Ray Charles Accomplishments

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Ray Charles was an outstanding performer, a piano player, and a songwriter. Despite the fact that he had been blind from early childhood, Ray Charles had managed to become a brilliant pianist. At the beginning of his musical career, he happened to accompany the rising star, Ruth Brown, with a piano play. Ray Charles stunned her with the ability to perform as if it was in a recording studio in spite of his blindness. Besides his masterly piano playing, Ray Charles had a remarkable baritone voice and the ability to feel and express music. In 1950’s, Ray Charles had changed the course of Blues music by inventing his own style that combined Jazz, Gospel music and Blues. He revolutionized the music business and inspired future artists such as Elvis