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Ray Charles

Early Life Born Ray Charles Robinson on September 23, 1930 in Albany Georgia. Witnessing the death of his brother. Going blind The state school for the blind in St. Augustine.

Career – Brother Ray The influence of Nat Cole on his music and his imitations of him. Becoming “White Famous” Putting together his first big band and becoming a businessman.

Personal Life Drug habits (grass booze heroin…) Women and the influence of his ”two mamas”. Run-ins with the law. Slicing his hand on broken glass. Surgery and Liver Disease

legacy December 7, 2007, the Ray Charles Plaza His song "Georgia on My Mind" was made the official state song of Georgia in He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, which was it’s first year 1987, he was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1993 Ray Charles was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In September 2010 the performing arts center at Morehouse College was named after Ray Charles. The Ray Charles Foundation which was founded in 1986.