Ray Charles - Фильмы

Рэй Чарльз Робинсон (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 ритм-энд-блюз, госпел, и блюз стилей 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 альбомы. While with ABC, Чарльз became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Фрэнк Синатра called Charles “the only true genius in show business.” Rolling Stone ranked Чарльз 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 Чарльз, Билли Джоэл 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?