Ray Charles: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1986

Ray Charles life and career in links:

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/ray-charles/bio/

Official Site: http://raycharles.com/

First time on the charts 1949:

Confession Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBeWcoN5D9s

He changed the words of Gospel songs and added R&B to became a star:

I Got A Woman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsC4cH-v3ns

Charles wrote this in the middle of a concert:

What’d I Say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjeSS3kktA

First #1:

Georgia On My Mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thls_tMuFkc

Other #1‘s:

Hit the Road Jack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I

I Can’t Stop Loving You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSvKWA7v6TM

Released in 1963, he was convicted of heroin possession in 1966:

Busted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLWoiC-3b60

In the Heat of the Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOOrtKIYyS0

1970s:

Booty Butt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUwlCVd3YTI

America the Beautiful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUjr8EVgBg

1980s:

The Blues Brothers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN5V-6yCbpg

He died in 2004. The biopic Ray starring Jamie Foxx is released the same year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2a1nzAciMc