Play Ray Charles Radio
Ray Charles
9,280,419 plays (704,093 listeners)
Listening now: AndreMartinsson, Buffot
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.
Top Albums
-
The Spirit Of Christmas
Ray CharlesBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.49
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $45.95
- eBay Search
New
-
Rockin' Chair Blues
Ray Charles Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $5.98
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $35.00
- eBay Search
New
-
Anthology
Ray Charles Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $25.11
- eBay Search
-
The Very Best of Ray Charles
Ray Charles Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $5.99
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
Hit The Road Jack
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
Georgia On My Mind
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
Unchain My Heart
full track
|
|||
| 4 |
|
I Got A Woman
full track
|
|||
| 5 |
|
Drown In My Own Tears
full track
|
|||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 |
|
I Can't Stop Loving You
full track
|
|||
| 8 |
|
I've Got a Woman
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
What'd I Say
full track
|
|||
| 10 |
|
A Fool For You
full track
|
|||
| 11 |
|
Hallelujah I Love Her So
full track
|
|||
| 12 |
|
You Are My Sunshine
full track
|
|||
| 13 |
|
||||
| 14 |
|
Busted
full track
|
|||
| 15 |
|
One Mint Julep
full track
|
Shoutbox
-
matt________ wrote:
Everyone should listen to me (6)
-
Scottish_Whisky wrote:
Everyone should listen Ray Charles,The Rolling Stones,Cream,Queen and Breatney Spears ,of course)))
-
SillyMusicLover wrote:
Everyone should listen his favorite music, no matter Ray Charles or Briritney Spears.
-
ExcluzZive wrote:
Everyone should listen to Ray Charles (5)
-
NickScott wrote:
Everyone should listen to Michael Gira (5)
-
ZeppDoorsFloyd wrote:
Everyone should listen to Ray Charles (4)
-
MikeyBlitz wrote:
Everyone should listen to Ray Charles (3)
-
asher09 wrote:
Everyone should listen Ray Charles (2)
-
Guigos3 wrote:
Everyone should listen Ray Charles
-
Funksobrother wrote:
Shake it 0)))
-
MoonNovRain wrote:
his talent is really great!
-
Me_vs_Hero wrote:
senq Ray [7]
-
furious_iPod wrote:
Ray RIP
-
LucyJohns0303 wrote:
I love Ray Charles! Check this live performance out http://bit.ly/1QJwNA
-
aryanmehr wrote:
Thanks Ray [6]
-
Lempea wrote:
I didn't know he was a junkie. His music sounds different to my ears now...
-
morganastark wrote:
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day <3
-
wolwlastfm wrote:
The great person, the great face!
-
Laro20 wrote:
Charming man. <3
-
rockingrobot wrote:
hmmm, my last fm programme always crashes when I play a Ray Charles song :S weird.... good sounds though
Videos
See more
Listeners
-
trilly2
Listening now
to I Believe to My Soul -
fin1991
Listening now
to Here We Go Again -
MiloszT
Top Listener
-
Deodus
Top Listener
-
patipaat
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
hopefulevrem, ausis, musli00 and 9 other people added Ray Charles to their libraries. 8 minutes ago
-
MoroenVarjo13 tagged Ray Charles with ‘jazz’. 3 hours ago
-
Zurrapelle2, Juwelz33, ogre73 and 1 other person added Ray Charles to their libraries. 4 hours ago
-
Suuvvi tagged Ray Charles with piano and jazz. 5 hours ago
-
Suuvvi, urluckyday, Moksha230 and 60 other people added Ray Charles to their libraries. 5 hours ago
-
kooprah tagged Ray Charles with rhythm and blues and soul. yesterday afternoon
-
chrisfreestyle and 13 other people added Ray Charles to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
-
amnezjusz wrote about Ray Charles – The Essential Collection in A bo mi się nudzi part one :D. September 2009
-
darren86 wrote about Ray Charles – The Genius of Ray Charles in 31/1001 Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1962). August 2009
-
thomas10 wrote about Ray Charles – The Genius of Ray Charles in Best Albums of the Late Fifties (1956-1959). August 2009
Related Journals
-
My Music Alphabets
by Mnah |
11 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
50 Questions about my Top 50
by Detectiveli |
30 Oct 2009 | Add comment
-
[Swing] Connected Top Tracks 18 Oct 09
by IanAR |
20 Oct 2009 | 1 comment
Groups (190)
-
People who listen to music while they're sleeping, especially at times when they…
31,517 members
-
Extensive Musical Taste
29,015 members
-
Addicted to Last.fm
10,924 members
-
Jazz
4,159 members
-
Tom Waits
3,262 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Ray Charles from Universal Music.
