Ray Charles
"I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of," Ray Charles wrote in his 1978 autobiography, Brother Ray. "Music was one of my parts...like my blood... Like my blood. It was a force already with me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me, like food or water." As one of the most original American recording artists to emerge in the 20th century, Charles' music got into the blood of generations of admirers as well. His signature soul and R&B sounds-in such definitive Charles hits as "Georgia on My Mind," "You Don't Know Me," "Hit the Road Jack," "Unchain My Heart," "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "What'd I Say" converged with his personal image as an artist of prodigious talent and infectious good spirits to help him overcome his physical handicap - though that, too, contributed to his enduring and distinctive image as a pop culture icon.
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Ray Charles
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story | Self | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Face of Unity | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
99% |
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20 Feet From Stardom | Self | $4.9M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ray Charles Live at Montreux 1997 | Music Performer | - | 2008 |
90% |
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Tom Dowd & the Language of Music | Self | $40.2K | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Limit Up | Julius (Character) | - | 1989 |
71% |
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The Blues Brothers | Ray (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Ballad in Blue | Self | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blues for Lovers | Self | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swingin' Along | Self | - | 1962 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Music Performer | 1998 2000 2002 2004 |
No Score Yet | 73% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The John Larroquette Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who's the Boss? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |