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Charles Ray

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Also known as Charles Edgar Ray

American actor and film director (1891-1943)

Person · Open Library

Works
109

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1930-09-23
Active to
2004-06-10

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,865,501
Total plays
45,097,729

Tags

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Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson, Albany, Georgia, September 23, 1930 - Beverly Hills, California, June 10, 2004), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, and band leader. 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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Jacksonville
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Charles Ray by Albert Witzel 2.jpg
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Commons category
Charles Ray (actor)
date of birth
1891-03-15
date of death
1943-11-23
start of work period
1911-00-00
writing language
English language
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