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As a rock and roll, rhythm & blues, soul, blues, jazz, country and pop musician he helped to shape the sound of rhythm & blues. He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music ("I Can't Stop Loving You") to rock and roll ("Mess Around"), to pop standards to a now-iconic rendition of "America The Beautiful." Frank Sinatra called him "the only genius in the business." |
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News in english
about Ray Charles
(July / 2009)
Leave a Reply Date: 02 Jul 2009
Washington City Paper -
Over the years at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival , I have seen and heard lots of great music—zydeco, DC sounds from Rare Essence and Fugazi, weird Bhutan horns, the Cambodian Ray Charles, amazing Malian music, country blues, rockabilly, and numerous Latin styles.
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Arts: Free June concerts in Keller Date: 02 Jul 2009
Southlake Times -
APEX is offering a free series of open air JAZZ concerts at 7 p.m. every Thursday in June on the lawn at Keller Town Hall, featuring Adonis Rose and the Fort Worth Jazz Orchestra beginning June 4. Enjoy a special tribute to Duke Ellington (June 11), a tribute to Ray Charles (June 18) and a tribute to Louis Armstrong (June 25).
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Foxx gets a little bit country for this return trip to his home state Date: 02 Jul 2009
Austin American-Statesman -
Jamie Foxx might have accelerated his singing career as Ray Charles, but his hit "Blame It" has made the actor-comedian a chart-topper in his own right. A Dallas-area native, Foxx gladly returns to his home state this week.
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Arts: Free June concerts in Keller Date: 04 Jul 2009
Southlake Times -
APEX is offering a free series of open air JAZZ concerts at 7 p.m. every Thursday in June on the lawn at Keller Town Hall, featuring Adonis Rose and the Fort Worth Jazz Orchestra beginning June 4. Enjoy a special tribute to Duke Ellington (June 11), a tribute to Ray Charles (June 18) and a tribute to Louis Armstrong (June 25).
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Arts: Free June concerts in Keller Date: 06 Jul 2009
Southlake Times -
APEX is offering a free series of open air JAZZ concerts at 7 p.m. every Thursday in June on the lawn at Keller Town Hall, featuring Adonis Rose and the Fort Worth Jazz Orchestra beginning June 4. Enjoy a special tribute to Duke Ellington (June 11), a tribute to Ray Charles (June 18) and a tribute to Louis Armstrong (June 25).
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Camp Sweeny radio station provides songs for campers and the area Date: 07 Jul 2009
Gainesville Daily Register -
It is a rare occasion to find a radio station that will play tunes like Ray Charles’s Georgia on My Mind followed by Ska band Real Big Fish and their song Take on Me, but Camp Sweeney’s radio station KPFC is an exception to this rule. KPFC can be heard in Gainesville on 89.1 FM and in Callisburg on 91.9 FM. The station also has a website, www.kpfc.org, where listeners can tune-in online and ...
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Women pulls out of suit claiming racial beating Date: 08 Jul 2009
NBC 13 Birmingham -
U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins had scheduled a hearing Monday in the lawsuit filed by Tera Benefield and Ray Charles McCloud, plus their friend, Leon Jernigan Jr. All three are from Barbour County, in southeast Alabama
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Music Review: Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country & Westen Music, Volumes 1 & 2 Date: 08 Jul 2009
Blogcritics.org -
On the landmark album, Ray demonstrates how he earned the nickname “Genius.”
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