Posts Tagged ‘Ray Charles’
Ray Charles Memorial Library opens today
Written by admin on September 23, 2010 – 7:00 am -| The Ray Charles Memorial Library opens today on what would have been the late star’s 80th birthday.
The Library is located on the ground floor of 2107 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, which was the home of Charles’ offices and recording studio. The second floor houses the operations of The Ray Charles Foundation. |
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Ray Charles – “Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters”
Written by admin on September 13, 2010 – 8:17 pm - |
A collection of unreleased tracks from Ray Charles will be released to mark what would have been his 80th birthday. |
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Song of the Week #13: “Hallelujah, I Love Her So”
Written by admin on August 2, 2010 – 7:40 am -| Ray Charles’ rhythm and blues standard “Hallelujah, I Love Her So” is this week’s Song of the Week.
“Hallelujah, I Love Her So” was released in 1956 on Atlantic Records, backed with “What Would I Do Without You,” and was one of a string of R&B hits for Charles before his crossover success at the end of the decade. |
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Happy Fourth of July
Written by admin on July 4, 2010 – 3:51 pm -Happy Fourth of July to all our American readers.
Here’s a trio of great American songs to mark America’s Birthday.
Ray Charles – “America the Beautiful”
The words to America the Beautiful were written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1895. The song didn’t come together as “America the Beautiful” until 1910 when the words were added to music that Samuel A. Ward had written for the hymn “O’ Mother dear, Jerusalem” in 1882.
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Thirty years of the Blues Brothers
Written by admin on June 28, 2010 – 9:45 pm - |
This month marks 30 years since the release of The Blues Brothers. The Blues Brothers opened on June 20, 1980 and was the tenth most popular movie of 1980, with an international box office of around $115 million. |
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