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    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 12: Victor Vanacore speaks during the "Yes Indeed! Ray Charles" a photographic restrospective by Joe Adams at The Grammy Museum on May 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 12: David Ritz speaks during the "Yes Indeed! Ray Charles" a photographic restrospective by Joe Adams at The Grammy Museum on May 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 12: (L-R) Panelist David Ritz, John Burke, Dr. Mable John,Tony Gumina, Valerie Erin, Victor Vanacore and moderator Bob Santelli speak during the "Yes Indeed! Ray Charles" a photographic restrospective by Joe Adams at The Grammy Museum on May 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Ray Charles - Turkish media owner Aydin Dogan (L) talks with Ahmet Ertegun's wife Mica Ertegun (R) during Ahmet Ertegun's funeral ceremony at the mosque of Marmara Theology Faculty in Istanbul 18 December 2006. Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in modern music who nurtured the careers of legends such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones, was laid to rest in his hometown after the service attended by politicians and artists. The 83-year-old Turkish-born founder of Atlantic Records died 14 December 2006 in New York, where he had been in coma since 29 October 2006 when he sustained a brain injury after falling over backstage at a Rolling Stones concert. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Ray Charles - Turkish media owner Aydin Dogan (L) talks with Ahmet Ertegun's wife Mica Ertegun during Ahmet Ertegun's funeral ceremony at the mosque of Marmara Theology Faculty in Istanbul 18 December 2006. Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in modern music who nurtured the careers of legends such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones, was laid to rest in his hometown after the service attended by politicians and artists. The 83-year-old Turkish-born founder of Atlantic Records died 14 December 2006 in New York, where he had been in coma since 29 October 2006 when he sustained a brain injury after falling over backstage at a Rolling Stones concert. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Ray Charles - Relatives pray behind the coffin of Ahmet Ertegun 18 December 2006 during his funeral ceremony at the mosque of Marmara Theology Faculty in Istanbul. Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in modern music who nurtured the careers of legends such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones, was laid to rest in his hometown after the service attended by politicians and artists. The 83-year-old Turkish-born founder of Atlantic Records died 14 December 2006 in New York, where he had been in coma since 29 October 2006 when he sustained a brain injury after falling over backstage at a Rolling Stones concert. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Ray Charles - Relatives pray behind the coffin of Ahmet Ertegun 18 December 2006 during his funeral ceremony at the mosque of Marmara Theology Faculty in Istanbul. Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in modern music who nurtured the careers of legends such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones, was laid to rest in his hometown after the service attended by politicians and artists. The 83-year-old Turkish-born founder of Atlantic Records died 14 December 2006 in New York, where he had been in coma since 29 October 2006 when he sustained a brain injury after falling over backstage at a Rolling Stones concert. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Ray Charles - Relatives pray behind the coffin of Ahmet Ertegun 18 December 2006 during his funeral ceremony at the mosque of Marmara Theology Faculty in Istanbul. Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in modern music who nurtured the careers of legends such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones, was laid to rest in his hometown after the service attended by politicians and artists. The 83-year-old Turkish-born founder of Atlantic Records died 14 December 2006 in New York, where he had been in coma since 29 October 2006 when he sustained a brain injury after falling over backstage at a Rolling Stones concert. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Ray Charles - Relatives carry the coffin of Ahmet Ertegun 18 December 2006 after his funeral ceremony at the mosque of Marmara Theology Faculty in Istanbul. Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in modern music who nurtured the careers of legends such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones, was laid to rest in his hometown after the service attended by politicians and artists. The 83-year-old Turkish-born founder of Atlantic Records died 14 December 2006 in New York, where he had been in coma since 29 October 2006 when he sustained a brain injury after falling over backstage at a Rolling Stones concert. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Ray Charles - Relatives carry the coffin of Ahmet Ertegun 18 December 2006 after his funeral ceremony at the mosque of Marmara Theology Faculty in Istanbul. Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in modern music who nurtured the careers of legends such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones, was laid to rest in his hometown after the service attended by politicians and artists. The 83-year-old Turkish-born founder of Atlantic Records died 14 December 2006 in New York, where he had been in coma since 29 October 2006 when he sustained a brain injury after falling over backstage at a Rolling Stones concert. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 28: Manager Joe Adams and producer Quincy Jones attend a kick off party for the new Ray Charles CD project "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" at producer Norman Lear's home on September 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Joe Adams;Quincy Jones
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 28: Singer Patti Austin and producer Quincy Jones attend a kick off party for the new Ray Charles CD project "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" at producer Norman Lear's home on September 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Patti Austin;Quincy Jones
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 28: Musician Will.I.Am and producer Norman Lear attend the kick off party for the new Ray Charles CD project "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" at Lear's home on September 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Will.I.Am;Norman Lear
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 28: Basketball star Kareem Abdul Jabbar and producer Quincy Jones attend a kick off party for the new Ray Charles CD project "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" at producer Norman Lear's home on September 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kareem Abdul Jabbar;Quincy Jones
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 28: Singer Patti Austin and manager Joe Adams attend a kick off party for the new Ray Charles CD project "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" at producer Norman Lear's home on September 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Patti Austin;Joe Adams
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 28: Producers Quincy Jones and Norman Lear attend a kick off party for the new Ray Charles CD project "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" at Lear's home on September 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Norman Lear;Quincy Jones
    • Ray Charles - LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 28: Executive producer Gregg Field and producer Quincy Jones attend a kick off party for the new Ray Charles CD project "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" at producer Norman Lear's home on September 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Quincy Jones;Gregg Field
    • Ray Charles - NEW ORLEANS - FEBRUARY 20: A toy depicting Ray Charles sits amongs debris in a damaged home in the Lower Ninth Ward February 20, 2006 in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans is struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina as the city begins celebrating Mardi Gras. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** John Paul Marcelo
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    Biography

    Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging '50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz, blues, and (in the '60s) country. Then there was his singing; his style was among the ...more
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