Ray Charles
by Larry Butterworth
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Ray Charles
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Larry Butterworth
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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930�� June 10, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and composer known as Ray Charles. 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.[2][3][4] 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.[5][6][7] While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company.[3] Frank Sinatra called Charles "the only true genius in show business", although Charles downplayed this notion.[8] He was blind since age 7.
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