’10 NOVEMBER 1969′
‘age 39’
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(’23 september 1930′ – ’10 june 2004′)
(born in ‘georgia’…)
(died in ‘beverly hills’)
‘liver failure’
‘age 73’
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*official name* –> “ray charles robinson”
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‘singer-songwriter’ / ‘musician’ / ‘composer’
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(SONGS OF ‘RAY CHARLES’…)
“HIT THE ROAD JACK”
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(among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called “brother ray”)
(he was often referred to as “the genius”)
(‘charles’ was blind from the age of ‘7’)
(he pioneered the genre of “soul music” during the 1950s by combining ‘blues’, ‘rhythm and blues’, and ‘gospel’ styles into the music he recorded for ‘atlantic records’)
(he also contributed to the integration of ‘country music’, ‘rhythm and blues’, and ‘pop music’ during the 1960s with his crossover success on ‘ABC Records’, most notably with his 2 modern sounds albums)
(while he was with ‘ABC’, ‘charles’ became one of the first black musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream ‘record company’)
(‘charles’ cited ‘nat king cole’ as a primary influence, but his music was also influenced by ‘country’, ‘jazz’, ‘blues’, and ‘rhythm and blues’ artists of the day, including ‘louis jordan’ and ‘charles brown’)
(in the late forties, he became friends with ‘quincy jones’)
(their friendship would last till the end of charles’s life)
(‘frank sinatra’ called him “the only true genius in show business,” although charles downplayed this notion)
(in 2002, rolling stone ranked ‘charles’ #19 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”, and #2 on their ‘november 2008’ list of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”)
(‘billy joel’ observed, “this may sound like sacrilege, but I think ‘ray charles’ was more important than ‘elvis presley'”)
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👈👈👈 ☜ *“FAMOUS RAYS” (THE FAITHFULLY DEPARTED)*
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*“MACHO SOUL” (THE FAITHFULLY DEPARTED)* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥