#ray charles

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. ↗

— Van Morrison

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I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that. ↗

— Della Reese

#background #barry #barry white #built #charles

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer. ↗

— Michael Bolton

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There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland. ↗

— Johnny Winter

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There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#american music #beginning #changed #charles #his

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#exclusively #i #life #my life #ray

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music. ↗

— Janis Ian

#because #black #called #charles #coolest

Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#charles #give #his #legacy #living

Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#bit #charles #going #good #hear