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Ray Charles

He was a famous  R&B and gospel musician. But the difference between him and other musician is that he was blind. He was 7 years old when he had lost his sight because of a glaucoma, but there are not proves of it.

He was born in September 23 of 1930 in Albany, Ga. He learned to read and write music in Braille at St. Augustine School for the Deaf and the Blind. The difference with other kids is that blind people have to read, then memorize what they read to be able to play.


Something that mark his life was the dead of his younger brother drowned when Charles was 5, he will feel guilty because of his dead.

Charles lived in a very poor family, at the age of 15 his mother died and he decide to start his musical career. Over the years Ray Charles developed his own unique sound, a blend of blues, R&B and gospel. Charle's musical genius was noticed early and he had several record company contracts.

Being born into the segregated south. Charles was aware of the evil of racial injustice. He raise money to fight racial injustice. Charles did this for Martin Luther King Jr. and other groups around the world.

But Charles got involved in the world of drugs. He became an addict in heroine, but with the time and almost at the end of his life he could stopped it.

Charles won nine of his 12 Grammy Awards, winning his last Grammy in 1993 for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance, "A Song For You." He achieve lots of prizes, but the biggest think he conquer is peoples love for him.

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