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    Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and...
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    This is a discography of American musician Ray Charles. Ray Charles first appeared on a Billboard chart in 1949, when — as part of the Maxin Trio with...
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  • Ray Charles (1930–2004) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and composer. Ray Charles may also refer to: Ray Charles (album), 1957 Ray Charles...
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    Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional...
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  • Charles Eames (Charles Eames, Jr) and Ray Eames (Ray-Bernice Eames) were an American married couple of industrial designers who made significant historical...
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    Ray Charles (born Charles Raymond Offenberg; September 13, 1918 – April 6, 2015) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor...
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  • Charles Ray may refer to: Charles Ray (actor) (1891–1943), silent film star Charles Ray (artist) (born 1953), American sculptor Charles Ray (editor) (1874–1962)...
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  • Ray Charles is the debut studio album by American pianist, vocalist, and band leader Ray Charles. Originally released in June 1957 on Atlantic Records...
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  • Ray is a 2004 American biographical musical drama film focusing on 30 years in the life of soul musician Ray Charles. The independently produced film was...
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  • musical numbers by singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker. It features non-musical supporting performances...
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  • backing singers for Ray Charles, the father of her child, Charles Wayne Hendrix. She sang lead and background on several of Charles's hit songs of the late...
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  • Charles Ray (born 1953) is a Los Angeles–based American sculptor. He is known for his strange and enigmatic sculptures that draw the viewer's perceptual...
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  • Genius of Ray Charles is a 1959 Ray Charles album, released in October by Atlantic Records, the seventh album since the debut Ray Charles in 1957. The...
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  • Michael Ray Charles (born 1967) is an American painter born in Lafayette, Louisiana. He won the Rome Prize in 2018. He spent most of his youth growing...
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  • The Great Ray Charles is the second studio album by the American musician Ray Charles, released in 1957 by Atlantic Records. An instrumental jazz album...
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  • written and performed by Ray Charles and released in 1956 as a single on the Atlantic Records label. It was the fourth Ray Charles song to reach No. 1 on...
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  • In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959 on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia at Morris Brown College's Herndon Stadium. All...
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  • translates as "When the sun heats (or warms) up". A version recorded by The Ray Charles Singers went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four...
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  • Ray Charles at Newport is a 1958 live album of Ray Charles' July 5, 1958 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival. The detailed liner notes on the album...
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    his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles. The AllMusic Guide to Jazz wrote that "there have not been many saxophonists...
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  • Daliah Lavi recorded a successful German version of the song in 1971 and Ray Charles released a cover (as "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma") in 1972...
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    Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley. Her middle name, Ray, honors the musician Ray Charles with whom her father recorded the song "Baby Grand". Through...
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  • Charles Ray Hatcher (July 16, 1929 – December 7, 1984) was an American serial killer. He was convicted in Missouri of one murder, has been linked to four...
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    first became notable as a rhythm and blues single by Ray Charles from his 1967 album Ray Charles Invites You to Listen. It was produced by Joe Adams for...
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    Charles Aaron Ray (born July 5, 1945) is an American former diplomat who acted as the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe between 2009 and 2012. He is a former...
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    Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. He is...
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  • Everybody Hates Chris. Richmond played Ray Charles Jr. (son of singer and musician Ray Charles) in the motion picture Ray, and in the soap opera General Hospital...
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  • Look up ray in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ray or RAY may refer to: Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea Ray (fish fin anatomy)...
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    with Ray Charles. He worked with Charles on hundreds of songs including Georgia on My Mind and worked as Charles' conductor while on tour. Ray Charles once...
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    from 1996 to 2001. Foxx received acclaim for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray (2004), winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. That same year...
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