Biography on ray charles life movie

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Ray

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Starring:  Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington

Period of history in focus:  s – s America (Birth of Rock & Roll)

A few vital facts about “race music” –

• Rhythm & blues, soul, gospel, and jazz were all labels for the music that would become known as rock & roll.
• The term “race record” was first used in and was primarily a marketing term, advertising music to African Americans.
• As seen in the film, there was a great deal of resistance to the “secularization” of African American religious music. Ray Charles built his fame in large part by co-opting gospel techniques into his popular music. Today, we think nothing of hearing hymn-based chord progress

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  Ray (film)

  biographical film about Ray Charles

  Ray is a American biographicalmusicaldrama film focusing on 30 years in the life of soul musician Ray Charles.^[a] The independently produced film was co-produced and directed by Taylor Hackford; it was written by James L. White from a story bygd Hackford and White. It stars Jamie Foxx as Charles, along with Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Terrence Howard, Larenz Tate, Richard Schiff, and Regina King in supporting roles. Along with Hackford, the film was also produced by Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin, and Karen Baldwin.

  It was released on October 29, , by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with particular beröm for Foxx's performance and became a box office success, grossed $ million worldwide on a budget of $25 million.

  Ray received many accolades and nominations and was nominated in six categories at the 77th Academy Awards, including for Best Picture. It w

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Ray Charles

American musician (–)

For other people named Ray Charles, see Ray Charles (disambiguation).

Ray Charles Robinson^[a] (September 23, – June 10, ) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians, he preferred being called "Brother Ray".^[2][3] Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to glaucoma.^[4]

Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the s bygd combining elements of blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel into his music during his time with Atlantic Records.^[4][5][6] He contributed to the integration of country music, rhythm and blues, and pop music during the s with his crossover success on ABC Records, notably with his two Modern Sounds albums.^[7][8] While he was with ABC, Charles