Ray Charles PowerPoint
Transcript: FUN FACT 3. Diabetic Retinopathy 2. $4.00 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=Ray+Charles+List+Of+songs&oq=Ray+Charles+List+Of+songs&gs_l=hp.3..0j0i8i30l5.1814.14812.0.14969.25.25.0.0.0.0.141.2131.18j7.25.0.les%3Beaqth..0.0...1.1.KlDFqOcCeEM http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_25636/ray-charles/songs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153124/ And Finally The Movie Ray Hit the Road Jack Georgia On My Mind Unchain My Heart Night Time Is the Right Time Ellie, My Love A Song For You Seven Spanish Angles I've Got A Woman You Don't Know Me And these are just some of Ray's songs! 1. July 4, 1776 Some Of His Songs Ray Charles Ray changed his name to Ray Charles to stop confusion between him and the wrestler Sweet Ray Robinson! How did Ray Charles lose his eyesight? Ray was married twice and had many girlfriends. He had 12 children, 20 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren By Vasilios Stefanos Koutsothanasis & Ioannis Vlahos 1. $40.00 How much did Ray earn at the Ritz Theater in LaVilla, Georgia? Ray Charles Robinson was born on September 23, 1930 and lived till June 10, 2004. When Ray was five he witnessed his little brother drowning in the tub his mother used to wash clothes. The unlucky streak did not end there.Since he was six years old, Ray had been blind. This was from a retina disease called glaucoma. And when he was fifteen his mom had died. After this he never returned to school and focused on his music career. Ray's Life Music Career 2. Congenital 4. Glaucoma Trivia 3. November 13, 1930 FUN FACT 4. $5.00 For over a year, Ray played the piano for bands at the Ritz Theater in LaVilla, Georgia . He earned $4 per night. After that he moved to Florida to join a band called Florida Playboys. Then later in 1947 Ray moved to Seattle to start his own band , and stop making covers. He soon started recording and made his first hit "Confession Blues" in 1949. Ray started recording in 1953 with Atlantic Records. He recorded songs in types as boogie-woogie and jump blues. As quoted from Billy Joel "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley. I don't know if Ray was the architect of rock & roll, but he was certainly the first guy to do a lot of things . . . Who the," heck "ever put so many styles together and made it work?" FUN FACT 2. September 23, 1930 When was Ray Charles born? 4. April 3, 1940 Ray began his music career in 1946 when his mother had died. 1. Vitamin Deficiency Bibliography 3. $4.40