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- Ray_Charles abstract "Raymond Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), professionally known as Ray Charles, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He was sometimes referred to as \"The Genius\", and was also nicknamed \"The High Priest of Soul\".He pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950s by combining rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records. He also contributed to the racial integration of country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his two Modern Sounds albums. While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company.Charles was blind from the age of seven. Charles cited Nat King Cole as a primary influence, but his music was also influenced by jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and country artists of the day, including Art Tatum, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, and Louis Armstrong. Charles' playing reflected influences from country blues, barrelhouse, and stride piano styles. He had strong ties to Quincy Jones, who often cared for him and showed him the ropes of the \"music club industry.\"Frank Sinatra called him \"the only true genius in show business\", although Charles downplayed this notion.In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Charles at number ten on their list of the \"100 Greatest Artists of All Time\", and number two on their November 2008 list of the \"100 Greatest Singers of All Time\". Billy Joel observed: \"This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley\".".
- Ray_Charles activeYearsEndYear "2001".
- Ray_Charles activeYearsStartYear "1947".
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- Ray_Charles birthDate "1930-09-23".
- Ray_Charles birthPlace Albany,_Georgia.
- Ray_Charles deathDate "2004-06-10".
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- Ray_Charles genre Blues.
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- Ray_Charles genre Rhythm_and_blues.
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- Ray_Charles hometown Greenville,_Florida.
- Ray_Charles instrument Keyboard_instrument.
- Ray_Charles instrument Piano.
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- Ray_Charles recordLabel ABC_Records.
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