1930, ray charles was born in Georgia, USA. Since the age of 6, Ray's eyes have been out of order, and his eyesight is getting weaker and weaker. At the age of seven, he was completely blind. Ray's mother is very strict with him. After he became blind, she taught him to wash clothes and make a fire to boil water. He said: "everyone else thinks she is cruel, but my mother always thinks I have to learn all this." Just because I can't see with my eyes doesn't mean I'm more stupid than others. " His mother sent him to a school for the disabled in St. Augustine, Florida, where he composed music with the score of Braille literature for the blind and learned to play the piano, organ, trumpet and saxophone successively.
/kloc-After leaving school at the age of 0/5, young and blind Charles began to pursue his music dream alone, and he began to perform in nightclubs. 1948, Charles came to Seattle and began to form the first trio. In the following years, the establishment of orchestras continued to increase. In the 1950s, ray charles began to make great gains in the black R&B charts, and then he successfully broke through the black-and-white boundary and entered the popular market. The 1960s-1990s was his golden age. Nearly 35 years later, almost every year recorded works appeared, and his voice frequently appeared in TV and movies.
He died at the age of 73, and countless fans burst into tears.
Before his death, Lei gave his own 10000 concert, and recorded the last duet album GeniusLovesCompany with B.B. King, Nora Jones, Willie Nalsen, etc. The legendary musician's last public appearance was on April 30, 2004, when he was in a wheelchair and attended a celebration in his honor in a recording studio in Los Angeles. On June 10, 2004, ray charles died of liver disease at his home in California at the age of 73. The day after Ray's death, it happened to be the day when former US President Ronald Reagan was buried, so on the day of the funeral, many radio stations broadcast Ray's unforgettable performance at Reagan's inauguration ceremony on 1985-his singing "Beautiful America". Let countless fans cry.
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Charles's greatest contribution to pop music is that he organically combined the gospel music spirit he learned in the black church in his early years with blues music with melancholy tune, and created a brand-new music genre: "soul music"-so he is known as the "father of soul music" in the United States. 1950 After signing with Atlantic Records, ray charles's first sensational song "I Have a Woman" was called the first real African-American song. Ray charles won the Grammy Award representing the highest honor of American pop music 13 times in his life. 1986 was listed in the "Hall of Rock Celebrities" and won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as early as 1987.
VanMorrison, an Irish music teacher, said of ray charles: "Ray proved that the best music can transcend any boundaries and set foot in every field. He can create any kind of music and be loyal to himself. It's all about his soul. " "His voice is so beautiful that it makes people faint. You can hear Bruce or R &；; Ampb, hearing the gospel, these are all things I have heard before, but now I have integrated into such amazing but emotional music. " The American Music Review magazine once wrote: "He is not only a great musician, a great record producer, but also an excellent agent." "That's the soul singing without distractions ..."
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The 47th Grammy Awards Ceremony in 2005 seems more like a memorial ceremony for ray charles, the "father of soul music" in the United States. The Grammy jury not only awarded all eight awards, including the best album of the year, to R & ampCharles, who died in June 2004, but also arranged two special commemorative units: R & Alicia Keyes, the female singer of ampb, cooperated with Jamie Foxx who played Charles in the musical film Ray, and played Charles' famous song Georgiaonmynmind with the accompaniment of the orchestra conducted by producer Quincy Jones, sweeping four Grammy gold medals with 1960; Before the final prize was awarded, Bonnie Reed, a famous singer who won Grammy Awards for nine times, and Billy Preston, another blues master, sang the music belonging to Lei again.
As a biopic to pay tribute to a musician, in addition to showing his personality in an all-round way, his music needs to run through the whole film. Ray charles's original music is actually a pure imitation. He was very talented, but he didn't show it until he met amit of Atlantic Records. amit asked ray charles to start making his own music completely. Ray charles first studied jazz piano, and then began to blend into his own style. Until his first single "I Got a Woman" came out, this song was called the first real black song, boldly integrated into the gospel and made a sensation. When the sound of ray charles's soul music, which combines rhythm and blues with gospel, began to spread widely, his unique musical style began to take shape. Known as the father of soul music, he is not just a single style. He dabbled in country, blues, soul music, jazz and big band music styles. Some of his famous songs have been reproduced in movies, such as Open My Heart, I can't stop loving you, and Georgia, my love. In fact, it has always been quite meaningful for movies to accompany ray charles's life journey with famous songs from different eras. In fact, you can find that ray charles's early works are obviously naked and sexy, which is related to his black family from the bottom of society, which is beyond reproach and bold. But it is this kind of music that is a bit out of line, which conforms to the era of personality liberation and is very popular after it comes out. By the way, the film also made a tour of the social humanities at that time.
The most influential songs sung by ray charles in his life are: Georgia in My Heart, Jack on the Road, Right Time, Yes, Indentation, Hallelujah, I love her so much that I can't stop loving you. Apart from making great contributions to black music, ray charles has also achieved many successes in pop standard music, jazz and country music.