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person_profile-Ray Charles

Ray Charles Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ray Charles

Date of Birth:

Sep 23, 1930

Country of birth:

Georgia USA

Died:

Jun 10, 2004

Biography of

Ray Charles

    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?"

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Photos of

Ray Charles

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Filmography of

Ray Charles

Found 58 Movies in total

... 2025

Merci Dorothée !

(Archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2025

... 2024

... 2023

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2023

... 2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

Disclosure

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

I Am Not Your Negro

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Face of Unity

Self ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2011

... 2008

... 2007

... 2007

... 2007

... 2006

... 2006

... 2004

... 2004

Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

Rockin' Pianos

Himself ( Actor )

... 2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

Piano Blues

Self ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2003

... 2002

... 2001

Ray Charles - In Concert

Himself ( Actor )

... 2001

... 2001

... 2001

Blue's Big Musical Movie

G-Clef (voice) ( Actor )

... 2000

Spy Hard

Busdriver ( Actor )

... 1996

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

Performer ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1995

The World of Jim Henson

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

Love Affair

Self ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

... 1994

... 1993

... 1990

... 1990

Limit Up

Julius ( Actor )

... 1989

Legends of Rock 'n' Roll

Ray Charles ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1987

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1986

The Statue of Liberty

Himself ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

... 1981

... 1981

The Blues Brothers

Ray ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1979

... 1978

... 1978

The Beatles Forever

Self ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1973

... 1968

The Big T.N.T. Show

Self ( Actor )

... 1965

Ballad in Blue

himself ( Actor )

... 1965

Swingin' Along

Himself ( Actor )

... 1961