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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>

'''Ray Charles''' was the stage name of '''Ray Charles Robinson''' (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). He was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it.

Further reading:<br>
[[wikipedia:Ray Charles|Ray Charles]]<br>
[[Category:Musicians]]

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 [[Category:Pianists|Charles, Ray]]
 [[Category:Singers|Charles, Ray]]
-[[Category:Favorite Artists|Charles, Ray]]
+[[Category:Favorite Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Charles, Ray]]
 [[Category:Pop Chronicles (The List)|Charles, Ray]]

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 In 1966 Ray Charles performed at ''[[The Big T.N.T. Show]]'', where Frank Zappa was filmed inside the audience.
-In a 1969 interview, Frank Zappa spoke about how he loved Charles' early material, but did not like his album ''Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.'' <ref>http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19770/m1/</ref>
+In a 1969 interview, Frank Zappa spoke about how he loved Charles' early material, but did not like his album ''Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.'' <ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19770/m1/ Show 20 - Forty Miles of Bad Road: Some of the best from rock 'n' roll's dark ages.]</ref>
 ==External links==
+<references/>
 * [[Wikipedia:Ray Charles]]

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 '''Ray Charles''' was the stage name of '''Ray Charles Robinson''' (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). He was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of ''"America the Beautiful"'' that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the ''"definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it."''. Charles is most famous for his hit songs ''I Got A Woman'' (1954), ''What'd I Say'' (1959), ''Night Time Is The Right Time'' (1959), ''Georgia On My Mind'' (1960), ''Hit the Road Jack'' (1961), ''One Mint Julep'' (1961), ''Unchain My Heart'' (1961) and ''I Can't Stop Loving You'' (1962).
-==Frank Zappa about Ray Charles==
+==Frank Zappa and Ray Charles==
 In a 1969 interview, Frank Zappa spoke about how he loved Charles' early material, but did not like his album ''Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.'' <ref>http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19770/m1/</ref>

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	In a 1969 interview, Frank Zappa spoke about how he loved Charles' early material, but did not like his album ''Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.'' <ref>http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19770/m1/</ref>		In a 1969 interview, Frank Zappa spoke about how he loved Charles' early material, but did not like his album ''Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.'' <ref>http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19770/m1/</ref>
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−	<blockquote> ''"When I was about thirteen, I finally got a chance to do something I'd wanted to do for years. I was very much into R&B from an early age. The first thing I started to do on the piano was play blues just from ear, just by listening and understanding that and reproducing that. When I heard Ray Charles, I was just blown away. He had a tenor sax player called David 'Fathead' Newman, and when I heard Fathead, I said 'Man, I gotta make that sound. I gotta do that.' But I was already playing French horn and the band leader in the elementary school didn't want to have any part in giving me anything else because French horn players are real hard to find."''</blockquote>
−	~~<div align=right>–[[Robert Martin]] in ''[[Robert Martin Sez Hello]]''.</div>~~

	==External links==		==External links==

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 <blockquote> ''"When I was about thirteen, I finally got a chance to do something I'd wanted to do for years. I was very much into R&B from an early age. The first thing I started to do on the piano was play blues just from ear, just by listening and understanding that and reproducing that. When I heard Ray Charles, I was just blown away. He had a tenor sax player called David 'Fathead' Newman, and when I heard Fathead, I said 'Man, I gotta make that sound. I gotta do that.' But I was already playing French horn and the band leader in the elementary school didn't want to have any part in giving me anything else because French horn players are real hard to find."''</blockquote>
-<div align=right>–[[Robert Martin]] in [[Robert Martin Sez Hello]]</div>
+<div align=right>–[[Robert Martin]] in ''[[Robert Martin Sez Hello]]''.</div>
 ==External links==
-* [Wikipedia:Ray Charles|Wikipedia article]
+* [[Wikipedia:Ray Charles]]
 [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Charles, Ray]
 [[Category:Pop Musicians|Charles, Ray]]
 [[Category:Country Musicians|Charles, Ray]]

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-'''Ray Charles''' was the stage name of '''Ray Charles Robinson''' (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). He was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it.
+[[File:Ray Charles.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Ray Charles.]]
-In a 1969 interview, Frank Zappa spoke about how he loved Charles' early material, but did not like his ''Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.''[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19770/m1/]
+'''Ray Charles''' was the stage name of '''Ray Charles Robinson''' (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). He was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of ''"America the Beautiful"'' that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the ''"definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it."''. Charles is most famous for his hit songs ''I Got A Woman'' (1954), ''What'd I Say'' (1959), ''Night Time Is The Right Time'' (1959), ''Georgia On My Mind'' (1960), ''Hit the Road Jack'' (1961), ''One Mint Julep'' (1961), ''Unchain My Heart'' (1961) and ''I Can't Stop Loving You'' (1962).
-<blockquote>"When I was about thirteen, I finally got a chance to do something I'd wanted to do for years. I was very much into RnB from an early age. The first thing I started to do on the piano was play blues just from ear, just by listening and understanding that and reproducing that. When I heard [[wikipedia:Ray Charles|Ray Charles]], I was just blown away. He had a tenor sax player called David 'Fathead' Newman, and when I heard Fathead, I said 'Man, I gotta make that sound. I gotta do that.' But I was already playing French horn and the band leader in the elementary school didn't want to have any part in giving me anything else because French horn players are real hard to find."</blockquote>
+==Frank Zappa about Ray Charles==
 <div align=right>–[[Robert Martin]] in [[Robert Martin Sez Hello]]</div>
-Further reading:<br>
+==External links==
-[[wikipedia:Ray Charles|Ray Charles]]<br>
-[[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists]]
+* [Wikipedia:Ray Charles|Wikipedia article]
 [[Category:Pop Chronicles (The List)|Charles, Ray]]