Ray Charles
Sign in to save1957 self-titled debut studio album by Ray Charles
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,866,202
- Total plays
- 45,107,320
Tags
jazzsoulbluesrhythm and bluespiano
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
Key dates
- Published
- June 1957
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Producer
- Ahmet Ertegün
- Performer
- Ray Charles
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Distribution format
- vinyl record
Show 3 more facts
- P407
- English language
- P7937
- studio album
- P291
- United States
via Wikidata · CC0