01:58:25,849 They bought them off. 2285 01:58:25,849 --> 01:58:27,976 Damn it, Bea, do you want me to go to prison? 2286 01:58:27,976 --> 01:58:30,604 No. Ray, I want you to stop lying to yourself, 2287 01:58:30,604 --> 01:58:32,731 and they are making that completely impossible. 2288 01:58:32,731 --> 01:58:34,274 There's some things you're not understand... 2289 01:58:34,274 --> 01:58:36,443 Make me understand, Ray! 2290 01:58:36,443 --> 01:58:39,529 Baby, when I walk out that door, I walk out alone in the dark. 2291 01:58:39,529 --> 01:58:43,908 I'm trying to do something that ain't nobody ever done in music and business. 2292 01:58:43,908 --> 01:58:46,870 But I can't do itif I'm alone everywhere I go. 2293 01:58:46,870 --> 01:58:49,039 I don't wanna be alone here, Bea. 2294 01:58:49,039 --> 01:58:50,665 Not in my own home. 2295 01:58:54,711 --> 01:58:58,256 Look, Bea, if you don't understand me, 2296 01:58:58,256 --> 01:59:00,091 then who will? 2297 01:59:00,133 --> 01:59:02,636 [David Crying] 2298 01:59:05,847 --> 01:59:08,099 I don't know, Ray. 2299 01:59:11,394 --> 01:59:13,605 David, I'm coming. 2300 01:59:14,773 --> 01:59:16,441 Mama's coming. 2301 01:59:19,944 --> 01:59:22,364 [Sam] Ray, we pull you out of the fire, 2302 01:59:22,364 --> 01:59:24,282 and you want country music? 2303 01:59:24,282 --> 01:59:27,327 Look, I've been singing country music all my life. 2304 01:59:27,327 --> 01:59:30,622 As a matter of fact, I used to play with the Florida Playboys. 2305 01:59:30,622 --> 01:59:32,999 We've made a big investment in you, and it's paying off handsomely, 2306 01:59:32,999 --> 01:59:34,751 for both of us, I might add. 2307 01:59:34,751 --> 01:59:36,294 We don't want to lose your fan base. 2308 01:59:36,294 --> 01:59:38,254 You know, you got a point there, 2309 01:59:38,254 --> 01:59:40,799 but I actually think we have more to gain... 2310 01:59:40,799 --> 01:59:43,301 than we do to lose. 2311 01:59:43,301 --> 01:59:45,512 Ray, it's a bad idea. 2312 01:59:48,056 --> 01:59:50,517 When I came to ABC, you guys put in the contract... 2313 01:59:50,517 --> 01:59:53,061 that I can choose my own music. 2314 01:59:53,061 --> 01:59:55,105 You want to read that paragraph? 2315 01:59:55,105 --> 01:59:57,732 [Briefcase Latches Click] 2316 01:59:58,942 --> 02:00:00,944 It's on page three. 2317 02:00:02,195 --> 02:00:04,280 I don't need to see it. 2318 02:00:06,199 --> 02:00:07,784 I [Jazz] 2319 02:00:12,831 --> 02:00:15,500 [Emcee] Good evening, St. Louis. 2320 02:00:15,500 --> 02:00:17,669 It's time for the main attraction. 2321 02:00:17,669 --> 02:00:21,506 The innovator of soul, the genius himself, 2322 02:00:21,506 --> 02:00:23,591 Ray Charles! 2323 02:00:23,591 --> 02:00:25,719 [Crowd Cheering] 2324 02:00:42,485 --> 02:00:44,738 All right, Ray! Yeah! 2325 02:00:49,200 --> 02:00:51,494 Thank you so much. You know what? 2326 02:00:51,494 --> 02:00:53,496 I know that a lot of you all don't know... 2327 02:00:53,496 --> 02:00:57,667 that I was brought up in the South, you know, [Woman] "What'd I say"! 2328 02:00:57,667 --> 02:00:59,627 And every time you turn the radio on in the South, 2329 02:00:59,627 --> 02:01:01,755 you hear the Grand Ole Opry. 2330 02:01:01,755 --> 02:01:04,424 That's what I grew up singing, so I hope you don't mind. 2331 02:01:04,424 --> 02:01:05,675 "Hit the Road, Jack." 2332 02:01:05,675 --> 02:01:10,096 I wanna sing something to give you a taste of my country roots. 2333 02:01:10,096 --> 02:01:13,099 - "Unchain My Heart"! - "Georgia on My Mind," Ray! 2334 02:01:14,809 --> 02:01:18,646 ♪ I just can't stop, babe ♪ 2335 02:01:18,646 --> 02:01:22,484 Tommy, the lights up top and the ones on the mezzanine. 2336 02:01:22,484 --> 02:01:25,111 Let's take everything down and hit Ray with a follow spot. 2337 02:01:25,111 --> 02:01:26,196 Do it on my count. 2338 02:01:26,196 --> 02:01:29,240 ♪ To live in memory ♪ 2339 02:01:29,282 --> 02:01:32,410 In five, four... 2340 02:01:32,410 --> 02:01:35,538 ♪ Of the lonesome times ♪ 2341 02:01:36,915 --> 02:01:39,542 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2342 02:01:39,542 --> 02:01:41,753 ♪ I can't stop ♪ 2343 02:01:41,753 --> 02:01:45,215 - § Wanting you ♪ - [Crowd Stops Chattering] 2344 02:01:46,508 --> 02:01:50,386 ♪ It's useless to say ♪ 2345 02:01:54,015 --> 02:01:57,685 ♪ So I'll just live my life ♪ 2346 02:01:57,685 --> 02:02:00,104 ♪ I'll live my life ♪ 2347 02:02:00,104 --> 02:02:04,150 ♪ In dreams of yesterdays ♪ 2348 02:02:07,487 --> 02:02:11,741 ♪ Those happy hours ♪ 2349 02:02:11,741 --> 02:02:14,452 ♪ Oh, those happy hours 2350 02:02:14,452 --> 02:02:18,039 ♪ That we once knew ♪ 2351 02:02:18,039 --> 02:02:20,667 [Horn Honking] [Ray Jr.] Jeff's here. 2352 02:02:20,667 --> 02:02:22,252 [Ray] Oh, okay. 2353 02:02:22,252 --> 02:02:23,920 Dad, if you can't see... 2354 02:02:23,920 --> 02:02:27,131 how can you choose the right color socks? 2355 02:02:27,131 --> 02:02:29,968 [Ray] Well, I'm gonna show you right now. Here, let me show you something. 2356 02:02:29,968 --> 02:02:32,679 See? Right here? 2357 02:02:32,679 --> 02:02:35,473 The 2 right there, I got it sewn in thick, so I can feel it. 2358 02:02:35,473 --> 02:02:39,936 So that means 2 is brown, 1 is black, 3 is blue. 2359 02:02:39,936 --> 02:02:42,230 - And-And where's 4? - Nowhere. 2360 02:02:42,230 --> 02:02:44,774 Four ain't nowhere, you're right. 2361 02:02:46,818 --> 02:02:50,238 ♪ Heals a broken heart ♪ 2362 02:02:50,238 --> 02:02:53,491 ♪ But time has stood still ♪ 2363 02:02:53,491 --> 02:02:56,244 ♪ Now, time stood still ♪ 2364 02:02:56,244 --> 02:03:03,042 ♪ Since we've been apart 2365 02:03:03,042 --> 02:03:05,587 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2366 02:03:05,587 --> 02:03:08,965 [Cheering] 2367 02:03:20,810 --> 02:03:22,729 [Man] We're still working on the balcony. 2368 02:03:22,729 --> 02:03:26,232 Okay, guys, we've got 10 minutes to load out. Change back at the hotel. 2369 02:03:26,232 --> 02:03:29,819 They bought that country jive hook, line and sinker. Ray, you're amazing. 2370 02:03:29,819 --> 02:03:32,530 I'm gonna tell you something. That country music, you know why they like it? 2371 02:03:32,530 --> 02:03:35,241 The stories, man. They've got great stories. 2372 02:03:35,241 --> 02:03:38,119 Hey, Joe. You know what? Ray, I wanna introduce you to Joe Adams. 2373 02:03:38,119 --> 02:03:41,164 Hal Ziegler hired Joe as the announcer for the rest of the tour. 2374 02:03:41,164 --> 02:03:44,375 Hey, man, I know you. Mayor of Melody. 2375 02:03:44,417 --> 02:03:46,920 I used to listen to your radio show in L.A. in the '50s, man. 2376 02:03:46,920 --> 02:03:49,088 Yes, we've both come a ways since then. 2377 02:03:49,088 --> 02:03:52,091 Yeah. Let me ask you this. What was all that counting you was doing back there? 2378 02:03:52,091 --> 02:03:53,843 I was cuing down the lights. 2379 02:03:53,843 --> 02:03:55,720 That shuts up the audience, SO you can sing your ballad... 2380 02:03:55,720 --> 02:03:57,347 instead of having to scream it. 2381 02:03:57,347 --> 02:03:59,474 Well, I'll be damned. Who told you to do that? 2382 02:03:59,474 --> 02:04:01,684 No one, it just needed to be done. 2383 02:04:01,684 --> 02:04:03,811 See? That's what I'm talking about. 2384 02:04:03,811 --> 02:04:06,397 I like to hear a person say, "It needed to be done," 2385 02:04:06,397 --> 02:04:09,734 as opposed to a person saying, "It ain't my job," you know? 2386 02:04:09,734 --> 02:04:11,861 You know, tell me about Central Avenue, man. 2387 02:04:11,861 --> 02:04:13,196 I know you know Jack Lauderdale. 2388 02:04:14,280 --> 02:04:15,823 Hello, New York. 2389 02:04:15,823 --> 02:04:17,408 Hello, Boston. 2390 02:04:17,408 --> 02:04:19,035 Hello, St. Louis. 2391 02:04:19,035 --> 02:04:20,495 Good evening, San Francisco. 2392 02:04:21,996 --> 02:04:23,373 [Raelettes]; Bye, bye, love ♪ 2393 02:04:24,582 --> 02:04:28,002 ♪ Bye, bye, happiness ♪ 2394 02:04:28,002 --> 02:04:30,171 Hey, Ray, I got some good news for you. 2395 02:04:30,171 --> 02:04:32,173 We got the cover of Cash Box. 2396 02:04:32,173 --> 02:04:34,801 "The Nation's Hottest Selling Album: 'Modern Sounds of Country and Western." 2397 02:04:34,801 --> 02:04:36,719 - You are hotter than hell. - That's what they say. 2398 02:04:36,719 --> 02:04:39,180 And I've been watching. Your albums are going through the roof. 2399 02:04:39,180 --> 02:04:41,224 Your concerts are always selling out. 2400 02:04:41,224 --> 02:04:42,725 You have to start thinking about shelters 2401 02:04:42,767 --> 02:04:44,560 for your money. You're in a new tax bracket. 2402 02:04:44,560 --> 02:04:47,730 [Jeff] Keep your drawers on, Fathead. I got the instruments with me. 2403 02:04:47,730 --> 02:04:50,066 Jeff, you know Joe Adams was in the film Carmen Jones. 2404 02:04:50,066 --> 02:04:52,527 - Who was the director again? - Otto Preminger. 2405 02:04:52,527 --> 02:04:55,655 Yeah, he was also on Broadway with Lena Horne. 2406 02:04:55,655 --> 02:04:58,032 She was the star. I was supporting. 2407 02:04:58,032 --> 02:05:00,451 Is that a fact? 2408 02:05:00,451 --> 02:05:03,121 [Joe] Prepare yourself for an extraordinary evening of music. 2409 02:05:03,121 --> 02:05:05,248 Perhaps the most innovative, unique... 2410 02:05:05,248 --> 02:05:07,166 and energetic musical voice today. 2411 02:05:07,166 --> 02:05:08,710 Please welcome to the stage... 2412 02:05:08,710 --> 02:05:10,461 It is my distinct pleasure... 2413 02:05:10,461 --> 02:05:12,588 - Please give your warmest welcome... - to the one of a kind... 2414 02:05:12,588 --> 02:05:14,132 - I present... - Mr. Ray... 2415 02:05:14,132 --> 02:05:15,967 - Ray... - Ray Charles! 2416 02:05:15,967 --> 02:05:17,844 ♪ Whoa ♪ 2417 02:05:17,844 --> 02:05:19,387 ♪ Bye, bye, love ♪ 2418 02:05:19,387 --> 02:05:20,805 ♪ Whoo ♪ 2419 02:05:20,805 --> 02:05:23,558 - ♪ Bye, bye, sweet caress ♪ - S Mmm ♪ 2420 02:05:23,558 --> 02:05:27,145 ♪ Hello, emptiness I think I'm gonna die ♪ 2421 02:05:27,145 --> 02:05:29,022 [Speaking French] 2422 02:05:33,109 --> 02:05:35,319 [Speaking Italian] 2423 02:05:35,319 --> 02:05:38,448 [Speaking Spanish] 2424 02:05:38,448 --> 02:05:41,784 - [Speaking German] - [Speaking Japanese] 2425 02:05:41,784 --> 02:05:45,079 [Speaking Multiple Languages] 2426 02:05:45,079 --> 02:05:47,415 Ray Charles! [Crowd Cheering] 2427 02:05:53,212 --> 02:05:54,839 [Joe] Bea, there's a park... 2428 02:05:54,839 --> 02:05:56,758 right at the end of the street for the boys. 2429 02:05:56,758 --> 02:05:58,509 You can see the whole L.A. basin from there. 2430 02:05:58,551 --> 02:06:00,261 Not even Beverly Hills has views like this. 2431 02:06:00,261 --> 02:06:01,846 [Ray] How's it look, Bea? 2432 02:06:01,846 --> 02:06:03,806 Huh? You like it, don't you? 2433 02:06:03,806 --> 02:06:05,725 [Bea] I don't know, Ray. I haven't seen it yet. 2434 02:06:05,725 --> 02:06:07,935 Voila. 2435 02:06:07,935 --> 02:06:11,147 This foyer is designed to impress anybody who walks through the door. 2436 02:06:11,147 --> 02:06:14,067 There's a big winding staircase, just like Gone with the Wind. 2437 02:06:14,067 --> 02:06:16,736 We should get our portraits painted like Rhett and Scarlett. 2438 02:06:16,736 --> 02:06:19,072 [Chuckles] Bea, bring him on in here. 2439 02:06:19,072 --> 02:06:21,240 Wait till you hear what's waiting for you in the living room. 2440 02:06:21,240 --> 02:06:23,034 What is it? 2441 02:06:23,034 --> 02:06:26,537 I had them build you a solid marble fireplace two stories high. 2442 02:06:26,537 --> 02:06:28,456 Hot damn. How do you like it, Bea? 2443 02:06:28,456 --> 02:06:30,124 It's awful big. 2444 02:06:30,124 --> 02:06:32,043 It sure is. 8,500 square feet. 2445 02:06:32,043 --> 02:06:33,628 The biggest house in the neighborhood. 2446 02:06:33,628 --> 02:06:35,171 So, Ray, does this meet with your approval? 2447 02:06:35,171 --> 02:06:36,798 Oh, man, this is a palace. 2448 02:06:36,798 --> 02:06:38,549 [Joe] You think this is big? 2449 02:06:38,549 --> 02:06:41,719 Wait till tomorrow when you see 30,000 square feet of RPM Incorporated. 2450 02:06:41,719 --> 02:06:43,763 [Ray] Yeah, headquarters. 2451 02:06:43,763 --> 02:06:45,765 This is it, Ray. Your brand-new recording studio. 2452 02:06:45,765 --> 02:06:47,350 Did you get everything I asked for? 2453 02:06:47,350 --> 02:06:49,018 Totally state-of-the-art. 2454 02:06:49,018 --> 02:06:51,395 Tom Dowd built an eight-track mixing console, 2455 02:06:51,395 --> 02:06:53,064 two recorders, the works. 2456 02:06:53,064 --> 02:06:54,982 This room is bigger than most people's houses. 2457 02:06:54,982 --> 02:06:57,568 Got your own private bathroom to your left. - Good. 2458 02:06:57,568 --> 02:07:00,488 Right behind you is my adjoining office. - All right. 2459 02:07:00,488 --> 02:07:02,532 Step over to your private bar to the left. - Hello. 2460 02:07:02,532 --> 02:07:04,242 Got a bottle of Bols right in the center. 2461 02:07:04,242 --> 02:07:05,993 You know me pretty good. 2462 02:07:05,993 --> 02:07:08,704 [Joe] If you run out just shout. I'll be right next door. 2463 02:07:08,704 --> 02:07:10,331 [Ray] This is nice right here. 2464 02:07:10,331 --> 02:07:12,667 - This is the house that Ray built. - Yes, it is. 2465 02:07:12,667 --> 02:07:15,837 [Ray] and Born to lose 2466 02:07:15,837 --> 02:07:20,591 ♪ I've lived my life in vain ♪ 2467 02:07:20,591 --> 02:07:22,468 [Children Laughing] 2468 02:07:25,012 --> 02:07:30,017 Ray Junior, slow down! This ain't no baseball diamond. 2469 02:07:30,017 --> 02:07:33,688 [Phone Rings] [Woman] Charles residence. 2470 02:07:33,688 --> 02:07:35,481 - Mr. Charles? - Get the phone, baby. 2471 02:07:35,481 --> 02:07:39,443 Della, bring that boy over. I got a hot dog with his name on it. 2472 02:07:39,443 --> 02:07:41,445 Hello? 2473 02:07:41,445 --> 02:07:44,866 Yes, I remember who you are. 2474 02:07:44,866 --> 02:07:46,576 What? 2475 02:07:46,576 --> 02:07:48,744 - Oh, God, no. - Ray? 2476 02:07:48,744 --> 02:07:52,206 Yes, I'll get on a plane. I'll be there as soon as I can. 2477 02:07:52,206 --> 02:07:54,041 What happened? 2478 02:07:55,543 --> 02:07:56,627 Margie's dead. 2479 02:07:56,627 --> 02:07:58,880 Oh, God. How? 2480 02:08:00,339 --> 02:08:01,757 She overdosed. 2481 02:08:05,595 --> 02:08:07,263 I didn't start her. 2482 02:08:09,265 --> 02:08:12,268 I didn't let her do dope around me. I wouldn't let it happen. 2483 02:08:12,268 --> 02:08:15,605 Yes, I'm sure, Ray. I'm sure you set a fine example. 2484 02:08:19,942 --> 02:08:21,277 What about her baby? 2485 02:08:25,364 --> 02:08:27,158 You knew? 2486 02:08:27,158 --> 02:08:29,994 His name is Charles Wayne. 2487 02:08:29,994 --> 02:08:32,830 He was born October 1 in New York City. 2488 02:08:32,830 --> 02:08:35,041 He's three years old. 2489 02:08:35,041 --> 02:08:38,711 The baby's fine. He's at her sister's. 2490 02:08:41,255 --> 02:08:43,216 All right. I'll start sending them some money. 2491 02:08:43,216 --> 02:08:45,134 You don't have to. I send them money every month. 2492 02:08:54,393 --> 02:08:57,104 [Sobbing] 2493 02:09:11,369 --> 02:09:14,205 In five minutes, Mr. Charles will be here, and he will be ready to go. 2494 02:09:14,205 --> 02:09:18,501 The charts Jeff is handing out should be turned in at the conclusion... 2495 02:09:18,501 --> 02:09:21,254 You're late. That's a $50 fine. 2496 02:09:21,254 --> 02:09:23,256 I ain't late. 2497 02:09:23,256 --> 02:09:25,883 I give 'em a 10-minute grace period, Joe. 2498 02:09:25,883 --> 02:09:29,095 Five minutes after 2:00. He's late. He will be charged $50. 2499 02:09:29,095 --> 02:09:32,014 What? You know what? Where's Ray? 2500 02:09:32,014 --> 02:09:34,350 You don't have to talk to Ray. You're talking to me. 2501 02:09:34,350 --> 02:09:36,269 I'll talk to whoever I damn well please, 2502 02:09:36,269 --> 02:09:37,812 and it sure as hell ain't you. 2503 02:09:37,812 --> 02:09:39,230 Jive jerk. 2504 02:09:44,527 --> 02:09:47,655 Hey, Ray. This fool Joe Adams... 2505 02:09:47,655 --> 02:09:49,824 is trying to fine me for being late. 2506 02:09:49,824 --> 02:09:51,242 What time did you get here? 2507 02:09:51,242 --> 02:09:52,994 What? 2508 02:09:52,994 --> 02:09:56,289 Just now. The band's still setting up. 2509 02:09:56,289 --> 02:09:57,832 - Jeff never... - I'm not Jeff. 2510 02:09:57,832 --> 02:10:00,543 That's a fact, Jack. 2511 02:10:00,543 --> 02:10:03,462 Ray, you said the band was my thing. 2512 02:10:03,462 --> 02:10:04,964 Itis. 2513 02:10:04,964 --> 02:10:08,426 Then Fathead, you go on back to rehearsal. 2514 02:10:08,426 --> 02:10:11,095 Ray! 2515 02:10:11,095 --> 02:10:13,139 You know how it is. You've been there. 2516 02:10:13,139 --> 02:10:15,516 [Jeff] Fathead, go on, now. Let me handle this. 2517 02:10:15,516 --> 02:10:17,226 Fathead, go on now. 2518 02:10:21,230 --> 02:10:23,316 You want to tell me what the hell is going on? 2519 02:10:23,316 --> 02:10:25,860 I'm not doing anything I haven't been asked to do. 2520 02:10:25,860 --> 02:10:30,156 Ray's running a business. He shouldn't have to waste time hearing why people were late. 2521 02:10:30,156 --> 02:10:33,159 I'm not talking to you, Joe. I'm talking to Ray. 2522 02:10:38,080 --> 02:10:41,292 Ray, I know you think I'm soft on the band, 2523 02:10:41,292 --> 02:10:44,128 but those cats will do whatever I ask. 2524 02:10:44,128 --> 02:10:46,922 But if you come in here with this "running a business" crap, 2525 02:10:46,922 --> 02:10:49,050 you're gonna lose some good people. I'm telling you, Ray. 2526 02:10:49,050 --> 02:10:51,344 There are musicians waiting in line to play with Ray Charles. 2527 02:10:51,344 --> 02:10:54,972 Not for long. Once they get a taste of you. 2528 02:10:54,972 --> 02:10:57,808 Ray, you're the leader, man. Be one. Come on, now. 2529 02:10:57,850 --> 02:11:00,227 You know what, Jeff? Things have changed, man. 2530 02:11:00,227 --> 02:11:02,938 It ain't like the days when it was seven of us on the Chitlin' Circuit. 2531 02:11:02,938 --> 02:11:06,317 If you wasn't so busy building a bowling alley you'd seen that. 2532 02:11:06,317 --> 02:11:07,818 So you know about that, huh? 2533 02:11:07,860 --> 02:11:10,738 I know about everything. 2534 02:11:10,738 --> 02:11:13,074 I'm just trying to figure out how you did it. 2535 02:11:13,074 --> 02:11:15,451 You think I'm stealing from you, Ray? 2536 02:11:15,451 --> 02:11:18,537 If the Shaw Agency is going to give you a cut of the 10% I'm giving them, 2537 02:11:18,537 --> 02:11:21,916 I might as well keep the goddamn money in my pocket. 2538 02:11:21,916 --> 02:11:23,334 Leave us alone. We need to talk. 2539 02:11:25,169 --> 02:11:27,671 - Ray? - You can step outside, Joe. 2540 02:11:30,633 --> 02:11:32,885 I'll be in my office. 2541 02:11:37,890 --> 02:11:40,226 Ray, now, I know that jealous bastard... 2542 02:11:40,226 --> 02:11:41,852 planted that lie in your head. 2543 02:11:41,894 --> 02:11:45,147 But I've never stolen from you, Ray, and I never will. 2544 02:11:45,147 --> 02:11:47,358 I got myself a small business loan. 2545 02:11:47,358 --> 02:11:50,277 And, yeah, Milt Shaw was giving me a little extra, but I'm not a thief, Ray. 2546 02:11:50,277 --> 02:11:52,279 Then what about that, Jeff? 2547 02:11:52,279 --> 02:11:54,448 A promoter swearing that you did side deals with him, 2548 02:11:54,448 --> 02:11:56,742 so you could split my overages. 2549 02:11:56,742 --> 02:11:58,411 How could you do that to me? 2550 02:11:58,411 --> 02:12:00,371 We've been through so much. We were like brothers. 2551 02:12:00,371 --> 02:12:03,457 You know what, Ray? 2552 02:12:03,457 --> 02:12:06,877 If we were like brothers, 2553 02:12:06,919 --> 02:12:09,171 why are you paying Joe more than you're paying me? 2554 02:12:09,171 --> 02:12:11,090 Damn all that, you broke my heart, man. 2555 02:12:11,090 --> 02:12:13,509 Well, you know what, Ray? 2556 02:12:13,509 --> 02:12:15,803 You broke mine a long goddamn time ago. 2557 02:12:16,762 --> 02:12:18,347 Well, then there it is. 2558 02:12:25,688 --> 02:12:29,066 You know something, Ray? You're gonna get yours one day. 2559 02:12:29,066 --> 02:12:32,528 And I pray to God he has mercy on your soul, you son of a bitch. 2560 02:12:40,494 --> 02:12:42,746 Everything all right, Ray? 2561 02:12:44,039 --> 02:12:45,958 How the hell do you think it is? 2562 02:12:52,256 --> 02:12:53,966 [Honking] 2563 02:12:56,927 --> 02:12:59,847 Go tell him. Go tell him, tell him. 2564 02:13:01,849 --> 02:13:05,227 Hey, Dad. I made the all-star team. The game's on Thursday. 2565 02:13:05,227 --> 02:13:07,021 That's great. Oh, damn. 2566 02:13:07,021 --> 02:13:09,398 I'm not gonna be in town. I got to go on tour. 2567 02:13:09,398 --> 02:13:12,485 How about I buy you guys some new uniforms? 2568 02:13:12,485 --> 02:13:15,070 Tell the coach I don't care how much they cost. - Okay. 2569 02:13:15,070 --> 02:13:17,531 Son, you want to take your dad's briefcase inside? 2570 02:13:17,531 --> 02:13:19,200 The plane to Montreal leaves at 11:00. 2571 02:13:19,200 --> 02:13:22,036 - I'll pick you up at 8:30? - All right. 2572 02:13:22,036 --> 02:13:24,413 Did you hear what Ray Junior said to you? - Yeah. 2573 02:13:24,413 --> 02:13:26,957 Do you know how much making the all-star team means to him? 2574 02:13:26,999 --> 02:13:29,418 I know, but I got things on my mind. We had to fire Jeff. 2575 02:13:29,418 --> 02:13:31,212 - What? - He was stealing. 2576 02:13:31,212 --> 02:13:33,088 - Jeff? - Mm-hmm. 2577 02:13:33,088 --> 02:13:34,715 I don't believe it. 2578 02:13:34,715 --> 02:13:36,926 Yeah, well, we're better without him. 2579 02:13:36,926 --> 02:13:39,386 ♪ My mother told me I 2580 02:13:39,386 --> 02:13:40,846 [Applause] 2581 02:13:43,516 --> 02:13:47,895 ♪ Before she passed away ♪ 2582 02:13:47,895 --> 02:13:52,066 ♪ Said, Son, when I'm gone ♪ 2583 02:13:52,066 --> 02:13:54,276 ♪ Don't forget to pray ♪ 2584 02:13:54,276 --> 02:13:56,237 ♪ 'Cause there'll be hard times ♪ 2585 02:13:59,073 --> 02:14:01,951 ♪ Hard times ♪ 2586 02:14:01,951 --> 02:14:04,620 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 2587 02:14:04,620 --> 02:14:08,457 ♪ Who knows better than I? ♪ 2588 02:14:37,570 --> 02:14:41,407 Excuse me, gentlemen. U.S. Customs. 2589 02:14:41,407 --> 02:14:43,534 We're gonna need to see some identification, please. 2590 02:14:43,534 --> 02:14:45,035 You just arrived from Montreal? 2591 02:14:45,077 --> 02:14:46,745 Yes, is there a problem? 2592 02:14:46,745 --> 02:14:49,206 We were alerted there might be drugs on this plane. 2593 02:14:49,206 --> 02:14:51,792 What? That's outrageous. I want to call our lawyer. 2594 02:14:51,792 --> 02:14:53,794 No lawyers at international checkpoints. 2595 02:14:53,794 --> 02:14:56,755 We're going to have to search everyone on this plane. 2596 02:14:56,755 --> 02:14:58,716 Mr. Charles, if you don't mind, we'd like to 2597 02:14:58,757 --> 02:15:00,718 start with you. I'd like to see your overcoat. 2598 02:15:00,718 --> 02:15:03,470 - If I don't mind? - Don't say anything, Ray. 2599 02:15:04,680 --> 02:15:05,889 What's this? 2600 02:15:07,808 --> 02:15:10,894 Ray, this isn't some judge in Indiana. It's federal. 2601 02:15:10,894 --> 02:15:13,564 They can charge you with smuggling, which can mean real prison time. 2602 02:15:15,316 --> 02:15:18,110 Our lawyers will do what they can, but... 2603 02:15:21,280 --> 02:15:23,907 [Phone Rings] 2604 02:15:29,204 --> 02:15:32,041 [Continues Ringing] 2605 02:15:37,838 --> 02:15:39,757 Hello. 2606 02:15:41,800 --> 02:15:43,552 You can't hide out in here forever, Ray. 2607 02:15:43,552 --> 02:15:45,304 It's my house. I'm not in prison yet. 2608 02:15:45,304 --> 02:15:47,097 No, it's my house. 2609 02:15:47,139 --> 02:15:49,350 You ain't been here more than six days since we moved in. 2610 02:15:49,350 --> 02:15:51,477 No, Ray. No! A needle ain't gonna solve this. 2611 02:15:51,477 --> 02:15:54,396 - Get out of the way! - The only thing that can help you is God, Ray. 2612 02:15:54,396 --> 02:15:56,565 God? Do you have any idea how it feels to go blind... 2613 02:15:56,565 --> 02:15:58,567 and still be afraid of the dark? 2614 02:15:58,567 --> 02:16:00,486 And every day, you sit there and pray... 2615 02:16:00,486 --> 02:16:02,863 just for a little light, and you get nothing. 2616 02:16:02,863 --> 02:16:05,240 - 'Cause God don't listen to people like me. - Stop talking like that. 2617 02:16:05,240 --> 02:16:08,369 As far as I'm concerned, me and God is even and I'll do what I damn well please. 2618 02:16:08,369 --> 02:16:10,579 Goddamn it, if I want to shoot up, I'll shoot up. Move. 2619 02:16:10,579 --> 02:16:12,790 Then go ahead. But you walk out that door, 2620 02:16:12,790 --> 02:16:15,125 and I'm gonna do something I should have done long ago. 2621 02:16:15,125 --> 02:16:17,503 - I'm gonna take my boys and I'm gonna leave. - You're not taking the boys. 2622 02:16:17,503 --> 02:16:19,046 You're not leaving. You have no place to go. 2623 02:16:19,046 --> 02:16:21,090 - No place? - No. 2624 02:16:21,090 --> 02:16:22,966 You think I'm scared of losing this? 2625 02:16:22,966 --> 02:16:26,470 Ray, the only thing I was ever scared of losing was you, 2626 02:16:26,470 --> 02:16:29,014 because where was I ever going to find another Ray Robinson? 2627 02:16:30,683 --> 02:16:33,727 So I put up with some terrible stuff. 2628 02:16:33,727 --> 02:16:36,814 And maybe that makes me part to blame, but I ain't scared no more. 2629 02:16:36,814 --> 02:16:39,233 You know I love you and those boys more than anything in this world. 2630 02:16:39,233 --> 02:16:42,486 No, that's a damn lie and you know it. 2631 02:16:43,904 --> 02:16:47,950 You ever look at this? Really look at it, Ray! 2632 02:16:47,950 --> 02:16:51,995 Ray Charles Jr.'s "Most Valuable Player." 2633 02:16:51,995 --> 02:16:55,416 He was so proud this day... 2634 02:16:55,416 --> 02:16:58,502 until you came home too loaded... 2635 02:16:58,502 --> 02:17:00,671 to go to his banquet. [Stammers] 2636 02:17:00,671 --> 02:17:03,173 No, there is something that you love more than me and them boys, 2637 02:17:03,215 --> 02:17:06,051 more than all the women you ever slept with on the road, 2638 02:17:06,051 --> 02:17:08,178 - more than all the dope you ever took. - What are you talking about? 2639 02:17:08,178 --> 02:17:10,097 Your music. 2640 02:17:11,640 --> 02:17:14,351 And if you don't stop using that needle, 2641 02:17:14,351 --> 02:17:17,271 they're gonna take away your music and put you in jail. 2642 02:17:21,400 --> 02:17:24,111 Is that poison worth losing everything? 2643 02:17:36,331 --> 02:17:39,209 [Sobbing] 2644 02:17:43,714 --> 02:17:45,382 [Gasping] 2645 02:17:48,093 --> 02:17:52,181 [Coughing] 2646 02:18:00,355 --> 02:18:02,441 [Retching] 2647 02:18:05,694 --> 02:18:07,321 [Nurse] Mr. Charles? 2648 02:18:19,208 --> 02:18:21,251 - Mr. Charles. - Yes? 2649 02:18:21,251 --> 02:18:23,962 You don't have to go through this. 2650 02:18:23,962 --> 02:18:28,592 We have a substitute that can help wean you off heroin. 2651 02:18:28,592 --> 02:18:30,511 I've got to do it alone. 2652 02:18:30,511 --> 02:18:33,972 I can doit. I can do it. 2653 02:18:33,972 --> 02:18:36,475 Don't touch me. 2654 02:18:38,560 --> 02:18:41,688 All right. We'll do it your way. 2655 02:18:45,901 --> 02:18:47,569 [Gasping, Shivering] 2656 02:18:52,950 --> 02:18:56,411 Doctor? Mr. Charles? 2657 02:18:56,411 --> 02:18:58,664 Mr. Charles, I'm coming. 2658 02:18:58,664 --> 02:19:00,791 He's got no fluids left. 2659 02:19:00,791 --> 02:19:02,376 Get an IV in him right away. 2660 02:19:02,376 --> 02:19:04,711 - I'll insert the needle. - No needles! 2661 02:19:04,711 --> 02:19:06,255 Yes, yes! It's very important. You need it. 2662 02:19:06,255 --> 02:19:07,798 No, no! Runner! I've got a runner! 2663 02:19:10,050 --> 02:19:11,593 Here, take these. 2664 02:19:11,593 --> 02:19:14,263 [Grunting] 2665 02:19:14,263 --> 02:19:15,764 [Orderly] Put those restraints on him. 2666 02:19:16,765 --> 02:19:19,184 - Arms secure. - No needles. No needles. 2667 02:19:20,602 --> 02:19:23,188 [Groaning] 2668 02:19:25,607 --> 02:19:27,651 [Sobbing] 2669 02:19:30,821 --> 02:19:32,698 - [Clinking Rapidly] - andJ' [Rapid Piano] 2670 02:19:33,615 --> 02:19:35,492 [Echoing Voices] 2671 02:19:37,035 --> 02:19:38,412 No! No! 2672 02:19:45,168 --> 02:19:48,171 George, I miss you. 2673 02:19:48,171 --> 02:19:49,840 I miss you, George. I miss you. 2674 02:19:50,966 --> 02:19:53,051 [Moaning] 2675 02:20:09,192 --> 02:20:11,194 [Ray] Okay. Uh-oh. 2676 02:20:11,194 --> 02:20:13,363 You might be in trouble right there, Doc. 2677 02:20:22,164 --> 02:20:24,708 Hot damn, you whooped my ass again. 2678 02:20:24,708 --> 02:20:27,502 I tell you what. I won't lose again the same way twice. 2679 02:20:27,502 --> 02:20:31,256 I spoke with the judge in Boston, and he'll agree to probation. 2680 02:20:31,256 --> 02:20:33,592 He was impressed with your attorney's arguments, 2681 02:20:33,592 --> 02:20:35,761 and he believes you deserve one more chance. 2682 02:20:35,761 --> 02:20:39,264 - Oh, that's great. - But youmust complete our program... 2683 02:20:39,264 --> 02:20:42,225 - and agree to take periodic drug tests. - You know what? I'll do it. 2684 02:20:42,225 --> 02:20:45,896 I know a lot of people don't believe I'm done with this dope, but I'm finished. 2685 02:20:45,896 --> 02:20:47,731 Who's George? 2686 02:20:47,731 --> 02:20:50,275 [Nurse] Everyone to the cafeteria, please. 2687 02:20:52,319 --> 02:20:57,616 Ray, you've come through the worst of the physical reactions. 2688 02:20:57,616 --> 02:21:01,036 We should begin psychotherapy sessions. 2689 02:21:01,036 --> 02:21:03,163 Uh, look, forget the head shrinking, Doc. 2690 02:21:03,163 --> 02:21:05,290 I can handle this. 2691 02:21:09,378 --> 02:21:11,421 Mr. Charles, 2692 02:21:11,421 --> 02:21:14,216 you're not the first celebrity junkie I've treated. 2693 02:21:14,216 --> 02:21:17,427 - Junkie? What are you... - Nobody cons me at any price. 2694 02:21:17,427 --> 02:21:21,390 - I'm not trying to. - If you want me to give that judge a positive report, 2695 02:21:21,390 --> 02:21:23,433 you will have to earn it. 2696 02:21:26,728 --> 02:21:28,647 Doc? 2697 02:21:28,647 --> 02:21:31,191 Dr. Hacker? Doc? 2698 02:21:46,540 --> 02:21:48,583 [Grunts] 2699 02:21:48,583 --> 02:21:50,043 [Panting] 2700 02:22:04,641 --> 02:22:07,144 [George] Ray, come on, Ray, play with me. 2701 02:22:10,731 --> 02:22:12,232 [Aretha] He ain't there. 2702 02:22:12,232 --> 02:22:13,734 [Gasps] 2703 02:22:18,280 --> 02:22:20,949 [Clinking] 2704 02:22:20,949 --> 02:22:22,534 Talk to me, Son. 2705 02:22:23,994 --> 02:22:25,871 I ain't no bad dream. 2706 02:22:25,871 --> 02:22:27,956 I'm a part of you. 2707 02:22:27,956 --> 02:22:30,500 Even all that dope couldn't keep me away. 2708 02:22:33,128 --> 02:22:34,463 Mama, I kept my promise. 2709 02:22:35,756 --> 02:22:37,591 You got strong all right. 2710 02:22:37,591 --> 02:22:39,593 Went places I never dreamed of. 2711 02:22:39,593 --> 02:22:41,845 But you still became a cripple. 2712 02:22:47,851 --> 02:22:50,312 Come here, baby. Come here. 2713 02:22:52,105 --> 02:22:54,649 [Sobbing] 2714 02:22:57,527 --> 02:22:59,821 [George] Ray? 2715 02:23:04,993 --> 02:23:06,620 It wasn't your fault. 2716 02:23:12,292 --> 02:23:15,921 Now promise us you'll never let nobody or nothing... 2717 02:23:15,921 --> 02:23:18,298 turn you into no cripple ever again. 2718 02:23:18,298 --> 02:23:21,676 That you'll always stand on your own two feet. 2719 02:23:22,636 --> 02:23:24,096 I promise. 2720 02:23:45,033 --> 02:23:47,494 [Man] Today, we're here to right a wrong that was done... 2721 02:23:47,494 --> 02:23:50,247 to one of our native sons nearly 20 years ago. 2722 02:23:50,247 --> 02:23:52,499 In 1961, 2723 02:23:52,499 --> 02:23:56,128 Ray Charles was banned from performing in the state of Georgia... 2724 02:23:56,128 --> 02:23:59,506 because he refused to play before a segregated audience. 2725 02:23:59,506 --> 02:24:02,926 Thankfully, we've come a long way since then. 2726 02:24:02,926 --> 02:24:05,971 Some of us have fought for equality through the political process. 2727 02:24:05,971 --> 02:24:08,974 But Ray Charles changed American culture... 2728 02:24:08,974 --> 02:24:10,684 by touching people's hearts. 2729 02:24:10,684 --> 02:24:15,605 So on this day, March 7, 1979, 2730 02:24:15,605 --> 02:24:19,234 we, the duly elected representatives of the state of Georgia... 2731 02:24:19,234 --> 02:24:23,280 not only proclaim "Georgia On My Mind" our official state song, 2732 02:24:23,280 --> 02:24:26,825 we also offer Mr. Ray Charles a public apology... 2733 02:24:26,825 --> 02:24:28,368 and welcome him back home. 2734 02:24:28,368 --> 02:24:29,786 [All Cheer] 2735 02:24:37,085 --> 02:24:42,924 ♪ Every time I sing this song ♪ 2736 02:24:48,013 --> 02:24:50,432 If only your mama was here. 2737 02:24:50,432 --> 02:24:52,267 She's here. 2738 02:24:52,267 --> 02:24:54,811 She ain't never left. 2739 02:24:54,811 --> 02:24:56,813 ♪ I sing for ♪ 2740 02:24:59,566 --> 02:25:01,109 ♪ Georgia ♪ 2741 02:25:04,738 --> 02:25:07,032 ♪ Whoa, Georgia ♪ 2742 02:25:10,076 --> 02:25:12,454 ♪ The whole day through ♪ 2743 02:25:16,333 --> 02:25:18,543 ♪ This old, sweet song 2744 02:25:22,047 --> 02:25:25,467 ♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪ 2745 02:25:29,137 --> 02:25:32,933 ♪ On my mind ♪ 2746 02:25:33,808 --> 02:25:36,061 ♪ Hey, Georgia ♪ 2747 02:25:36,061 --> 02:25:38,021 ♪ Oh, yeah I 2748 02:25:40,899 --> 02:25:43,693 ♪ Yeah, Georgia ♪ 2749 02:25:46,905 --> 02:25:50,951 ♪ And a song of you I 2750 02:25:54,412 --> 02:25:57,499 ♪ Comes as sweet and clear ♪ 2751 02:26:00,001 --> 02:26:05,173 ♪ As moonlight through the pines ♪ 2752 02:26:11,012 --> 02:26:13,682 ♪ I feel that ♪ 2753 02:26:15,350 --> 02:26:20,230 ♪ Other arms ♪ 2754 02:26:24,234 --> 02:26:29,364 ♪ Reach out to me ♪ 2755 02:26:33,702 --> 02:26:38,123 ♪ Other eyes I 2756 02:26:42,836 --> 02:26:46,881 ♪ Smile, hey, hey ♪ 2757 02:26:46,881 --> 02:26:49,926 ♪ Tenderly ♪ 2758 02:26:49,926 --> 02:26:52,012 ♪ Well, all right now ♪ 2759 02:26:52,012 --> 02:26:54,014 ♪ Oh, yeah I 2760 02:26:54,014 --> 02:26:55,473 ♪ Oh, Lord ♪ 2761 02:26:59,644 --> 02:27:07,652 ♪ Don't you know ♪ 2762 02:27:08,361 --> 02:27:10,572 ♪ Still in ♪ 2763 02:27:10,572 --> 02:27:13,033 ♪ Peaceful dreams I ♪ 2764 02:27:13,033 --> 02:27:16,661 ♪ Oh, I see misty road ♪ 2765 02:27:18,163 --> 02:27:22,250 ♪ Oh, the road leads back to you, girl ♪ 2766 02:27:23,418 --> 02:27:31,426 ♪ Whoa, oh ♪ 2767 02:27:33,428 --> 02:27:35,597 ♪ Oh, Georgia ♪ 2768 02:27:35,597 --> 02:27:40,310 [Vocalizing] 2769 02:27:40,310 --> 02:27:42,979 ♪ No peace I find ♪ 2770 02:27:42,979 --> 02:27:45,190 ♪ Won't you hear me now? 2771 02:27:45,190 --> 02:27:48,777 ♪ It's just this old, sweet song ♪ 2772 02:27:48,777 --> 02:27:52,655 ♪ Oh, I say ♪ 2773 02:27:52,655 --> 02:27:56,743 ♪ Keep Georgia on my mind 2774 02:27:58,453 --> 02:28:00,830 ♪ Well, on my mind ♪ 2775 02:28:00,830 --> 02:28:04,292 [Vocalizing] 2776 02:28:04,292 --> 02:28:06,127 ♪ On my mind ♪ 2777 02:28:07,045 --> 02:28:13,635 [Vocalizing] 2778 02:28:13,635 --> 02:28:15,428 ♪ Keeps Georgia ♪ 2779 02:28:15,428 --> 02:28:18,473 ♪ Oh, Georgia on my mind ♪ 2780 02:28:18,473 --> 02:28:21,434 ♪ You know, the little girls that are on my mind 2781 02:28:21,434 --> 02:28:24,521 ♪ Huh ♪ 2782 02:28:24,521 --> 02:28:26,481 ♪ Yes, it did Jo 2783 02:28:36,991 --> 02:28:40,245 [Ray] and Unchain my heart I [Raelettes] I Unchain my heart 2784 02:28:40,245 --> 02:28:43,206 ♪ Baby, let me be ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2785 02:28:43,206 --> 02:28:46,292 ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2786 02:28:46,292 --> 02:28:48,002 ♪ 'Cause you don't care about me ♪ 2787 02:28:48,002 --> 02:28:50,713 ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2788 02:28:50,713 --> 02:28:54,134 ♪ You got me sewn up like a pillow case 2789 02:28:54,134 --> 02:28:56,386 ♪ But you're letting my love go to waste I 2790 02:28:56,386 --> 02:28:58,096 ♪ So unchain my heart ♪ 2791 02:28:58,096 --> 02:29:02,225 ♪ Oh, please, please set me free 2792 02:29:02,225 --> 02:29:05,353 ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2793 02:29:05,353 --> 02:29:08,481 ♪ Baby, let me go and 2794 02:29:08,481 --> 02:29:11,568 ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2795 02:29:11,568 --> 02:29:13,236 ♪ 'Cause you don't love me no more ♪ 2796 02:29:13,236 --> 02:29:15,989 ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2797 02:29:15,989 --> 02:29:19,159 ♪ Every time I call you on the phone I 2798 02:29:19,159 --> 02:29:21,578 ♪ Some fella tells me that you're not at home ♪ 2799 02:29:21,578 --> 02:29:23,580 ♪ So unchain my heart ♪ 2800 02:29:23,580 --> 02:29:25,623 ♪ Oh, please, please set me free 2801 02:29:52,817 --> 02:29:55,945 ♪ I'm under your spell ♪ ♪ I'm under your spell ♪ 2802 02:29:55,987 --> 02:29:58,907 ♪ Like a man in a trance ♪ ♪ Like a man in a trance ♪ 2803 02:29:58,907 --> 02:30:02,327 ♪ Oh, you know darn well I ♪ You know darn well ♪ 2804 02:30:02,327 --> 02:30:05,246 ♪ That I don't stand a chance ♪ ♪ That I don't stand a chance ♪ 2805 02:30:05,246 --> 02:30:08,666 ♪ So unchain my heart ♪ ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2806 02:30:08,666 --> 02:30:11,836 ♪ Let me go my way ♪ ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2807 02:30:11,836 --> 02:30:14,881 ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2808 02:30:14,881 --> 02:30:19,219 ♪ You worry me night and day ♪ ♪ Unchain my heart ♪ 2809 02:30:19,219 --> 02:30:22,597 I Why lead me through a life of misery ♪ 2810 02:30:22,597 --> 02:30:24,933 ♪ When you don't care a bag of beans for me? ♪ 2811 02:30:24,933 --> 02:30:27,435 ♪ So unchain my heart ♪ 2812 02:30:27,435 --> 02:30:30,647 ♪ Please, please set me free ♪ ♪ Please set me free ♪ 2813 02:30:30,647 --> 02:30:33,608 ♪ Won't you set me free? ♪ ♪ Please set me free ♪ 2814 02:30:33,608 --> 02:30:36,653 ♪ Whoa, set me free ♪ ♪ Please set me free ♪ 2815 02:30:36,653 --> 02:30:39,781 ♪ Whoa, set me free ♪ ♪ Please set me free ♪