Ray Charles [7174] Gender: Male Popularity: 1.1823 Birthplace: Albany, Georgia USA Birthday: 1930-09-23 Deathday: 2004-06-10 Age: 73 years Movies: 61 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), better known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business.” Rolling Stone ranked Charles number 10 on their list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2004, and number two on their November 2008 list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In honoring Charles, Billy Joel noted: "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley. I don't know if Ray was the architect of rock & roll, but he was certainly the first guy to do a lot of things . . . Who the hell ever put so many styles together and made it work?" Description above from the Wikipedia article Ray Charles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia Ladies & Gentlem2025-01-27 Merci Dorothée 2025-01-24 The Greatest Nig2024-01-19 They All Came Ou2023-06-16 Carol Burnett: 92023-04-26 2022 Rock & Roll2022-11-19 Louis Armstrong'2022-10-27 Rat Pack2022-01-11 Like A Rolling S2021-06-13 I Am Not Your Ne2017-02-03 Face of Unity2014-01-01 Ray Charles - Li2011-10-20 Ray Charles: The2008-06-12 Atlantic Records2007-05-02 Glen Campbell | 2007-01-01 Ray Charles: Liv2006-12-12 Ray Charles: Sou2004-11-16 Ray Charles: O-G2004-11-16 Ray Charles: Gen2004-08-31 Hank Williams: H2004-06-23 TV in Black: The2004-01-01 Piano Blues2003-10-04 Tom Dowd & The L2004-08-24 Ray Charles: Liv2002-01-01 Michael Jackson:2001-11-13 Ray Charles - In2001-03-20 Blue's Big Music2000-10-03 Ray Charles: Liv2008-10-20 Spy Hard1996-05-24 Sinatra: 80 Year1995-12-14 The History of R1995-03-06 The World of Jim1994-11-23 Love Affair1994-10-21 Sesame Street | 1994-05-18 Ray Alexander: A1994-05-13 Willie Nelson: T1993-05-22 The Muppets Cele1990-11-21 Listen Up: The L1990-10-05 Limit Up1989-11-02 Legends of Rock 1989-01-01 Irving Berlin's 1988-05-27 The Beach Boys: 1987-03-13 WrestleMania 21986-04-07 The Muppets: A C1986-01-21 The Statue of Li1985-10-26 We Are the World1985-01-28 I Love Quincy1984-03-23 Ray Charles: A M1983-10-30 Hallelujah Gospe1983-02-07 Lynda Carter's C1981-05-11 John Schneider: 1980-09-24 Ray Charles At T1980-07-13 The Blues Brothe1980-06-16 NBC Salutes the 1978-09-13 The Second Barry1978-02-24 The Beatles Fore1977-11-24 Barbra Streisand1973-11-02 Ray Charles - La1968-10-08 The Big T.N.T. S1965-12-22 Ballad in Blue1965-02-18 Swingin' Along1961-04-16