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HALL OF FAME ESSAY. “Gospel and the blues are really, if you break it down, almost the same thing,” Ray Charles has said. “It’s just a question of whether you’re talkin’ about a woman or God.”. It was the way Ray Charles melded the passion of gospel with the pain of the blues, as both a vocalist and pianist, that prompted Frank ...
Ray Charles ® was a legendary musician often called the “Genius”, who pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950s. Charles combined blues, gospel, R&B, rock, country music and jazz to create groundbreaking hits such as “Unchain My Heart,” “I’ve Got A Woman” and “What I’d Say.”. His impressive multi award winning 50 ...
Ray Charles’s recordings are major landmarks in American culture. By combining Gospel with R&B, he pioneered soul music, and his groundbreaking move into Country music during the heart of the ...
Oct 29, 2004 · Ray: Directed by Taylor Hackford. With Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell. 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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Jun 10, 2004 · Ray Charles Robinson was born Sept. 23, 1930, in Albany, Ga. His father, Bailey Robinson, was a mechanic and a handyman, and his mother, Aretha, stacked boards in a sawmill. His family moved to ...
Ray Charles Robinson (n. 23 septembrie 1930, Albany (d), Georgia, SUA – d. 10 iunie 2004, Beverly Hills, California, SUA) a fost un muzician american cunoscut sub numele de scenă Ray Charles (prescurtat pentru a se evita coincidența cu boxeurul Sugar Ray Robinson ). El a fost un pionier în materie de muzică soul în anii '50 prin ...
レイ・チャールズ 公式サイト. レイ・チャールズ・ロビンソン・シニア （ 英語: Ray Charles Robinson Sr. [note 1] 、 1930年 9月23日 - 2004年 6月10日 ）は、 アメリカ合衆国 ・ ジョージア州 オールバニ 出身の歌手、作曲家、 ピアニスト 。. 史上最も象徴的で影響力の ...
