Ray Charles shi ne mawaƙin da ya fi alhakin haɓaka kiɗan rai. Masu yin wasan kwaikwayo kamar Sam Cook и Jackie Wilson, kuma ya ba da gudummawa sosai wajen samar da sautin ruhi. Amma Charles ya yi ƙari. Ya haɗa 50s R&B tare da waƙoƙin tushen waƙoƙin Littafi Mai-Tsarki. Ƙara bayanai da yawa daga jazz na zamani da blues.
Sa'an nan yana da daraja lura da samar da sauti. Salon nasa ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi tausayawa da sauƙin ganewa tsakanin masu wasan kwaikwayo na ƙarni na 20 kamar Elvis Presley da Billie Holiday. Ya kuma kasance ƙwararren ƙwararren maɓalli, mai tsarawa da kuma bandleader.
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Makaho tun yana ɗan shekara shida (daga glaucoma), Charles ya yi karatun hada-hada da kayan kida da yawa a Makarantar Kurame da Makafi na St. Augustine. Iyayensa sun mutu tun yana ƙarami kuma ya ɗan yi aiki a matsayin mawaƙi a Florida kafin ya yi amfani da ajiyarsa don ƙaura zuwa Seattle a 1947. A ƙarshen '40s, yana yin rikodin kiɗan pop/R&B, nau'in nau'in nau'in Nat "King" Cole.
A cikin 1951, Charles ya sami R&B na farko na farko guda goma tare da "Baby, Bari in riƙe hannunka". Rikodin na Charles na farko ya jawo zargi mai yawa saboda sun fi laushi da ƙasa da asali fiye da "classic" nasa da za su biyo baya. Ko da yake a zahiri waƙoƙin suna da daɗi sosai, suna nuna ƙwarewa a matsayin mawaƙa.
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A farkon shekarun 50s, sautin Charles ya fara taurare lokacin da ya zagaya tare da Lowell Fulson. Daga baya Charles ya koma New Orleans don yin aiki tare da Guitar Slim. Kunna maɓallan madannai kuma na shirya babban mashahurin R&B da ke buga Guitar Slim Abubuwan da Na saba yi. ” A can, mawaƙin ya tara ƙungiyar ga tauraruwar R&B Ruth Brown.
A kan rikodin Atlantic ne Ray Charles ya sami muryarsa da gaske. Haɗe nasarorin da aka samu a shekarun baya-bayan nan. Sakamakon shi ne R & B ya buga "Na samu mace" a 1955. An fi ware wannan waƙar a matsayin babbar sautinsa. Charles shine farkon wanda yayi amfani da salon waƙar bishara da gaske.
A cikin shekarun 50s, Charles ya rubuta kirtani na R&B hits. Ko da yake ba a kira su manyan ga Ray Charles ba, sun sami girmamawa daga mawaƙa.
"Wannan Karamar Yarinya tawa", "Na nutse cikin Hawayena", "Hallelujah Ina Son Ta", "Lonely Avenue" da "Lokaci Da Ya dace". Duk waɗannan hits ne waɗanda ba a taɓa yin su ba na lokacin, Charles ne ya rubuta.
Koyaya, mawaƙin ba zai iya jawo hankalin jama'a sosai ba. Har sai da waƙar "Abin da zan ce" ta ɗauki nauyin sautinta na asali. Hakanan ruhun dutsen da mirgina tare da wasan piano ɗin sa na yau da kullun na lantarki. Ita ce farkonsa na Top 10 da ya buge da kuma ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙinsa na ƙarshe na Atlantic. Charles ya bar alamar a ƙarshen 50s don shiga tare da ABC.
Sabuwar kwangila - sabbin ayyukan Ray Charles
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan fasalulluka na yarjejeniyar ABC na Charles shine babban matakin sarrafa fasaha akan rikodin nasa. Ya yi amfani da shi da kyau don hits na farkon 60s. Daga cikinsu akwai "Unchain My Heart" da "Hit the Road Jack". Waɗannan hits sun ƙarfafa shaharar nau'in R&B. Ya kammala sautin R&B a lokacin da yake a Atlantic.
A 1962, ya yi mamakin duniyar pop music. Mawaƙin ya mayar da hankalinsa ga kiɗan ƙasa da ƙasashen yamma. A saman jadawalin tare da waƙar "Ba zan iya daina son ku ba". An fitar da kundi mai farin jini sosai a zamanin da ba a cika tsara kundi na R&B/rai ba. An kira Album ɗin Sauti na Zamani a Ƙasa da Kiɗa na Yamma.
Charles ko da yaushe ya kasance mai ban mamaki. An yi rikodin waƙoƙin jazz da yawa akan Atlantic tare da shahararrun mawakan jazz kamar David "Fathead" Newman da Milt Jackson.
Mawallafin jarabar ƙwayoyi Ray Charles
Charles ya kasance sananne sosai a tsakiyar 60s. An sake samun nasara sosai. Kamar: "Busted", "You My Sunshine", "Dauki Sarkar Daga Zuciyata" da "Lokacin Kuka". Ko da yake an dakatar da aikinsa mai albarka saboda jarabar tabar heroin a cikin 1965. Wannan ya haifar da rashin halartar mawaƙin na tsawon shekara guda. Amma ya ci gaba da aikinsa na kiɗa a 1966.
Amma duk da haka, a wannan lokacin, Charles ya ba da hankali sosai ga kiɗan rock. Yawancin lokaci tare da shirye-shiryen kirtani waɗanda da alama an fi niyya ga matasa masu sauraro.
Tasirin Charles a kan al'adar dutsen ya kasance a sarari kamar koyaushe; Musamman Joe Cocker da Steve Winwood suna bin sa bashi da yawa na salon su, kuma ana iya jin kararrakin jimlolinsa da wayo a cikin ayyukan manyan mutane irin su Van Morrison.
Ray Charles tasiri
Yana da matukar wahala a kimanta gudunmawar Ray Charles ga ci gaban kiɗa. Bayan haka, shi ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Amurka. Kamar yadda kuka sani, abin da ya shahara a Amurka ya shahara a duk duniya. Bugu da kari, bayanan muryarsa na rabin karni na aiki bai canza sosai ba.
Duk da haka, gaskiyar ta kasance. Ayyukansa bayan 60s ya kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai. Miliyoyin masu sauraro sun yi marmarin dawowa ga daidaitattun sautin kade-kaden sa na gargajiya daga 1955-1965. Amma Charles bai taɓa sadaukar da wani nau'i ɗaya ba.
Kamar Aretha Franklin da Elvis Presley, ya fi mayar da hankali kan al'adun pop. Ƙaunar sa ga jazz, ƙasa da pop ta bayyana. Lokaci-lokaci ya yi jadawali tare da hits. Da basira ya yi hulɗa tare da ƙwararrun masu sauraron kide-kide na duniya a duk lokacin da ya so kuma ya so.
Ko wannan yana da kyau ko mara kyau, yana da wuya a ce. Amma ya bar tambarin sa akan wayewar jama'ar Amurka a cikin 1990s. Ya rubuta tallace-tallace da yawa don Diet Pepsi. Ya kuma yi rikodin albums guda uku a cikin 90s don Warner Bros. Amma ya kasance mafi shaharar mai yin kide-kide.
A cikin 2002, ya fito da kundi na Godiya don Kawo Ƙauna Again Again. A shekara mai zuwa, ya fara yin rikodin kundi na duets da ke nuna B. King, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald da James Taylor.
A karshe shekaru na rayuwa na artist Ray Charles
Bayan tiyatar maye gurbin hip a 2003, ya shirya yawon shakatawa don bazara mai zuwa, amma an tilasta masa soke wasan kwaikwayon a cikin Maris 2004. Bayan watanni uku, ranar 10 ga Yuni, 2004, Ray Charles ya mutu sakamakon cutar hanta a gidansa da ke Beverly Hills, Amurka.
Kundin duet na Kamfanin Genius Loves an fitar da shi watanni biyu bayan mutuwarsa. An saki "Ray" biopic a cikin kaka na 2010 kuma ya kasance nasara mai mahimmanci da kasuwanci. Jarumin da ya taka Charles a fim din, Jamie Foxx, ya lashe kyautar Academy Award for Best Actor a 2005.
Wasu ƙarin kundi guda biyu, "Genius & Friends" da "Ray Sings, Basie Swings", sun bayyana a 2005 da 2006 bi da bi. Hotunan Charles sun fara bayyana a cikin bugu na zamani daban-daban, sake fitowa, masu gyarawa da saitin akwatin kamar yadda duk tarihinsa da aka rubuta ya dauki hankalin masu fasahar Amurka na zamani.
