Ray Charles: Developing an Identity Through Music

As an American music icon, Ray Charles transformed gospel and jazz music with his own rhythm and song arrangements, completely changing the genre of soul music. Most listeners are familiar with his obstacles, but they may not understand how influential music is in Charles' life. A very young age, after the infection of glaucoma, Charles' life has changed for blindness. He suddenly expressed his life experience (Rolling Stone) through music to deal with this reality. Charles explained: "Music is really my blood, you know, my breath, my breathing system ..." (Leung, 2014) He suddenly changed his life, but he Instantly learned how to play some instruments

Ray Charles was described by many of his contemporaries like Frank Sinatra, "Ray Charles is the only genius in the industry." I will discuss Ray Charles' contribution to popular music. Ray grew up in the gospel and country music and was greatly influenced by both genres. I will discuss ways to integrate the gospel, rhythm and blues with his version of "I am a woman" to help Ray create his own musical identity, but eventually new music Style - helps to create souls. Finally, we will discuss how to blend white country music through 'Contemporary sound of country music' to help him break down the barriers and bring country music to the mainstream audience.

Ray Charles' comprehensive attitude towards music was born from early childhood to early childhood. When he was young, he was absorbed in the sounds of jazz, blues, gospel, and country. I was playing in the R & B band and the country folk lower band. Ray Charles developed soul music. This had a major impact on popular music. Through the secularization of certain aspects of gospel music by R & B, Ray received his first gospel, and the R & B hit song "I Have a Woman" gathered the attention of black and white audiences. After that, further releases of "What I Will Say" and "Hallelujah I Lover Her So" album fascinated many mainstream audiences. His album "Modern Voices in Country and Western Music" breaks down ethnic stereotypes and shows country music to rural people. It also helped artists from other countries; in particular, they are led by the voices of Nashville, covering the wider audience and improving the genre image.

Early in the life of Ray, the influence of country music and Western music always existed. When Rachel grew up, the south was full of country music or country music. Ray explains that he will not listen to "big Oppuri" on the radio on Saturday night. "I like Grandpa Jones and other characters, I can hear what they are doing and understand the feeling behind that." "I have been keeping their speech all the time I asked, I certainly dug it and paid some attention. "