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Ray Charles - Live

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Album Review

A repackaging of Ray Charles In Newport and Ray Charles In Person presents concerts from 1958 and 1959 that found Charles in peak form, performing some of his best-known R&B hits.

Customer Reviews

Holy Grail of R & B

Many of Ray Charles' legendary live performances with the Raelettes and his Orchestra, and smaller groups are here from the Herndon and Newport concerts of the late 50's. The performances speak for themselves. Enjoy the excitement, sponteneity, superb musicianship, vocal mastery, and genius that was Ray.

There's No Better Way to Hear Ray

This is the Ray Charles album I keep going back to... incredible performances from start to finish. A must!

Ray charles live

Over a 20 year period, I have bought this album 4 times. Each time a friend who never really understood the genius figured it out and heisted my copy. All I could do is smile!!!!! Ray is brilliant....EVERYONE is brilliant...which in turn made Ray brilliant. Of all the albums..this is the must have!!!

Biography

Born: September 23, 1930 in Albany, GA

Genre: R&B/Soul

Years Active: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging '50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz, blues, and (in the '60s) country. Then there was his singing; his style was among the most emotional and easily identifiable of any 20th century performer, up there with the likes of Elvis...
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