Usuku lokuzalwa: NgoSeptemba 23 , Ngo-1930

Wafa eneminyaka: 73

Umqondiso welanga: ILibra

Kwaziwa njenge:URay Charles Robinson

Ilizwe lokuzalwa: eunited States

Uzalwe e:IAlbany, eGeorgia, eUnited States

Idume njenge:Ingoma-umbhali wengoma kunye neMvumi

Iingcaphuno zikaRay Charles Ukuyeka isikolo kwabafundi

Iqabane / Ex-:Ngu-Beatrice Howard Robinson (d. 1955-1977), uEileen Williams (d. 1951-1952)

utata:UBaley Robinson

umama:Aretha

abantakwenu:UGeorge, uGeorge Robinson

abantwana:UAlexandra Bertrand, uCharles Wayne Hendricks, uDavid Robinson, uEvelyn Robinson, uRaenee Robinson, uRay Charles Robinson Jr., uReatha Butler,Uxinzelelo,Ukungaboni kakuhle

U.S. Urhulumente: Jojiya,UmAfrika-waseMelika Ukusuka eGeorgia

UMsunguli / uMsunguli:Iirekhodi zeTangerine

Imfundo:Isikolo saseFlorida sabangevayo nabangaboniyo, uSt. Augustine, FL

Kuyacetyiswa Wena

Wayengubani uRay Charles?

URay Charles wayengumculi waseMelika, umbhali wengoma, umqambi kunye nomdlali wepiyano, wadibanisa iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zomculo ezinje ngesingqisho kunye neblues, igospile, kunye neblues kwaye waba nguvulindlela kuhlobo lomculo womphefumlo. UJack, '' iGeorgia Engqondweni Yam, '' kunye 'Unchain Intliziyo Yam.' Uthathelwa ingqalelo 'njengoBawo woMculo woMculo,' uRay Charles washiya umbono ongacimekiyo kwilizwe lomculo elixhaphakileyo kwiminyaka eliqela emva kokubhubha kwakhe. Eyaziwa kakhulu ngamagama akhe omculo kunye namalungiselelo e-jazz, imisebenzi yakhe yayinokuphucula. Ngaphezulu kwekhondo lakhe lomsebenzi, elathatha ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu, waphefumlela uninzi lweemvumi kunye neemvumi / ababhali beengoma. Into emenze ukuba abe yeyona nkwenkwezi ikhulu kwihlabathi liphela yayikukuba akazange avumele ukungaboni kakuhle kwakhe kumehlele kumculo wakhe, kubomi bakhe, nakwikhondo lakhe lomsebenzi. Indoda eyayithanda uxanduva, uCharles wayenobungane kakhulu noontanga bakhe kunye nezinye iimvumi. Namhlanje, ukhunjulwa ngobuntu bakhe obuthandekayo, obunobuntu kwaye uthathwa njengomnye 'woothixo' bomculo womphefumlo. Ukusuka kwi-'Confession Blues 'ukuya kuthiwe' Ndithini, 'iingoma zakhe ziyaqhubeka ukubuyela kwilizwe lomculo.

Uluhlu olucetyiswayo:

Ufudukele eSeattle ngo-1947 waba lilungu le-‘Maxin Trio ’kunye noMilton Garrett no-GD McKee. Abathathu babhala ingoma yabo yokuqala ethi 'Confession Blues' phantsi kwe 'Down Beat Records.' Ingoma yaqhubeka yabetha i-R & B.

Ngo-1951, watyikitya isivumelwano ne -Down Beat Records, ngoku eyayibizwa ngokuba yi-'Swing Time Records, 'yaza yarekhodisha enye ingoma eyayibizwa ngokuba' Ndivumele Ndibambe Isandla Sakho. ' 'Kissa Me Baby.' Emva kwempumelelo yezi ngoma zimbini, watyikitywa 'ziiRekhodi zaseAtlantic.'

Ukubetha kwakhe okokuqala nge'Atlantic Records 'kweza ngo-1953 xa wayerekhoda i-'Mess Around.' Emva koko wabhala ezinye ii-singles, eziquka ethi 'If Should'veBeen Me' kunye ne''Angazi. '

Ngomnyaka we-1954, wabhala ingxelo yakhe ethi 'Ndinomfazi,' kwaye ingoma yaqhubeka yaba ngowokuqala kwiNombolo 1. Uqhubeke nokurekhoda iingoma ezingacacanga ezinje ngala 'Ntombazana encinci yam,' 'Ndirhawulwe ziinyembezi zam,' 'Lonely Avenue,' kunye 'Nasebusuku Lixesha elilungileyo.'

Ngo-1956, waseka elakhe iqela 'lokucula ababhinqileyo' elalibizwa ngokuba yi 'Cookies' elathi kamva laziwa njenge 'Raelettes.'

Ngo-1957, wakhupha icwecwe lakhe lokuqala nge-‘Atlantic Records. ’Kwakuloo nyaka, wakhupha icwecwe lomculo elinesihloko esithi‘ The Great Ray Charles. ’

Wafikelela kwincopho yomsebenzi wakhe emva kokukhululwa kwesingoma sakhe esithi ‘What’d I say’ ngo-1959. Ingoma leyo yaba yindumasi enkulu kwaye ekugqibeleni waqhekeka waba ngumculo ophambili we-crossover. Emva konyaka, wakhupha isiciko sengoma yelizwe esihloko sithi 'Movin' On. '

Ngo-1960, wabhala icwecwe elibukhoma elalibizwa ngokuba 'nguRay Charles emntwini.' Kwakuloo nyaka, wavelisa ingoma ethi 'Georgia On My Mind' njengenxalenye yecwecwe lakhe elithi 'IGenius Hits the Road.' ixesha lokuba atyikitye isivumelwano esinenzuzo kunye 'neeRekhodi eziPhambili zeABC.'

Ngo-1960, warekhoda enye yeengoma zakhe ezithandwayo 'Hit the Road Jack' kunye nemvumi uMargie Hendricks. Ifake zonke iitshathi zeR & B kwaye ngoku ithathwa njengeyona misebenzi yakhe mikhulu.

Oku kwalandelwa ngamanye amacwecwe amathathu ngo-1961 — ‘UGenius Ucula iiBlues, ’‘ Intlanganiso Yomphefumlo, ’kunye‘ noGenius Emva Kweeyure. ’

Ngo-1962, uRay Charles waba yimvumi enempembelelo. Waba ngomnye wabazobi abambalwa abamnyama ngelo xesha lokufumana ukuthandwa okunjalo ngexesha elifutshane.

Kwakuloo nyaka, warekhoda ii-albhamu, ezinje ngee ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ kunye nokulandela kwayo ‘Izandi zale mihla kwilizwe kunye noMculo waseNtshona uMqulu wesiBini.’ Kwakuloo nyaka, waseka nelebheli yakhe yerekhodi ethi ‘Tangerine Records.’

Ukususela ngo-1963 ukuya ku-1968, wakhupha umtya wee-albhamu ezingaphumelelanga njengama-albhamu akhe angaphambili. Ezi albhamu zazizii-'Izithako kwiresiphi yomphefumlo, '' iinyembezi ezimnandi kunye ezimnandi, '' Uncumo kunye nam, '' ixesha lokulila, '' iiRay's Moods, 'kunye' nomzobo kaRay. 'Ukongeza, ukufika kukaRay. ilitye le-psychedelic lanciphisa isibheno sakhe.

Nangona kunjalo, waqhubeka nokurekhoda iingoma kwaye wakhupha icwecwe lowe-1972 elithi 'Umyalezo ovela ebantwini.' Eli cwecwe lalibandakanya nengoma ethi 'America the Beautiful.' Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, wayishiya i 'ABC Records.'

Utyikitye kwakhona nge'Atlantic Record 'ngo-1977 kwaye warekhoda' Kuyinyani kubomi. 'Kwakuloo nyaka, wavela nakwisiqendu esithi' Saturday Night Live. 'Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, i-Georgia On My Mind' yabhengezwa ingoma waseGeorgia.

Ngo-1980, wabonakala kwifilimu ethi ‘The Blues Brothers.’ Kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, watyikitya isivumelwano sokurekhodwa ne ‘Columbia Records’ kwaye waqala ukurekhoda umjikelo welizwe ebetha neemvumi ezinje ngo-BJ Thomas, George Jones, no Chet Atkins.

Ngo-1984, wabhala enye 'yeeNgelosi ezisixhenxe zaseSpain' ezaziza kuqhubeka njengelona lizwe lakhe lidumileyo. Kunyaka olandelayo, wabonwa esenza kummiselo wesibini kaRonald Reagan.

Ngo-1991, ibinzana lakhe lokubamba elithi 'Unelungelo Elilungileyo, Umntwana' wamenza inkwenkwezi yamazwe ngamazwe, ngenxa yeentengiso ze-'Diet Pepsi '. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, wenza ngokusungulwa kukaBill Clinton.

Wabonwa kwiziqendu ezine zothotho lweTV oludumileyo 'The Nanny' ukusukela ngo-1997 ukuya ku-1998. Kwi-millennium entsha, wabonakala kwintengiso ezininzi ze-'New Jersey Lottery. '

Ngo-2002, wakhupha icwecwe elithi ‘Enkosi ngokuzisa uthando kwakhona.’ Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, wakhupha i-‘Ray Charles ibhiyozela iKrisimesi yeVangeli ngeVoices of Jubilation ’kunye ne‘ Live at Olympia 2000. ’

Wenza ukubonakala kwakhe esidlangalaleni ngo-Epreli 30, 2004, xa studio sakhe somculo samkelwa njengendawo eyimbali eLos Angeles.

'IGeorgia Engqondweni Yam' yinto enye eyakhutshwa njengenxalenye yealbhamu yakhe yowe-1960 ethi, 'IGenius Hits the Road.' Coldplay, 'kunye noVan Morrison ukubiza ngambalwa. 'Georgia On My Mind' yaba yingoma yelizwe laseGeorgia ngo-1979.

'Hit the Road Jack'yenye yeengoma zakhe ezakhutshwa ngo-1960. Yaqhubeka yangomnye wemisebenzi yakhe emikhulu. Ihleli kwindawo yesi-1 kwisithuba seeveki ezimbini kwitshathi 'yeBillboard Hot 100' kwaye yamzuzela imbasa yeGrammy. imagazini.

Ngo-1987, wanikwa imbasa ye-‘Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Wayengomnye wabokuqala ukungena kwi 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' ngo-1986.

Ngo-1991, wangeniswa kwi-‘Rhythm & Blues Foundation. ’

Waye wawongwa nge ‘Mbasa yeSizwe yobuGcisa’ ngo-1993.

Waye wanyuselwa 'kwiHolo yoDumo yeSizwe eMnyama kunye nezoLonwabo' kwi2004.

Amabhaso eGrammy ka-2005 azinikezelwa kuRay Charles.

Isitampu sikanaphakade sakhululwa ngembeko yakhe yi-'Posi yaseMelika 'ngo-2013.

Waye wanyuselwa 'kwiRhythm & Blues Hall of Fame' kwi2015.

Watshata no-Eileen Williams ngo-1951, kodwa wamqhawula umtshato kunyaka olandelayo.

Ngo-1955, watshata noDella Beatrice Howard Robinson. Umtshato wahlala iminyaka engamashumi amabini.

Ngaphandle kwemitshato yakhe emibini, wayenobudlelwane noNorma Pinella owahlala naye de wasweleka. Wayenobunye ubudlelwane; wazala abantwana abali-12 nabafazi abalishumi abahlukeneyo.

Ngo-1961 wabanjwa emva kokubanjwa kwentsangu, iheroin nezinye iziyobisi kwigumbi lakhe. Wayelikhoboka leziyobisi ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe. Waphendula kumkhwa wakhe kwiingoma ezinje 'Andifuni Gqirha' kwaye 'Masihambe Sigityiselwe ngamatye.'

NgoJuni 10, 2004, wasweleka ngenxa yokusilela kwesibindi kwikhaya lakhe laseBeverly Hills eCalifornia. Amathambo akhe aswelekileyo angcwatywa emangcwabeni e-‘Inglewood Park.

Kwi-2004, i-biopic ebizwa ngokuba 'nguRay' yayinoJamie Foxx odlala imvumi eyaziwayo. Kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, i ‘Ray Charles Plaza’ yavulwa e-Albany, e-Georgia.

'UBawo woMculo woMculo' wasebenzisa ukukhubazeka kwakhe okubonakalayo endaweni yakhe ngokuyijika ibe yingxelo yefashoni; wayehlala ebonwa enxibe uphawu lweshishini lakhe ngeesilazi ezimnyama.

Ukhethe ukubizwa ngokuba ngu 'Mzalwana uRay.' Wayekwabizwa ngokuba ngu-'Genius. '

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