In later years, no one could remember who George's father was. By his first birthday Charles had a brother, George. His father abandoned the family, left Greenville, and married another woman elsewhere. Aretha and Bailey's wife, who had lost a son, then shared in Charles's upbringing. After the birth of Ray Charles, she and her baby returned to Greenville. During the ensuing scandal, she left Greenville late in the summer of 1930 to be with family in Albany, Georgia. A few years later 15-year-old Aretha became pregnant by Bailey. The Robinson family - Bailey, his wife Mary Jane and his mother - informally adopted her and Aretha took the surname Robinson. he was the son of Bailey Robinson, a laborer, and Aretha (or Reatha) Robinson (nee Williams), a laundress, of Greenville, Florida.ĭuring Aretha's childhood, her mother died and her father, a man Bailey worked with, could not keep her. Ray Charles Robinson was born on Septemin Albany, Georgia. 3.3 Contribution to civil rights movement.2.1 1945–1952: Florida, Los Angeles, and Seattle.In 2022, he will be inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. 2 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and No. He has won 18 Grammy Awards (5 posthumously), the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, and 10 of his recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. He was one of the inaugural inductees at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986. įor his musical contributions, Charles received the Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Arts, and the Polar Music Prize. Billy Joel said, "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley". Frank Sinatra called Ray Charles "the only true genius in show business," although Charles downplayed this notion. He had a lifelong friendship and occasional partnership with Quincy Jones. Ĭharles cited Nat King Cole as a primary influence, but his music was also influenced by Louis Jordan and Charles Brown. Charles had multiple singles reach the Top 40 on various Billboard charts: 44 on the US R&B singles chart, 11 on the Hot 100 singles chart, 2 on the Hot Country singles charts. His 1962 album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music became his first album to top the Billboard 200. Ĭharles's 1960 hit " Georgia On My Mind" was the first of his three career No.
While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first black musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company. He contributed to the integration of country music, rhythm and blues, and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, notably with his two Modern Sounds albums. Ĭharles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic. Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to glaucoma. He was often referred to as "the Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray". (Septem– June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer.
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