Ray Charles
Acting
Born 1930-09-23
Died 2004-06-10
Albany, Georgia, USA
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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), better known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. 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. 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. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business.”
Rolling Stone ranked Charles number 10 on their list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2004, and number two on their November 2008 list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In honoring Charles, Billy Joel noted: "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley. I don't know if Ray was the architect of rock & roll, but he was certainly the first guy to do a lot of things . . . Who the hell ever put so many styles together and made it work?"
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
The Mike Douglas Show
The Nanny
The Dick Cavett Show
St. Elsewhere
Sacrée soirée
Wings
Champs-Elysées
Moonlighting
The Carol Burnett Show
Who's the Boss?
Le monde est à vous
Victoires de la musique
The Ed Sullivan Show
Kraft Music Hall
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The John Larroquette Show
The Kennedy Center Honors
CMT Crossroads
Albert, the Rockefeller
The Midnight Special
Star Academy
The Blues Brothers
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
Shindig!
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Hollywood Palace
Spy Hard
The Flip Wilson Show
In the Heat of the Night
Téléthon
Musikladen
Cher
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Super Dave
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
The Greatest Night in Pop
The Johnny Cash Show
The Blues
Bio’s Bahnhof
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Piano Blues
Love Affair
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Hallelujah Gospel
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Lynda Carter's Celebration
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Saturday Live
Fats Domino: Walking to New Orleans
The Smothers Brothers Show
The World of Jim Henson
Rat Pack
Ray Charles: Live: Montreux Jazz Festival
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Cosmic Ray
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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