ACHIEVING SUCCESS WITH THE AMAZING MR. RAY CHARLES!!
GRATITUDE FOR THE AMAZING RAY CHARLES
A few months ago I watched the movie “Ray”, the life story of Ray Charles, one of the most incredible life stories I have ever seen. Completely intrigued about how someone from an under privileged background can create such enormous success. Taken away by such inner strength, total self reliance and confidence. This is such a lesson to all of us how to achieve success.
The great Ray Charles was an explorer who returned time and again from expeditions across musical boundaries to give us, in his own unique way, melodious stories and charts of his adventures. From rock ‘n roll, soul , R&B, swing, gospel to Country music Ray Charles broke barriers that nobody thought was possible. In so doing he changed what had previously been only a black and white territorial paper map of American music into a 3-D, solid terrain model, full of colour.
Ray Charles Robinson was born Sept. 23, 1930, in Albany, Ga. His father, Bailey Robinson, was a mechanic and a handyman, and his mother, Aretha, stacked boards in a sawmill.
At just five years old Charles had to endure the trauma of witnessing the drowning death of his younger brother in his mother’s large portable laundry tub. Soon after the death of his brother he gradually began to lose his sight and by 7 years of age Ray Charles was blind.
But Charles would not be denied and rather than give up, he made a significant geographical relocation to Seattle, Washington. It was in Seattle’s red light district at just 16 where he met a young Quincy Jones only 14 himself. He taught the future producer and composer how to write music and arrange. It was a friendship that lasted a lifetime with the two working on many sessions together later in their careers.
His first 3 recordings were made in Tampa, Florida in 1947 and included Guitar Blues, Walking’ And Talkin,’ and Wonderin’ And Wonderin’. Charles got his first taste of commercial success in 1953, when he arranged and played piano on bluesman Guitar Slim’s recording of The Things That I Used to Do, which sold more than a million copies. The real Ray Charles emerged in 1954 on a record called I Got A Woman. The recording reached #1 on the R&B chart in 1955. More significantly it brought together elements of gospel music in a secular setting, in a way they had never been married before, and served to spawn a whole new genre later to become known as Soul.
The movie “Ray” is a must see. Gratitude to Mr. Ray Charles for changing the world. Love it!!!
Paul Mantel – http://livelifeco.com
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