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Ray Charles [US1]

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Aliases
Ray Charles
Ray Charles and His Band
Ray Charles and His Orchestra
Ray Charles Trio
Ray Charles with Orchestra & Chorus
Real name
Raymond Charles Robinson
Born
September 23, 1930
Died
June 10, 2004
Country
United States
IPI
00005905501 52 works
00026286484 3 works
00060773970 2 works
Affiliation
ASCAP, BMI
Comments
Genre-crossing R&B singer and pianist most popular in the period of 1954 to 1967. Charles was completely blind by age seven, presumably from untreated glaucoma. In the mid-1950s until the early-1960s, Charles wrote a good number of songs, but thereafter he was much more an interpreter of others' works. Charles was arrested three times on drug charges and struggled with heroin addiction, which he was able to kick in 1966.
Charles was much-honored, including, among others, induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class in 1986 and receipt of the National Medal of Arts in 1993. His version of "Georgia on My Mind" became the official song of the State of Georgia in April 1979.
Member of
USA for Africa (1985)
Related
The Maxim Trio
Margie Hendrix
The Raylettes
Not to be confused with
Ray Charles [US2] Leader of the Ray Charles Singers
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Covers by Ray Charles [US1]

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1966 Don Gibson with The Jordanaires
April 1972 Dion
March 1964 Harmony Trio
1966 George Jones & The Jones Boys
i 1961 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
January 13, 1983 Red Lane
July 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  October 1959 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
A Little Bitty Tear Ray Charles 2010 Unverified
August 1965 Aretha Franklin with The Ray Bryant Combo
September 1961 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
April 1972 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
September 20, 2005 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
2003 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
  October 1959 Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
August 1972 Paul Williams [US1]
March 1993 Leon Russell
August 1963 Mel Tormé and His Mel-Tones
March 1964 Ivory Joe Hunter and His Ivorytones
February 1964 Buddy Johnson and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Warren Evans
  September 1961 Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer - Paul Weston's Orchestra REL, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five REC, Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams BRD
July 1952 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
July 1960 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
November 1977 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
i February 1961 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i June 1957 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Joe Lipman
September 20, 2005 Stevie Wonder
  July 1960 Jack Denny and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sonny Schuyler REC, Bing Crosby BRD
August 1965 Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
i April 1970 Toots Thielemans
  1979 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
August 1963 Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
March 1962 Ted Daffan's Texans
November 1982 Maxine Weldon
  August 1963 Johnny Cash with The Carter Family REL, Burl Ives REC
Sampled by Dickie Goodman
  September 20, 2005 Burl Ives REC, Johnny Cash with The Carter Family REL
March 1962 The Everly Brothers
1966 Billy Murray and Haydn Qartet with Orchestra
  July 1960 Al Jolson PRF, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC
January 1961 Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
March 1962 (unknown)
July 1960 George Primrose
  July 1960 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Four Modernaires REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Benteke and the Modernaires and Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers BRD
January 1961 McKinney's Cotton Pickers
  September 1961 Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC, Carl Brisson BRD
December 1954 Walter Davis
Covered by (13 artists)
October 1973 Roy Clark
  October 1959 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
September 20, 2005 Les McCann
August 31, 2004 Van Morrison
July 6, 1984 David Allan Coe
March 1964 Ruth Casey with Graham Prince Ensemble
November 1965 Buck Owens
March 1964 Julie London
October 1959 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i November 1958 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
July 1960 Alvino Rey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bill Schallen and Skeets Herfurt
January 1961 James Melton
1984 Micheal Smotherman
August 31, 2004 Micheal Smotherman
March 1964 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
August 1965 Buck Owens
October 1959 Ernie Andrews accompanied by Wilbert Baranco Trio
October 1962 Don Gibson
1980 Eddie Powers
February 1966 Bill Johnson and His Musical Notes
i June 1957 Horace Silver Quintet
May 1971 (unknown)
1979 Mike Berry
February 1966 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
January 1956 Sonny Thompson - Vocal by Lula Reed
February 1961 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
March 1968 The Beatles
October 4, 1989 Southern All Stars
Covered by (5 artists)
November 6, 2001 Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra
1986 James Taylor
  September 1961 Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
September 1953 Eddie (Guitar Slim) Jones
May 1971 Chuck Willis
  August 1964 Dorothy Shay REC,REL, Jean Moorhead and Lou Wills, Jr. PRF
August 31, 2004 Little Willie John
  September 1961 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
June 1975 Charles Aznavour, Matt Monro
i May 1960 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
July 6, 1984 Bert Lahr & Ethel Merman
June 1967 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
July 1960 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
May 1957 Titus Turner
1969 (unknown), Pál Kalmár, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Bob Allen
February 1966 St. Louis Jimmy
i   April 1970 Ernie Heckscher and His Fairmont Orchestra REL, Paula Wayne PRF
  June 1970 Don Cherry [US1] REC, Don Gibson REL
March 1964 Jane Withers
  March 1962 Ken Marvin REC, Curley Williams and The Georgia Peach Pickers REL
October 1962 Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage
November 1960 Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)
  2003 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
2003 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
April 1972 Stevie Wonder
August 31, 2004 Stevie Wonder
August 31, 2004 Ray Charles
August 31, 2004 Freddie Scott
March 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
June 1967 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i July 1958 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
November 1977 Bobbe Arnst
November 1977 Johnny Nash
1980 Frankie Miller [GB]
March 1962 Don Gibson
March 1964 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
  1969 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
August 1965 Buck Owens
January 13, 1983 George Jones
I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) Ray Charles 1969 Unverified
March 1993 Nancy Wilson [US1]
1961 Singin' 'Fats' Thomas
1984 Toby Beau
January 1974 Jacques Brel avec François Rauber et son orchestre, Rod McKuen
  1969 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
June 1970 Jim Webb
August 8, 1989 The Brothers Johnson
  June 1967 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
October 1962 Joni James - Orchestra conducted by Lew Douglas
March 1962 Floyd Tillman
I'm a Fool to Care Ray Charles 1965 Unverified
2001 John Lennon
September 20, 2005 John Lennon
  May 1971 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
listen on Internet Archive February 1952 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i October 1975 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
February 1961 Casey Bill
October 1959 Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
  1969 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Dennis King PRF
August 1964 Teddy Brown and His Café de Paris Band
August 1963 Leroy Carr
September 1961 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i April 1970 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i June 1957 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
June 1975 Kermit [voiced by Jim Henson]
July 6, 1984 Richard Leigh
October 1959 The Ambassadors [US2]
September 26, 2000 The Ambassadors [US2]
March 1962 Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - Vocal Chorus by Dickie McBride
August 31, 2004 The Kingston Trio
August 1965 Buck Owens
December 1954 Southern Tones
Covered by (146 artists)
Sampled by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
February 1961 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1950 St. Louis Jimmy
September 1964 Del Shannon
September 1957 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
1967 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra - Vocal by Billy Eckstine
August 1960 Cecil Gant
  June 1951 Joseph E. Howard PRF, Henry Burr REC,REL
i January 1961 Wayne King and His Orchestra
March 1962 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
1979 King of Hearts
October 1959 Lil Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra
  September 1961 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
February 1970 Sam Cooke
  November 1977 The Beatles REC, Aretha Franklin REL
February 1966 The Coasters
October 1959 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1995 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
January 13, 1983 Gene Cotton
April 1972 Manhattan Harmony Four
2003 The Trapp Family Singers
June 1975 Stevie Wonder
  1969 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
June 1965 Buck Owens
  June 1967 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
October 1962 Jimmy Work
  November 1964 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
January 1961 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
January 1961 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
August 1964 Furman and Nash
1966 Percy Mayfield
  1969 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
October 1962 Red Foley
July 1960 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
i February 1961 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
July 1960 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
July 1960 Roy Smeck and His Serenaders – Vocal Chorus by Clark Ross
1993 Francis Cabrel et les Enfants
i 1972 Agostinho dos Santos
August 1964 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i 1961 Etienne Paree featuring Eddie "Piano" Miller
July 1958 Haydn Quartet
August 1972 Lee Greenwood
  February 1964 (unknown), Guy Mitchell - Orch. & Chorus under the direction of Mitch Miller REL, Dinah Shore with Henri René's Orchestra and Chorus REC
i   June 1957 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
January 1961 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
August 1972 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
March 1968 Percy Mayfield
July 1960 Dick Haymes - With Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Gordon Jenkins
December 1958 The Honey Dripper, Nappy Brown
October 1962 Ted Daffan's Texans
June 1963 Connie Francis
March 1964 Sons of the Pioneers
1988 James Taylor
2003 Edwin Hawkins' Singers
October 1962 Don Gibson
  November 1977 Alfred Drake with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake PRF
  August 1963 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i February 1961 The Clovers
1979 Barry Manilow
August 1963 Judy Garland
August 31, 2004 Judy Garland
  June 1967 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
  September 1961 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
August 1972 Tony Joe White
1978 Seals and Crofts
June 1970 Anita Carter
January 1961 Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
November 1960 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF, Lew Douglas and His Orchestra - Vocal by Jack Halloran Choir
December 1985 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
2003 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
June 1975 Randy Newman
December 1985 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
April 1972 The Whispers
1950 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
May 1971 Revelation [US2]
i April 1970 The Horace Silver Quintet
1966 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
1980 The Five Du-Tones
June 1967 Gene Austin
September 1961 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
2003 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
August 31, 2004 Lowell Fulson
February 1954 Lowell Fulson
i October 1975 Horace Silver Quintet
1950 Mississippi Sheiks
August 1964 Charlie Calhoun and His Orchestra and Chorus
October 1962 Elton Britt
  1979 Ezio Pinza PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
  November 1969 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
May 1971 The Beatles
August 31, 2004 Elton John
May 19, 1971 Aretha Franklin
January 1961 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD, Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
March 1993 Paul Simon
i February 1961 Henry Busse and His Orchestra
1988 Percy Mayfield
i   February 1961 Max Hoffman PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL
November 1982 Jimmy Lewis [US1]
1995 Quincy Jones
1975 Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
September 1957 Len Spencer
January 1961 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
June 1970 Andy Williams
August 31, 2004 James Taylor
April 1972 John Denver
September 1961 Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman
October 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
March 1964 Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson's Orch.
October 1962 Sons of the Pioneers
May 1960 The "5" Royales
August 1963 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
1989 Sims Twins
  2003 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) Ray Charles 1994 Unverified
November 1977 Clarence Henry
December 1985 The Trapp Family Singers
  May 1971 Bud Shank with The Bob Alcivar Singers REL, The Beatles REC
The Long and Winding Road Ray Charles - Count Basie Orchestra (Ray Charles [US1], The Count Basie Orchestra) 2006 Unverified
i   1961 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
August 1964 The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
1984 Marion Worth
i June 1957 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
October 1958 The Honey Dripper, Nappy Brown
i April 1970 Lee Morgan [US1]
February 1953 Roy Hawkins
March 1968 Nicoletta - Orchestre sous la direction de Jean Bouchéty
Covered by (12 artists)
May 1971 Edith Piaf & Les compagnons de la chanson, The Melody Maids
1984 Steve Young
December 31, 1967 (unknown)
Things Go Better with Coke Ray Charles & Aretha Franklin (Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles [US1]) 2000 Unverified
i April 1970 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
December 1985 Brook Benton
June 1970 Ben E. King
1969 (unknown), Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
  January 1974 Meredith Willson and His Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, Barbara Cook and Robert Preston PRF, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra with Sue Raney REC,REL
September 1961 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
August 1965 Buck Owens
i 1972 Blue Mitchell
1979 Don Williams
August 1964 (unknown)
October 1959 Percy Mayfield and His Gang O'Swing
November 1961 Otis Williams
i June 1957 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
May 1969 Jimmy Lewis [US1]
June 1975 Little Milton
May 1971 Chuck Willis with Reggie Obrecht Orchestra and Chorus
December 1985 (unknown), (unknown)
April 1972 Melanie
June 2005 Ray Charles
  1979 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
March 1968 The Louvin Brothers
November 1965 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal refrain by Lebert Lombardo
October 1959 Gene Austin
August 1963 (unknown), Leo Fuld with The Wardour Singers and Orchestral Accompaniment conducted by Bruce Campbell
August 1964 Don Gibson
May 1971 Glen Campbell - Conducted by Al De Lory
March 1964 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
December 1985 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
January 1965 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
June 1963 Clyde McPhatter
1984 Don Gibson
May 1960 Sleepy John Estes, Big Maceo
March 1962 Ted Daffan's Texans
March 1958 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
June 1967 The Beatles
Sampled by The Pennsylvania Players
September 1961 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
September 20, 2005 The Pine Ridge Boys
October 1962 The Pine Ridge Boys
Sampled by The Pennsylvania Players
March 1962 Eddy Arnold with Orchestra and Choir conducted by Charles Grean
August 31, 2004 Eddy Arnold with Orchestra and Choir conducted by Charles Grean
January 13, 1983 T.G. Sheppard
  August 1972 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra REC, Fred MacMurray BRD
  August 1963 Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
June 1967 William J. Halley
October 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
March 1964 Bing Crosby
January 13, 1983 John Anderson
June 1970 Leon Payne
March 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
October 1959 Buddy Johnson and His Band

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