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Ray Charles
Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of Black pop by merging 50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz, blues, and (in the 60s) country. ...
Blind since the age of six (from glaucoma), Charles studied composition and learned many instruments at the St. ... By the late 40s, he was recording in a smooth pop/R&B style derivative of Nat "King" Cole and Charles Brown. ... Charles first recordings have come in for their fair share of criticism, as they are much milder and less original than the classics that would follow, although theyre actually fairly enjoyable, showing strong hints of the skills that were to flower in a few years.
In the early 50s, Charles sound started to toughen as he toured with Lowell Fulson, went to New Orleans to work with Guitar Slim (playing piano on and arranging Slims huge R&B hit, "The Things That I Used to Do"), and got a band together for R&B star Ruth Brown.
Approximate Word count = 957
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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