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RAY CHARLES

RAY CHARLES. Influenced by a wide range of musical styles, including blues, boogie-woogie, big-band swing, gospel and country Early style was influenced by the polished style of Nat “King” Cole and Charles Brown – marked by restraint in vocals, piano playing, and arrangement

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RAY CHARLES

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  1. RAY CHARLES • Influenced by a wide range of musical styles, including blues, boogie-woogie, big-band swing, gospel and country • Early style was influenced by the polished style of Nat “King” Cole and Charles Brown – marked by restraint in vocals, piano playing, and arrangement • Signed with upstart independent record label Atlantic Recordsin 1952 1930-2004 Inducted 1986

  2. ATLANTIC RECORDS • Achieved success at Atlantic during the late-1950s: “I Got a Woman,” “Hallelujah I Love Her So,” “Drown in My Own Tears,” “What’d I Say.” • Atlantic showcased Charles’ new sound - performing gospel songs as if they were rhythm and blues songs • This style would be known as SOUL MUSIC

  3. FROM GOSPEL TO SOUL • Call-and-response • Emotional lyric style • Energetic boogie woogie piano line • Dynamic (rather than static) chord progressions • Punctuated horn arrangements • Adding secular lyrics to gospel hymns

  4. RAY CHARLES’ GOSPEL INFLUENCES “This Little Light of Mine” Clara Ward & the Ward Singers (1952) “How Jesus Died” The Pilgrim Travelers (1956) “It Must Be Jesus” The Southern Tones (1954) “Lonely Avenue” (1956) “I Got a Woman” 1954 “This Little Girl of Mine” (1955)

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