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Ray Charles

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2014 - The Very Best of Ray Charles
2014 - Greatest Hits
2013 - The Genius of Ray Charles
2012 - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
2012 - Ray
2012 - Mess Around
2012 - Ray Charles and Betty Carter
2011 - The Genius Hits the Road
2011 - Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles
2010 - The Genius
2009 - Renaissance
2009 - My World
2008 - Blues Is My Middle Name
2008 - Fundamentals
2006 - A Ray Charles Christmas
2006 - Ray Sings, Basie Swings
2005 - Strong Love Affair
2005 - Brother Ray's Blues
2005 - Ray Charles - The Collection
2004 - Genius Loves Company
2002 - Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again
2002 - The Essential Collection
2001 - The Definitive Ray Charles
2000 - Let's Have a Ball
1999 - Ultimate Hits Collection
1998 - The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986
1997 - Hey Now!
1997 - Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul / Have a Smile With Me
1994 - Blues + Jazz
1994 - Hey Now
1994 - The Very Best: Georgia On My Mind
1994 - The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years
1991 - The Birth of Soul
1989 - Le Triomphe des Stars
1988 - Greatest Country & Western Hits
1987 - His Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
1987 - His Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
1987 - The Great Ray Charles
1985 - The Spirit of Christmas
1982 - Soul brother / Soul Meeting
1972 - A Message From the People
1969 - I'm All Yours Baby!
1968 - A Portrait of Ray
1966 - Cryin' Time
1963 - Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
1962 - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Volume 2
1961 - Do the Twist! With Ray Charles
1961 - The Genius After Hours
1961 - Dedicated to You
1961 - Genius + Soul = Jazz
1957 - Ray Charles (Hallelujah I Love Her So)
0 - Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
0 - Porgy & Bess
0 - Late in the Evening
0 - This Is Gold

Members
1 Male

Popularity
69

Followers
2,491,887

Origin
Albany, Georgia

Genre
Soul

Style
Urban/R&B

Mood
Fun

Born

1930

Active
1947 to 2004

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Alternate Name
Raymond Charles Robinson

Most Loved Tracks

	Track	Last.FM Listens	Youtube views	Loves
	Georgia on My Mind	1,612,874		4 users
	Hit the Road Jack	3,105,243		4 users
	I Got A Woman	694,349		3 users
	I've Got a Woman	929,902		3 users
	Mess Around	814,692		3 users

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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 - June 10, 2004), 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".

The influences upon his music were mainly jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and country artists of the day such as Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, Louis Armstrong. His playing reflected influences from country blues and barrelhouse, and stride piano styles.
Rolling Stone ranked Charles number ten 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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