Deceased
Ray Charles
Risk 100Soul singer
73 years oldAmerican0 picksBorn September 23, 1930
They don't call him "The Genius" for nothing—Ray Charles essentially invented soul music by throwing blues, gospel, jazz, and R&B into a blender and creating something the world had never heard. At 73, the man who's been playing through decades of hard living and well-documented struggles still commands a voice that could make the devil weep. Whether he's got more hits left in him or just more lives than a cat, one thing's certain: music will never see another quite like Brother Ray.
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Risk Score100/100 - Critical
About Ray Charles
They don't call him "The Genius" for nothing—Ray Charles essentially invented soul music by throwing blues, gospel, jazz, and R&B into a blender and creating something the world had never heard. At 73, the man who's been playing through decades of hard living and well-documented struggles still commands a voice that could make the devil weep. Whether he's got more hits left in him or just more lives than a cat, one thing's certain: music will never see another quite like Brother Ray.
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