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- Ray_Charles abstract "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. 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", although Charles downplayed this notion.The influences upon his music were mainly jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and country artists of the day such as Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, and Louis Armstrong. His playing reflected influences from country blues, barrelhouse and stride piano styles.Rolling Stone ranked Charles number ten 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. "".
- Ray_Charles activeYearsEndYear "2004".
- Ray_Charles activeYearsStartYear "1947".
- Ray_Charles alias "Robinson, Ray Charles".
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- Ray_Charles birthDate "1930-09-23".
- Ray_Charles birthPlace Albany,_Georgia.
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- Ray_Charles deathDate "2004-06-10".
- Ray_Charles deathPlace Beverly_Hills,_California.
- Ray_Charles deathYear "2004".
- Ray_Charles genre Blues.
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- Ray_Charles genre Gospel_music.
- Ray_Charles genre Jazz.
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- Ray_Charles genre Piano_blues.
- Ray_Charles genre Pop_music.
- Ray_Charles genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Ray_Charles genre Rock_and_roll.
- Ray_Charles genre Soul_blues.
- Ray_Charles genre Soul_music.
- Ray_Charles genre Vocal_jazz.
- Ray_Charles hometown Greenville,_Florida.
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- Ray_Charles instrument Alto_saxophone.
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- Ray_Charles instrument Piano.
- Ray_Charles instrument Singing.
- Ray_Charles instrument Trombone.
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- Ray_Charles recordLabel ABC_Records.
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- Ray_Charles recordLabel Columbia_Records.
- Ray_Charles recordLabel Concord_Records.
- Ray_Charles recordLabel Rhino_Entertainment.
- Ray_Charles recordLabel Swing_Time_Records.
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- Ray_Charles alternativeNames "Robinson, Ray Charles".
- Ray_Charles associatedActs The_Raelettes.
- Ray_Charles background "solo_singer".
- Ray_Charles birthDate "1930-09-23".
- Ray_Charles birthName "Ray Charles Robinson".
- Ray_Charles birthPlace "Albany, Georgia, United States".
- Ray_Charles caption "Ray Charles in 1990".
- Ray_Charles class "artist".
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- Ray_Charles dateOfBirth "1930-09-23".
- Ray_Charles dateOfDeath "2004-06-10".
- Ray_Charles deathDate "2004-06-10".
- Ray_Charles deathPlace "Beverly Hills, California, United States".
- Ray_Charles genre Blues.
- Ray_Charles genre Country_music.
- Ray_Charles genre Gospel_music.
- Ray_Charles genre Jazz.
- Ray_Charles genre Jump_blues.
- Ray_Charles genre Piano_blues.
- Ray_Charles genre Pop_music.
- Ray_Charles genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Ray_Charles genre Rock_and_roll.
- Ray_Charles genre Soul_blues.
- Ray_Charles genre Soul_music.
- Ray_Charles genre Vocal_jazz.
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- Ray_Charles instrument Alto_saxophone.
- Ray_Charles instrument Keyboard_instrument.
- Ray_Charles instrument Piano.
- Ray_Charles instrument Singing.
- Ray_Charles instrument Trombone.
- Ray_Charles label ABC_Records.
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- Ray_Charles label Columbia_Records.
- Ray_Charles label Concord_Records.
- Ray_Charles label Rhino_Entertainment.
- Ray_Charles label Swing_Time_Records.
- Ray_Charles label Warner_Bros._Records.
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- Ray_Charles name "Charles, Ray".
- Ray_Charles occupation "Musician, singer-songwriter, composer, arranger".
- Ray_Charles origin "Greenville, Florida, United States".
- Ray_Charles placeOfBirth "Albany, Georgia, U.S.".