ray charles robinson

A hero is a person that you admire and look up to. My hero is Ray Charles Robinson, he was a incredible musician who was blind ever since he was seven years old. He was born in Albany, Georgia September 23rd 1930. He is my hero because he continued with his music even though he was blind. He had a brother named George and a mother name Aretha Robinson who always worked herself to death trying to take care of the Ray and George. George died at a very young age, when Ray and George were playing around by a big metal wash tub. Ray didn’t know how, but George fell in into the wash tub and then he drowned. His mother came out rushing trying to save him but it was too late.

During his life Ray Charles had been sent to a special school for deaf and blind people. There he learned how to read Braille and to type. He also became a skilled basket weaver and was allowed to develop his great gift of music. Later in his life, he had heard that his mother died. After he got out of school he set out on the road to start his dream of becoming a singer. From there he became a minor celebrity in Seattle where he was imitating Nat King Cole. Then from there he went to Los Angeles to cut his first professional recording. Along the way, he shortened his name in deference to the success of "Sugar" Ray Robinson. Also this was the year that Ray had his first band and his first big hit "I've Got a Woman."

In his lfe, Ray Charles had won 12 Grammy awards. In 1960, he won an award for best vocal performance, best Vocal Performance Album, Best Performance by a POP Single Artist, Best Rhythm & Blues Performance. In 1961, he won an award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording. In 1962, he won the same award. In 1963, he won the same award again. In 1966 he won he won the same award again, also he won Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance. In 1975 he won Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance. In 1990, he won Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Last, in 1993, he won Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance.

In the 1960's, Ray Charles had accomplished his dream. "He had become a great musician, posting musical milestones along his route. Then he made it to Carnegie Hall. His hit records "Georgia" "Born to Lose" successively kept climbing to the top of the charts. He'd made his first triumphant European concert tour in 1960. He'd treated himself to the formation of his first big band in 1961. In 1962, together with his long time friend and personal manager, Joe Adams, he oversaw construction of his own office building and recording studios in Los Angeles, RPM International. His music is still marked by the unpredictability that is the genius of consummate artistry. To this day he selects and produces his own recording material with utter disregard for trends."

In conclusion, Ray Charles had a rough time in the beginning of his life, but in the end it tured out to be really great. He's my hero because he fought blindless throughout his life to become a really great singer. I hope that you enjoy my project because I think it's really good and I put a lot of work into it. I hope that you enjoy listening to Ray Charles because he wants you to know his life and his music and what he went through. Ray Charles isn't alive today though. He died in 2004, but I hope that you enjoyed hearing about his life and his career.