Who is it? Mr. Charles, my name is Ahmet Ertegun. May I have a moment of your time? What...
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Ray Charles:
[responding to knock on his door]
Who is it?
Ahmet Ertegun:
Mr. Charles, my name is Ahmet Ertegun. May I have a moment of your time?
Ray Charles:
[opening door]
What do you want, man? I'm at church.
Ahmet Ertegun:
I'm sorry. I'll come back later.
Ray Charles:
You're here now, what do you want?
Ahmet Ertegun:
Mr. Charles, my company, Atlantic Records, has just acquired your contract from Swingtime. I'd like to talk about your future.
Ray Charles:
Hold on, man. Don't jive me now. I ain't for sale.
Ahmet Ertegun:
May I sit down?
[Sits in chair]
Ahmet Ertegun:
You see it seems that Jack Lauderdale has found himself, shall we say, a little over extended and has had to unload some of his talent. When your name came up I jumped at the chance to work with you. I'm a big fan.
Ray Charles:
What if I want to go to another company? There's a guy out there right now that's willing to pay me seven cents a record. Can you do that?
Ahmet Ertegun:
Man, I could promise you fifteen cents a record but you won't get it. Anymore than he'll pay you seven. What I will do is promise you five cents a record and pay you five cents a record. You think pennies, Mr. Charles, you get pennies. You think dollars, you get dollars.
Ray Charles:
I like the way you put things together. Omlet, you're alright with me.
Ahmet Ertegun:
Ahmet.
Ray Charles:
Ahmet. What kind of a name is that anyway.
Ahmet Ertegun:
I'm Turkish.
Ray Charles:
Well, it looks like Jack Lauderdale's bad luck is my good fortune. I always knew Atlantic was bigger than Swingtime. You do great music there. I dig Atlantic.
Ahmet Ertegun:
You could have fooled me.
Ray Charles:
Well, I gotta keep my eye on you city boys. Back home they call it country dumb.
[Starts laughing]
Ray Charles:
It ain't Turkish.
Transcript
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Damn.
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Ain't nothing free
in this world but Jesus.
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Hey, Margie.
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Yeah? What do you want?
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Do me a favor, sweetheart,
and ... and pick that up for me.
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You're going to have to get me off.
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I'll do it,
if you let me try some.
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Shit. No, honey.
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This ain't for no little girls.
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I ain't no little girl!
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I understand.
It's just that this stuff ...
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will take you places
that you don't want to go.
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See, I want to share
that with you.
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Listen to me!
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If I ever hear about you
doing some drugs ...
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you're through, you hear me?
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You believe that more than you
believe in Jesus!
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Don't say that, Ray.
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Ray!
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Ray, I watch your show
every single night.
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And every night is new to me.
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Maybe because it's new to you.
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It's like you live
every single word ...
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and then you
bend some crazy note,
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And damn if you
don't break my heart.
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You got genius, baby.
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I just want to be a part of that.
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Just want to be a part of that.
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♪ You know the night time,
darling ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Is the right time ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ To be ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ With the one you love, now ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Say now oh baby ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ When I come home baby, now ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ I want you to hold my hand ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Yeah, tight as you can ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ I know the night time ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Whoa, is the right time ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ To be with the one
you love, now ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ You know what I'm thinking of ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Whoa! Sing your song, Margie ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Baby ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Baby ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Oh, baby ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Do I love you? ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ No one above you ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Hold me tight ♪
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Look at him.
Look at his knees shaking.
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He's got that junkie itch.
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♪ Because the night time ♪
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He's totally hooked.
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♪ Oh, is the right time ♪
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Yeah, but listen to that sound.
He's brilliant.
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You can never trust a junkie, man.
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What do you want me to do?
Listen to him, man.
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♪ I said baby ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Baby ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Baby ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Oh, baby ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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Happy birthday!
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Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Ray!
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You know what to do.
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Take a deep breath. Go ahead.
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He blow them out?
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Every single one.
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♪ I know the night time ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Everyday is the right time ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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♪ You know ♪
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♪ Night and day ♪
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You know what, I ... I just want to
thank you so very much.
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Please, uh, another round of applause
for Miss Margie Hendricks.
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Thank you so much, and good night.
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Hey, you see what time it is?
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What's the problem?
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The problem is on the contract.
That's the problem.
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Ray! Ray!
You still got 20 minutes left.
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Okay, what you want to do?
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That fool's holding us
to every second of the contract.
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Go ... go baby-sit him.
I'll take care of it.
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It's okay.
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You know what, they say we got
a little bit more work to do.
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That was the last song
in the book, Ray.
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You know, Fathead,
it ain't never the last song.
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Now, band, follow me and do
what I do, say what I say.
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This is how we gonna do it.
Clip duration: 239 seconds
Views: 682
Timestamp in movie: 01h 23m 15s
Uploaded: 10 September, 2021
Genres: biography, drama, music
Summary: The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
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00:39 Did you hear that
00:22 This ain't no weed
00:10 If only your mama was here
00:09 He isn't my gift to you
00:21 You know what they're saying about me
00:55 Tell them your name is Ray Charles Robinson
01:16 But what's it spell backwards
00:11 I'll show you how to do something once
02:57 Gossie been cattin' with one of my waitresses since he...
02:41 Who told you to do that
01:14 Then give it to me right then
01:09 I know my ears ain't deceivin' me
00:14 This foyer is designed to impress anybody who walks in the...
04:20 That's a b flat
00:23 We got to talk about your name
00:50 And you'll stand on your own two feet
00:43 Where you from Ray
00:19 It's been two weeks
03:28 Ahmet believes we're family here at Atlantic Records
00:32 And it's more than a fine