Ray Charles
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Born 1930-09-23 · Albany, Georgia, USA · Died 2004-06-10
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?"
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Quincy Jones, Music Man
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
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Merci Dorothée !
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The Greatest Night in Pop
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They All Came Out to Montreux
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
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Piano Greats at the BBC
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Rat Pack
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Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
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Face of Unity
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Cachitos de hierro y cromo
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Jazzline - Ray Charles & Orchestra
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Ray Charles - Live in France 1961
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O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
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Ray Charles: Live At Montreux 1997
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Jazz Evolution
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Ray Charles: The Legend Lives On
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Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
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Rolling With the Blues
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Glen Campbell | Good Times Again
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Fats Domino: Walking to New Orleans
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Fats and Friends
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Ray Charles: Live at the Olympia
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Ray Charles with the Voices of Jubilation Choir
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Burt Sugarman's The Midnight Special: 1976
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The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
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Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
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