A tragic fate may have given this visionary a heightened sensitivity, perception, awareness, even expansion to his obvious musical gifts that he may have never touched upon had he not suffered from his physical affliction. Whatever it was, Ray Charles revolutionized American music and was catapulted to legendary status by the time he died in Beverly Hills at age 73...See full bio »
2004The Last Shot
(performer: "Let the Good Times Roll" 1946)
2004/IRay
(writer: "What'd I Say", "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand", "The Key of G", "Pete Johnson's Stride", "I Got a Woman", "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Mary Ann", "What Kind of Man Are You?", "Rockhouse", "Hard Times No One Knows Better Than I" / performer: "What'd I Say", "Anytime", "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand", "Roll with My Baby", "The Midnight Hour", "The Key of G", "Pete Johnson's Stride", "Mess Around", "I Got a Woman", "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Drown in My Own Tears", "Leave My Woman Alone", "Mary Ann", "What Kind of Man Are You?", "Night Time Is the Right Time", "I Believe to My Soul", "Georgia on My Mind", "Hit the Road Jack", "Unchain My Heart", "You Don't Know Me", "Rockhouse", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "Bye Bye Love", "Hard Times No One Knows Better Than I", "Born to Lose" / "Route 66", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "I Got a Woman")
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Ray Charles
(1977)
(writer: "What'd I Say", "On Saturday Night" / performer: "I Can See Clearly Now", "Georgia on My Mind", "What'd I Say", "Oh What A Beautiful Morning", "I Can't Stop loving You", "On Saturday Night" / "What'd I Say")
1964Ballad in Blue
(writer: "What'd I Say?", "I Got A Woman", "Light Out Of Darkness", "Talkin' 'Bout You", "Hallelujah I Love Her So" / performer: "What'd I Say?", "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" - uncredited, "I Got A Woman", "Light Out Of Darkness", "That Lucky Old Sun" - uncredited, "Careless Love" - uncredited, "Talkin' 'Bout You", "Busted" - uncredited, "Let The Good Times Roll" - uncredited, "Hit The Road Jack" - uncredited, "Unchain My Heart" - uncredited, "Hallelujah I Love Her So" / arranger: "Careless Love" - uncredited)
1964The Comedy Man
(writer: "Tell All the World About You" - uncredited)
1964Viva Las Vegas
(writer: "What'd I Say" - uncredited)
1964Scorpio Rising
(short)
(performer: "Hit the Road Jack" - uncredited)
I never considered myself part of rock 'n' roll. My stuff was more adult. It was more difficult for teenagers to relate to; my stuff was filled with more despair than anything you'd associate with rock 'n' roll. Since I couldn't see people dancing, I didn't write jitterbugs or twists. I wrote rhythms that moved me. My style required pure heart singing.
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Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 as part of the institution's inaugural 10-member class that included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, James Brown and Jerry Lee Lewis. He also received the Recording Academy's lifetime achievement award at the 1987 Grammy Awards.
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