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His last Grammy came in 1993 for "A Song for You," but he never dropped out of the music scene until illness sidetracked him last summer "A giant of an artist, and of course, he introduced the world to secular soul singing His womanizing was legendary, and he struggled with a heroin addiction for nearly 20 years before quitting cold turkey in 1965 after an arrest at the Boston airport Before that, he began dabbling in music at 3, encouraged by a cafe owner who played the piano , surrounded by family and friends, said spokesman Jerry Digney Blind by age 7 and an orphan at 15, the gifted pianist and saxophonist spent his life shattering any notion of musical categories and defying easy definition I can take an audience and get 'em into a frenzy so they'll almost riot, and yet I can sit there so you can almost hear a pin drop He was one of the legends receiving Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, cited as "one of the most respected singers of his generation One of the first artists to record the "blasphemous idea of taking gospel songs and putting the devil's words to them," as legendary producer Jerry Wexler once said, Charles' music spanned soul, rock 'n' roll, R&B, country, jazz, big band and blues Charles won nine of his 12 Grammy Awards between 1960 and 1966, including the best R&B recording three consecutive years ("Hit the Road Jack," "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Busted") "I was born with music inside me Glaucoma is often mentioned as a cause, though Charles said nothing was ever diagnosed Charles died on Thursday of acute liver disease at age 73 He was a role model for all people that got to know him and his music radio stations banned the song, but Charles was on his way to stardom Augustine School for the Deaf and the Blind That's the only explanation I know of," Charles said in his 1978 autobiography, "Brother Ray The knowledge was basic, but his early influences and inspirations included the classics of Chopin, country and western stars he heard on the Grand Ole Opry, the powerhouse big bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, jazz greats Art Tatum and Artie Shaw " "He was a fabulous man, full of humor and wit," she said in a statement Ray Charles defined rhythm & blues, soul, and authentic rock 'n' roll," Joel said Thursday "The way I see it, we're actors, but musical ones," he once told The Associated Press the pioneer who broke down barriers between secular and sacred styles, between black and white pop a friend and once refused to play to segregated audiences in South Africa " Charles considered Martin Luther King Jr Augustine ' And he never had to come back to it later," said John Burk, who worked with Charles as producer of the upcoming duets album He was called "The Genius" and was playing at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival "Ray Charles was a true American original Ray Charles had a string of hits in the early 1960s, including "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Georgia On My Mind" and "Hit The Road Jack Smiling and swaying behind the piano, grunts and moans peppering his songs, Charles' appeal spanned generations What set him apart? He was Ray Charles â€â€? just that!" Billy Joel, a fellow piano man, said he and others started out by imitating Charles "We're doing it with notes, and lyrics with notes, telling a story Some U Ray Charles Remembered As an Innovator Jun 11, 6:52 AM EST Ray Charles is being remembered as a musical innovator who blended genres of music to create a new style " "There will never be another musician who did as much to break down the perceived walls of musical genres as much as Ray Charles did," said music producer Quincy Jones, who described Charles as a "brother in every sense of the word It was a force already with me when I arrived on the scene A memorial service was planned for next week at Los Angeles' First AME Church, with burial afterward at Inglewood Cemetery It was a necessity for me, like food or water He wound up playing gigs in black dance halls â€â€? the so-called chitlin' circuit â€â€? and exposed himself to a variety of music, including hillbilly (he learned to yodel) before moving to Seattle (He later dropped his last name for the stage, in deference to boxer Sugar Ray Robinson The Grammy winner's last public appearance was alongside Clint Eastwood on April 30, when the city of Los Angeles designated the singer's studios, built 40 years ago, as a historic landmark " "Music was one of my parts Like my blood By the time he was 15 his parents were dead and Charles had graduated from St S Ray Charles Robinson was born Sept " Charles was no angel Yet there was a sense of humor about even that â€â€? he released both "I Don't Need No Doctor" and "Let's Go Get Stoned" in 1966 I respected the genius Aretha Franklin called Charles "the voice of a lifetime " "There were a couple of times where he would say, 'I'm not feeling well today but I'll take a stab at it His ups and downs are chronicled in an upcoming biographical movie set for release in October, titled simply "Ray" and starring Jamie Foxx " James Brown recalled, "He was just a sweet and gorgeous and wonderful person Charles' health deteriorated rapidly over the past year, after he had hip replacement surgery and was diagnosed with a failing liver " â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? Associated Press writer Dave Zelio contributed to this report m 23, 1930, in Albany, Ga But he kept on working on what would be his last CD, "Genius Loves Company His versions of other songs are also well known, including "Makin' Whoopee" and a stirring "America the Beautiful," which he sang for the late President Reagan at his 1985 inaugural ball Over the course of a 58-year career, he put his stamp on it all with a deep, warm voice roughened by heartbreak from a hardscrabble childhood in the segregated South " Charles died at his Beverly Hills home at 11:35 a I can come back to it later His first big hit was 1959's "What'd I Say," a song built off a simple piano riff with suggestive moaning from the Raeletts Charles, who was divorced twice and single since 1952, was survived by 12 children, 20 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren ) He lost his sight and was sent away from his impoverished family, heartbroken, to the state-supported St Harrison's own little-heard remake of "My Sweet Lord" in 2000 showed his voice to be distressingly weak "Brainwashed" begins with a jaunty, Traveling Wilburys-soundalike, "Any Road," in which Harrison offers the advice, "if you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there "He was over the music industry But it's not all about impending doom But I felt I was only doing them justice " Dhani Harrison said he and Lynne didn't disagree on that approach Harrison's son, Dhani, has a pretty good idea what most fans are thinking The two Harrisons did most of the guitars, Lynne added other touches and Jim Keltner, another former Wilbury, handled drums Posthumous Harrison Album Impresses Nov 13, 12:34 PM EST NEW YORK (AP) â€â€? Nearly a year after George Harrison died, an album of music he left behind is being released next week "He never cared whether his album came out or not," he said in a telephone interview from London I think his album needed to come out, and we wanted to get it out " He was touched by the outpouring of affection when his father died, although he still feels bitter at media intrusiveness in his final days Harrison, who died on Nov Record companies repackage material endlessly to keep banking on their former stars The poignant "Looking For My Life" reflects Harrison's long fight with cancer and the bizarre 1999 stabbing that nearly killed him The album makes plain that George Harrison took strength from his spirituality in his final years, and its message is that others can, too "I think people are expecting a half-weak, sick person's album that was just thrown together by an estate to cash in on some money or something," he said Well, it's hard to avoid that fear "There are lines in `Rising Sun' that sound very much like they pertain to his illness, but there are lots of dual meanings in there," Dhani said " DiDia, however, admitted to some apprehension when he and Capitol president Andy Slater were called by Dhani Harrison and Jeff Lynne last June to come hear some of the tracks They tend to be music either left unfinished or deemed unworthy of release while the artist was alive " Dhani Harrison, who was educated at Brown University but has moved back to London to start a design company, considers himself a musician but not professionally George Harrison had left his former Traveling Wilburys partner with instructions not to make the album "posh "I made them a little bit posher than you may have wanted Dhani (pronounced Danny) took his own journey through his father's catalog Fortunately, they were able to see the absurd humor in that situation I wanted to make them as good as they could be, and I think we struck a true balance "I only found out when I was down upon my knees, looking for my life "I don't want any personal gain from it, or take credit for this record "So, sorry, George," he said 29, 2001, was also partly to blame for some low expectations "I always knew my dad was a great person," he said Dhani recalled sitting with his father, watching television, and seeing a report come on that Harrison had died Born eight years after the Beatles broke up, he said the father he knew played music largely for fun and led a quiet life taking pleasure in gardening I'm very thankful to all the people who were sweet to me and wrote letters "But it was nice that people were so sweet and said such nice things and were supportive and kind with their words " "But these songs deserved more than that, because they were great, as far as I was concerned," Lynne said "These are from his heart and soul "I never knew that things exploded," he sings The sorry history of posthumous releases is what makes "Brainwashed" all the more stunning "My dad and I were very close and he'd always be telling me stories " If anything, he said, the album is more conservative musically than if his father had lived to see it through because he and Lynne didn't want to make presumptions georgeharrison "There is also a lot of dark humor as well, and sometimes people might take that to mean something more grave than my dad intended " The title cut features the biting cynicism of the man who wrote "Taxman" years ago, then dissolves into an Indian chant, with Harrison accompanied by Bikram Ghosh's tabla In general, posthumous musical releases are almost universally disappointing DiDia knew Harrison was working on some music the final years of his life but, since his last album was in 1987, the executives didn't know what to expect The two John Lennon song scraps that he, McCartney and Ringo Starr fashioned into faux Beatles cuts, "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love," were disappointing codas to that band's legacy in the 1990s The "Brainwashed" album was written, sequenced and virtually completed by his father before his death, Dhani Harrison said By saying he didn't want a "posh" album, his father meant he didn't want the work re-recorded with stilted studio musicians, he said " Dhani, 24, who played guitar with his father as the album was being made, set about finishing it with Lynne '" "He told me a million funny stories," he said It's totally my dad " â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: http://www com "I thought if I left them as rough as he would have liked, they wouldn't come over as well Reflecting a man who took comfort in his spirituality during the last hard years of his life â€â€? with plenty of guitar and humor, too â€â€? it stands among Harrison's best work since the Beatles ended three decades ago "What we really strived to do is not impose on the album at all," Dhani Harrison said His favorites aren't the obvious ones; he likes Beatles cuts such as "Blue Jay Way" or "It's All Too Much," or the solo song "Let it Down " "These aren't songs that were left behind on the cutting-room floor," said Mark DiDia, general manager of Capitol Records Put it another way: It's a lot better than highly-publicized albums done by contemporaries Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger in the past year |
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