Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson
Raymond Charles Robinson was born on September the 23th 1930 in Georgia. He was a singer, songwriter, musician and composer, better known as Ray Charles. Nicknamed ‘The Genius’ and ‘The High Priest of Soul’, Ray became one of the pioneers of soul music.
Ray Charles was able to combine numbers of styles such as rythem and blues, gospel, blues and the influences from jazz and country were hearable in his music. He is listed as number two in the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” the Rolling Stone Magazine released in November 2008.
Other artists have praised Ray Charles too for his influence in the music world. Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business” and Billy Joel “This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley”.