Ray Charles

- His mom sent him to saint Augustan school for the blind

- Ray charles got music exposure from the radio at school

- He was able to hear stuff and play it on the piano

- He was playing at BBQ and very low gigs

- Ray chalres went to Seattle and could play jazz, and blues and was able to fit into any musical situation.

- Ray charles never used a cane

-He got a gig by luck with a group

- He is not easy to get along with and he has to be the leader of the group

- Ray charles always had problems with money

- He only wanted it in 1 dollar bills because he could not tell the difference, he was very prompt and play only form the designated times

- He was a musical jute box, and he loved nate king cole

- What happen was that many people were impersonating Nate king Cole, Ray would pretend to be him and could sing very close to him

- Swing time signed ray charels and now has records coming out, he is now playing smaller clubs and moving up in the world

- Rocking Chair Blues was one of his earlier songs (bluez)

- He goes around doing his nate king cole impersonation making a decent living

- Sentimental Blues (another song he sang)

- Ray Charles marries a girl named () and she was in a gossipal group.

- Ray Charles believes that he can play ur instrument better than u can and you should play it his way and i someone made a mistake he would snap.

- When he would bring his records home she didn't like any of his records

- Shes on the Ball ( close to nate king cole voice)

- kiss me baby ( rhythm and blues)

- Ill do anything but work ( one of his country songs)

-Loyde price was signed to Atlantic record but got drafted to go to korea to fight in war, they start looking for replacement and bought swing time.

- Jerry Wexler who is a very good music reorder

- He falls in loves with the cookies and make them join his group

- The way that he plays a song makes him famous and yet dirty because he was talking about a girl in gosiphal music, and this is the birth of soul.

- I got a woman ( first soul song)

- Churches didnt like the song and they boycot him and he found his voice

- Hallelujah I love her so (another modified song)

- What'd I say ( another song )

- He wants complete creative control, but the company didn't want that but they want him for another 5 years, he wants 50 000 for his signature

- ABC Paramount had agreed to these terms and leaves Atlantic

- Georgia On my Mind one of his best songs

- Him and his wife have problems with this song Margie because his wife dont like it .

- Margie was the queen of soul because he was the king so that means she must be the queen

- Don't Set me free ( Song with Margie)

- Ray charles is doing a lot of heroin and Margie tries to do the same as him but she doesn't have the same tolerance as ray. Margie dies from a heroin overdose.

- Hit the road jack ( Margie is dead)

- He decides to do crountry

10 different children from 11 different women

- Lets go get stoned ( a song we listen to )

- America The Beautiful ( as song we listen to )

- !954 to 1964 he was big but after that not so much