Ray Charles
Active: 1960–1968
16
Releases
9
Active Years
About Ray Charles
Ray Charles changed popular music in the U.S., drafting the blueprint for soul music in the 1950s and exerting a massive influence on the R&B and rock that came in its wake.
Born in Albany, GA, in 1930, he spent most of his childhood in Greenville, FL, where he began losing his sight at age five, going fully blind by age seven.
But by then he was already a talented pianist, playing boogie-woogie and absorbing the gospel and rural blues that surrounded him.
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Complete Discography
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
Documented across 8 weeks
HIT THE ROAD JACK
Documented across 12 weeks
I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU
Documented across 17 weeks
YOU DON'T KNOW ME
Documented across 13 weeks
YOUR CHEATING HEART
Documented across 8 weeks
DON'T SET ME FREE
Documented across 3 weeks
TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART
Documented across 20 weeks
NO ONE
Documented across 7 weeks
BUSTED
Documented across 10 weeks
NO-ONE TO CRY TO
Documented across 3 weeks
MAKIN' WHOOPEE
Documented across 4 weeks
CRYIN' TIME
Documented across 1 week
TOGETHER AGAIN
Documented across 1 week
HERE WE GO AGAIN
Documented across 3 weeks
YESTERDAY
Documented across 4 weeks
ELEANOR RIGBY
Documented across 9 weeks