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Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson, Albany, Georgia, September 23, 1930 - Beverly Hills, California, June 10, 2004), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger and bandleader.
As a rock and roll, rhythm & blues, soul, blues, jazz, country and pop musician he helped to shape the sound of rhythm & blues.
He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music (“
I Can’t Stop Loving You”) to rock and roll (“Mess Around”), to pop standards to a now-iconic rendition of “America The Beautiful.” Frank Sinatra called him “the only genius in the business.”
Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia on September 23, 1930. He was the son of Aretha Williams, a share cropper, and Bailey Robinson, a railroad repair man, mechanic and handyman. The two were never married. The family moved to Greenville, Florida, when Ray was an infant. Bailey had three more families, leaving Aretha to raise the family on her own.
Ray Charles was not born blind. He started to lose his sight somewhere at the age of five. He was rendered totally blind by the age of seven.[8] Charles never knew exactly why he lost his sight, though there are sources that suggest his blindness was due to glaucoma, and some other sources suggest that Ray began to lose his sight from an infection caused by soapy water to his eyes which was left untreated.[8] He attended school at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida from 1937-1945[9] where he developed his musical gift that he is known and remembered for today. His father died when he was ten, followed by his mother five years later.
As a rock and roll, rhythm & blues, soul, blues, jazz, country and pop musician he helped to shape the sound of rhythm & blues.
He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music (“
I Can’t Stop Loving You”) to rock and roll (“Mess Around”), to pop standards to a now-iconic rendition of “America The Beautiful.” Frank Sinatra called him “the only genius in the business.”Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia on September 23, 1930. He was the son of Aretha Williams, a share cropper, and Bailey Robinson, a railroad repair man, mechanic and handyman. The two were never married. The family moved to Greenville, Florida, when Ray was an infant. Bailey had three more families, leaving Aretha to raise the family on her own.
Ray Charles was not born blind. He started to lose his sight somewhere at the age of five. He was rendered totally blind by the age of seven.[8] Charles never knew exactly why he lost his sight, though there are sources that suggest his blindness was due to glaucoma, and some other sources suggest that Ray began to lose his sight from an infection caused by soapy water to his eyes which was left untreated.[8] He attended school at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida from 1937-1945[9] where he developed his musical gift that he is known and remembered for today. His father died when he was ten, followed by his mother five years later.
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SanaWay wrote:
hit the road Jack =)
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A Great American.
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♥♪♥♥ Wow,Ray Charles! Piece from my heart! ♥♥♫♥
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Love your music, Ray ♥
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Hit The Road Jack! :-)
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Love Ray Charles' rendition of this famous song. Way 2 go man~!
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I Got A Woman ♥
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Genius ♥
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\/ not, KING OF RHYTHM AND BLUES
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:)...King of soul...
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America, The Beautiful. <333
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Даааа, вот это певец.)
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Giant! Mr. Ray Charls - Thanks!
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Arkas-1-4 wrote:
Самый-самый!!! Мой любимый исполнитель!
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Haz567 wrote:
tell me about it, took a lot of poking around to complete a partial discography of his. Hallelujah I Love Her So, Sweet & Sour Tears and My Kind of Jazz are probably my favourites of his
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motiontwister wrote:
It really bothers me that its so hard to find albums of him that are not some kind of collection. [+1]
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