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Mntroduction
%fter losin6 his si6ht 5y the a6e of Z
Ray 5e6un to learn music throu6h
5raille3 By the time he Qas $0 years
old he Qas a le6endary musician3 'e
s"eciali;ed in soul music3 'is music
ins"ired him< and his 5lind disa5ility
Qas not a ne6ati2e factor3 Ray also
faced other hurdles in his life3 'e used
all of his stru66les as ins"iration3 /hat
ins"iration lead Mr3 Charles to a
!rammy %Qard in 17=0 (citation)3
'e died in $00X< lea2in6 a lastin6
im"ression on contem"orary music
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*in6er< Pianist< *on6Qriter (17>0?$00X)
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*oon after his 5rother@s death< Charles 6radually
Ray Charles
5e6an to lose his si6ht3 'e Qas 5lind 5y the a6e of
Z< and his mother sent him to a state-s"onsored
school< the Alorida *chool for the Peaf and the
Blind in *t3 %u6ustine< AloridacQhere he learned
to read< Qrite and arran6e music in Braille3
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Ray Charles Qas a "ioneer of soul music<
inte6ratin6 R@B< 6os"el< "o" and country to
create hits like dDnchain My 'eart<d d'it the Road
Jackd and d!eor6ia on My Mind3d % 5lind 6enius<
he is considered one of the 6reatest artists of all
time3
Iarly in life
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Ray Charles Ro5inson Qas 5orn on *e"tem5er $><
17>0< in %l5any< !eor6ia3 'is father< a mechanic<
and his mother< a sharecro""er< mo2ed the family
to Alorida Qhen he Qas an infant3 +ne of the most
traumatic e2ents of his childhood Qas Qitnessin6
the droQnin6 death of his youn6er 5rother3
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*oon after his 5rother@s death< Charles 6radually
5e6an to lose his si6ht3 'e Qas 5lind 5y the a6e of
Z< and his mother sent him to a state-s"onsored
school< the Alorida *chool for the Peaf and the
Blind in *t3 %u6ustine< AloridacQhere he learned
to read< Qrite and arran6e music in Braille3 'e also
learned to "lay "iano< or6an< saE< clarinet and
trum"et3 /he 5readth of his musical interests
ran6ed Qidely< from 6os"el to country< to 5lues3
Musical I2olution
Charles@s mother died Qhen he Qas 19< and for a
year he toured on the dChitlin@ Circuitd in the *outh3
Fhile on the road< he "icked u" a lo2e for heroin3
%t the of a6e 1=< Charles mo2ed to *eattle3 /here<
he met a youn6 Guincy Jones< a friend and
colla5orator he Qould kee" for the rest of his life3
Charles "erformed Qith the Mc*on /rio in 17X0s3
'is early "layin6 style closely resem5led the Qork
of his tQo maHor influencescCharles BroQn and
.at Iin6 Cole3 Charles later de2elo"ed his
distincti2e sound3
Mn 17X7< he released his first sin6le< dConfession
Blues<d Qith the MaEin /rio3 /he son6 did Qell on
the R@B charts3 More success on the R@B charts
folloQed Qith dBa5y Het Me 'old &our 'andd and
dIissa Me Ba5y3d By 179>< Charles landed a deal
Qi th %t la nt ic Re co rd s3 'e ce le 5r at ed hi s fi rs t R@ B
hit sin6le Qith the la5el< dMess %round3d
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% year later< Charles@s noQ classic son6< dM ! ot a Foman<d reached
.o3 1 on the R@B charts3 /he son6 reflected an ad2ance in his
musical style3 'e Qas no lon6er a .at Iin6 Cole imitator3 'is fusion
of 6os"el and R@B hel"ed to create a neQ musical 6enre knoQn as
Critical %cclaim soul3 By the late 1790s< Charles 5e6an entertainin6 the Qorld of Ha;;<
cuttin6 records Qith mem5ers of the Modern Ja;; Guartet3
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AelloQ musicians 5e6an to call Charles d/he !enius<d an a""ro"riate
title for the ram5lin@ musician< Qho ne2er Qorked in Hust one style< 5ut
5lended and 5eautified all that he touched (he also earned the
nickname dAather of *ould)3 Charles@s 5i66est success Qas "erha"s
his a5ility to cross o2er into "o" music too< reachin 6 .o3 = on the "o "
chart and .o3 1 on the R@B chart Qith his hit dFhat@d M *ay3d
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/he year 17=0 5rou6ht Charles his first !rammy %Qard for d!eor6ia
on My Mind<d folloQed 5y another !rammy for the sin6le d'it the
Road< Jack3d Aor his day< he maintained a rare le2el of creati2e
control o2er his oQn music3 Charles 5roke do Qn the 5oundaries of
music 6enres in 17=$ Qith Modern *ounds in Country and Festern
Music3 +n this al5um< he 6a2e his oQn soulful inter"retations of many
country classics3 Fhile thri2in6 creati2ely< Charles stru66led in his
"ersonal life3 'e continued to 5attle Qith he roin addiction3 Mn 17=9<
Charles Qas arrested for "ossession3
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