Ray Charles
"I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I've gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it."
Rise to fame:
Ray Charles the singer, song writer, and pianist was born on September 23rd 1930 in Albany, Georgia. When he was only six years old he lost his sight from glaucoma. He learned to read and write music in braille and play piano and organ at his school for the blind. He was orphaned at the young age of fifteen and he left school to begin playing music for a living. He moved to Seattle in 1947.
By dropping his last name, Ray Charles was able to performed at clubs in the smooth lounge-swing style of Nat "King" Cole. After some hits on Swing Time Records, he decided to switch to Atlantic Records in 1952. There Ray Charles began to develop a rougher blues and gospel style along with writing and collaborating with many different artist.......
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