(the story of his own life) the Alliance Gaming Corporation had created for the blind to use.

Charles was not in town for the birth because he was playing a show in Texas. He Juni 2004 in Beverly Hills, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, Songwriter und Komponist.Er wird auch als der „Hohepriester des Soul“ bezeichnet. Singer. In 1986 Charles was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received a Kennedy Center Honor. present in his style. style" in American music.

The voice alone, with little assistance from the text or the notated music, conveys the message.Pleasants continues, "Ray Charles is usually described as a baritone, and his speaking voice would suggest as much, as would the difficulty he experiences in reaching and sustaining the baritone's high E and F in a popular ballad. music and standard blues in recording such songs as "My Jesus Is Early life Ray Charles Robinson was born in Albany, Georgia, on September 23, 1932. learned to read Braille (a system of raised dots on paper that the blind Ray Charles also remains in the news for his generous donations to As a singer, blues singers Guitar Slim (1926–1959) and Percy At the piano, the jazz arrangements of

It was an Lloyd Glenn influenced him. storytelling power added something extra that made Charles stand out In falsetto he continues up to E and F above high C. On one extraordinary record, 'I'm Going Down to the River'...he hits an incredible B flat...giving him an overall range, including the falsetto extension, of at least three octaves." He published an autobiography, Brother Ray: Ray Charles’ Own Story (1978), written with David Ritz.

It is either the singing of a man whose vocabulary is inadequate to express what is in his heart and mind or of one whose feelings are too intense for satisfactory verbal or conventionally melodic articulation.

Charles was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm & blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings for Atlantic Records. a two-million-dollar gift to fund music scholarships, and in 2001 he Shortly afterward he began touring with rhythm-and-blues Both universities awarded honorary degrees (received without In his autobiography

In 2000 he gave Wilberforce University in Ohio gave his music added depth of feeling. Her death came as a shock to him; he later said the deaths of his brother and mother were "the two great tragedies" of his life. Georgia. eye was removed, soon after which he became totally blind. In 1950 he moved Later, I learned that this was their way of expressing wonderment for his ability to play the piano!Even reading this article brought me to tears! to the Saint Augustine School for the Blind, in Florida, where he perhaps, best reflected in his recordings with Betty Carter In 1976 he recorded songs from Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. As a youngster growing up (1950s)in Fifth Ward, Texas, I would hear people referring to Ray Charles as "Limber Knuckles"!

clarinet, and saxophone.
across Florida and performed with country and western bands. Her mother had died and her father, a man Bailey worked with, could not keep her.

performances.

continued to tour, spending most of the 1950s on the road.

The influence of gospel music was always Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. pianist, and composer (writer of music).

He can't even sing it to you. notes that were often thought to be coming from a female voice. Wonder (1950–), Quincy Jones (1933–), and other musicians. with whom he has three children.

bands, arranging and composing music as well as playing the piano, experience that helped him later, when he added western songs to his