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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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Similar artists to Ray Charles
Aretha Franklin
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Etta James
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Sam Cooke
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B.B. King
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BAND / ARTIST |
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Aretha Franklin |
USA, Memphis - Tennessee |
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Etta James |
USA, Los Angeles - California |
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Sam Cooke |
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B.B. King |
USA, Itta Bena - Mississippi |
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James Brown |
USA, Barnwell - South Carolina |
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Louis Armstrong |
USA, New Orleans - Louisiana |
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Otis Redding |
USA, Dawson - Georgia |
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Wilson Pickett |
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Stevie Wonder |
USA, Saginaw -Michigan |
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Solomon Burke |
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Ruth Brown |
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Marvin Gaye |
USA, Washington |
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Al Green |
USA, Forrest City - Arkansas |
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Ike & Tina Turner |
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John Lee Hooker |
USA, Clarksdale - Mississippi |
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Nina Simone |
USA, North Carolina |
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The Blues Brothers |
USA, Chicago - Illinois |
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Fats Domino |
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Muddy Waters |
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Rufus Thomas |
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Sam & Dave |
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Clarence Carter |
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Esther Phillips |
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Dr. John |
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Albert King |
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Lou Rawls |
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Ben E. King |
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Curtis Mayfield |
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Mable John |
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Bobby "Blue" Bland |
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