{"product_id":"the-greatest-ray-charles","title":"The Greatest Ray Charles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ray Charles - The Greatest Ray Charles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1961, Soul Albany, Georgia 10\/26\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatrix #:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e N\/A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e VG+ (LM) | Members: Ray C (30' - 04')\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlind by Seven:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ray Charles began losing his sight as a young child and was completely blind by age seven. His mother sent him to the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, where he learned to read and write music in Braille and studied piano, organ, clarinet and saxophone. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTeenage Friends With Quincy Jones:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e After his mother's death, a teenage Charles moved to Seattle, where he met an even younger Quincy Jones. The two became lifelong friends while still struggling musicians, decades before either became an American music institution. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGospel Turned Into Soul:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “I Got a Woman” grew partly from the Southern Tones gospel song “It Must Be Jesus.” Charles took the church's call-and-response intensity and put secular lyrics over it, a controversial move that helped create the musical language that became known as soul.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10-4-26 AC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67625193111739,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/power-plant-records.myshopify.com\/products\/the-greatest-ray-charles","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}