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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American musician known as Ray Charles (to avoid confusion with champion boxer Sugar Ray Robinson). 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,” although Charles never believed that about himself. 
The influences upon his music were mainly jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and country artists of the day such as Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, Louis Armstrong. His playing reflected influences from country blues, barrelhouse and stride piano styles.
Rolling Stone ranked Charles number ten 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.

Track Listing:
01. Lonely Avenue
02. What'd I Say
03. Mess Around
04. Georgia on My Mind
05. I Got a Woman
06. Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
07. Drown In My Own Tears
08. Come Back Baby
09. Someday
10. It Should've Been Me
11. That's Enough
12. Roll With Me Baby
13. Hallelujah I Love Her So
14. The Midnight Hour
15. What Would I Do Without You
16. You Be My Baby
17. Sitting on Top of the World
18. C.C. Rider
19. Blues Is My Middle Name
20. Blues Before Sunrise
21. A Fool For You

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Soul
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2013
Speelduur: 64 minuten
Cover: Front is in de RARs verwerkt