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The Raelettes

American girl group

The Raelettes (or occasionally The Raelets or The Raeletts) were an American girl group formed in to provide backing vocals for Ray Charles.

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They were reformed from the group . Between and , the Raelettes recorded on Tangerine Records as a separate act produced and accompanied by Charles.

History

Reformed by Ray Charles from the all-girl singing group Margie Hendrix, Dorothy Jones, and Darlene McCrea.

The Raelettes were officially established in The first lineup consisted of Darlene McCrea, Margie Hendricks, Patricia Lyles, and Gwendolyn Berry.[1] The Raelettes were an integral part of Charles' organization and provided backing vocals on various hits, such as "Night Time Is the Right Time" (), "What'd I Say" () and "Hit the Road Jack" ().[2]

In the early years, Margie Hendrix was the Raelette's foremost member.

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Ray Charles said about her: "Aretha, Gladys, Etta James — these gals are all bad, but on any given night, Margie will scare you to death."[3] Ray and Margie had many affairs, but she started using drugs and alcohol and after a final argument in , she was fired from the Raelettes and later died in

The group always consisted of 4 or 5 singers.

The ever-changing lineup included Minnie Riperton, Merry Clayton, Clydie King of the Blackberries, Edna Wright of Honey Cone, and latter-day Supreme Susaye Greene.

Charles also produced and played piano on solo singles for various Raelettes. He formed Tangerine Records in , and the Raeletts released three top 40 R&B hits between and "One Hurt Deserves Another" (), "I'm Gettin' 'Long All Right" (), and "Bad Water" ().

The compilation Souled Out was released in , featuring songs R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner had recorded for Tangerine.

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In the s, Mable John sang lead vocals and the Raelttes toured independent of Charles. After she left the Raelettes returned to the background for good, with various lineups backing Charles until his death in

Members

  • Shalaine Adams (selected but never performed, )
  • Mabel Armed ()
  • Fritz Basket (–)
  • Dorothy Berry (–)
  • Gwen "Squatty Roo" Berry (–)
  • Tangy Biggers ()
  • Anita Brooks ()
  • Alexandra Brown (–)
  • Helen Bryant ()
  • Dottie Clark ()
  • Merry Clayton (–)
  • Chrylynn Cobb ()
  • Trudy Cochran (–)
  • Kathryn Collier (c.

    )

  • Sharon Creighton (–)
  • Pamela Diggs-De Ramus ()
  • Karen Evans (–)
  • Verlyn Flenaugh ()
  • Lillian Fort (–)
  • Valerie Geason
  • Renee Georges (–, –)
  • Deborah Gleese ()
  • Rita Graham (–)
  • Susaye Greene (–)
  • Katrina Harper-Cooke ()
  • Avis Harrell (–)
  • Margie Hendrix(–)
  • Peggy Hutcherson ()
  • Denise Jackson ()
  • Doretta James ()
  • Mable John(–, )
  • Ann Johnson (–)
  • Clydie King(–)
  • Jean King()
  • Beverly Ann Lesure ()
  • Pat Lion ()
  • Pat (Priscilla) Lyles (–)
  • Kathy Mackey ()
  • Tammy McCann ()
  • Marilyn McCoo()
  • Gladezz McCoy
  • Darlene McCrea (–)
  • Tonette McKinney (–)
  • Paula Michelle Moye()
  • Janice Mitchell (–)
  • Mae Mosely-Lyles (–)
  • Vernita Moss (–)
  • Paula Moye (–)
  • Kay Nickerson (–)
  • Pat Peterson (–)
  • Bobbie Pierce ()
  • Madelyn Quebec (–)
  • Patricia Richards ()
  • Minnie Riperton
  • Donna M.

    Jones

  • Ruby Rae Roberson (–)
  • Vermettya Royster (–)
  • Mae Saunders (–)
  • Cynthia Scott (–)
  • Linda Sims (–)
  • Bettye Smith ()
  • Gwendolyn Smith (–)
  • Joy Styles ()
  • Barbara Nell Terrault ()
  • Brianna Perry Tucker (–)
  • Andromeda Turre (selected but never performed, )
  • Lalomie Washburn ()
  • Tracey Whitney ()
  • Elaine Woodard (–)
  • Angela Workman (–)
  • Edna Wright ()
  • Estella Yarbrough (–)[4]

Discography

Albums

  • Souled Out (Tangerine ) – The Raelets with Ike & Tina Turner[5]
  • (Ray Charles Presents) The Raeletts, Yesterday Today Tomorrow (Tangerine )
  • The Raelettes, Hits And Rarities (Titanic Records TR-CD )

Singles

Single (A-side, B-side) Year Label & Cat No.

Peak chart positions
US
[6]		US R&B
[6]
"One Hurt Deserves Another"
b/w "One Room Paradise"		 Tangerine 76 24
"Into Something Fine"
b/w "Lover's Blues"		Tangerine — —
"I Want to Thank You"
b/w "It's Almost Here"		 Tangerine — 47
"I'm Gettin' 'Long All Right"
b/w "All I Need Is His Love"		Tangerine — 23
"I Want To (Do Everything for You)"
b/w "Keep It to Yourself"		 Tangerine 96 39
"Bad Water"
b/w "That Goes to Show You"		 Tangerine 58 40
"Here I Go Again"
b/w "Leave My Man Alone"		Tangerine —
"Come Get It, I Got It"
b/w "Try a Little Kindness"		 Tangerine — —
"You Must Be Doing Alright"
b/w "You Have a Way with Me"		 Tangerine — —
"If You Wanna Keep Him"
b/w "Many Rivers to Cross"		Tangerine — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

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