Known for Acting
Birthday
September 23, 1930
Place of Birth
Albany, Georgia, USA
Biography
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?"

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Saturday Night Live

The Nanny

St. Elsewhere

The Dick Cavett Show

Moonlighting

The Carol Burnett Show

Wings

Champs-Elysées

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Sacrée Soirée

Who's the Boss?

The Ed Sullivan Show

CMT Crossroads

The John Larroquette Show

The Kennedy Center Honors

Victoires de la musique

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

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