ʻO Ray Charles ka mea hoʻokani pila i kuleana nui no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mele ʻuhane. ʻO nā mea hana e like me Sam Kuke и Jackie Wilson, kōkua nui i ka hana ʻana i ke kani ʻuhane. Akā, ua hana hou aku ʻo Charles. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i nā 50s R&B me nā leo mele o ka Baibala. Hoʻohui i nā kikoʻī he nui mai ka jazz a me nā blues hou.
A laila pono e ʻike i kāna hana kani. ʻO kona ʻano ʻano kekahi o nā manaʻo nui loa a ʻike maʻalahi i waena o nā mea hoʻokani 20th century e like me Elvis Presley a me Billie Holiday. He mea hoʻokani pila maikaʻi loa ʻo ia, hoʻonohonoho a alakaʻi pū.
ʻO nā ho'āʻo mua i ka hana mele
Makapō mai ka makahiki ʻeono (mai ka glaucoma), ua aʻo ʻo Charles i ka haku mele a me nā mea kani he nui ma ke kula ʻo St. Augustine no ka poʻe kuli a me ka makapō. Ua make kona mau mākua i ka wā ʻōpio a ua hana pōkole ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila ma Florida ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna waihona e neʻe ai i Seattle i 1947. Ma ka hopena o nā makahiki 40, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i nā mele pop/R&B, kahi ʻano derivative mai Nat "King" Cole.
I ka makahiki 1951, ua loaʻa iā Charles kāna ʻumi R&B kiʻekiʻe loa me "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand". Ua hoʻohewa ʻia nā mele mua a Charles no ka mea ʻoi aku ka palupalu a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o kāna mau "classics" e hiki mai ana. ʻOiai ʻoluʻolu maoli nā mele, hōʻike lākou i nā mākau maikaʻi ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila.
E ʻimi ana i kāu kani ponoʻī
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā makahiki 50, ua hoʻomaka ke kani ʻana o Charles i kona huakaʻi me Lowell Fulson. Ua neʻe ʻo Charles i New Orleans e hana pū me Guitar Slim. Ua pāʻani ʻo ia i nā kī kī a hoʻonohonoho i ka R&B kaulana loa ʻo Guitar Slim The Things That I Used to Do. Ma laila, ua ʻākoakoa ka mea hoʻokani pila no ka hōkū R&B ʻo Ruth Brown.
Ma ka Atlantic Records i loaʻa maoli ai iā Ray Charles kona leo. Hoʻohui i nā mea i loaʻa i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ka R&B i paʻi "I Got a Woman" i ka makahiki 1955. Hoʻokaʻawale pinepine ʻia kēia mele ma ke ʻano he kani nui. ʻO Charles ka mea mua i hoʻohana maoli i ke ʻano o ka hīmeni ʻana i ka ʻeuanelio.
I nā makahiki he 50 a pau, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Charles i kahi kaula o R&B hits. ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou i kapa ʻia ʻo nā mea nui no Ray Charles, ua loaʻa iā lākou ka mahalo mai nā mea hoʻokani pila.
"ʻO kēia kaikamahine aʻu", "Drown in My Own Waimaka", "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Lonely Avenue" a me "The Right Time". ʻO kēia mau mea a pau he mau mele maikaʻi ʻole o ka manawa, i kākau ʻia e Charles.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea hoʻokani pila ke hoʻokomo i ka poʻe pop. A hiki i ka manawa hoʻokahi "He aha kaʻu e ʻōlelo ai" i lawe i kāna mau leo kumu. ʻO ka ʻuhane hoʻi o ka rock and roll me kāna hoʻokani piano uila maʻamau. ʻO ia kāna Top 10 pop pop mua a me kekahi o kāna mau mele ʻAkelanika hope loa. Ua haʻalele ʻo Charles i ka lepili i ka hopena o 50s e kau inoa me ABC.
ʻaelike hou - nā hana hou na Ray Charles
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona nui o ka ʻaelike ABC no Charles ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mana noʻeau ma luna o kāna mau mele. Ua hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻo ia no nā hits o nā makahiki 60 mua. Ma waena o lākou ʻo "Unchain My Heart" a me "Hit the Road Jack". Ua paʻa kēia mau hits i ka kaulana o ka ʻano R&B. Ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i kāna kani R&B i kona wā ma Atlantika.
I ka makahiki 1962, kāhāhā ʻo ia i ka honua o nā mele pop. Ua huli ka mea pena i ka ʻāina a me ke mele komohana. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka papa mele me ka "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻōki i ke aloha iā ʻoe". Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi album kaulana loa i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia nā album R&B/soul. Ua kapa ʻia ka album ʻo Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.
Ua ʻoluʻolu mau ʻo Charles. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mele jazz he nui ma Atlantika me nā mea mele jazz kaulana e like me David "Fathead" Newman a me Milt Jackson.
ʻO ka mea hoʻohana lāʻau lāʻau ʻo Ray Charles
Ua kaulana ʻo Charles ma waena o nā makahiki 60. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hits maikaʻi loa. E like me: "Busted", "You My My Sunshine", "Take the Chains From My Heart" a me "Crying Time". ʻOiai ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kāna hana huahua ma muli o ka addiction heroin i ka makahiki 1965. Ua alakaʻi kēia i ka hala ʻole o ka mea hoʻokani pila no ka makahiki. Akā ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana mele ma 1966.
Akā naʻe, i kēia manawa, ua emi iki ʻo Charles i ka nānā ʻana i nā mele rock. ʻO ka manawa pinepine me nā hoʻonohonoho kaula i manaʻo ʻia e pili ana i kahi anaina ʻōpio.
Ua maopopo loa ka mana o Charles ma ke kahawai nui; ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo Joe Cocker lāua ʻo Steve Winwood ka nui o kā lāua ʻano ʻano iā ia, a hiki ke lohe ʻia nā leo o kāna mau ʻōlelo ma nā hana a nā mea nui e like me Van Morrison.
Ka mana o Ray Charles
He paʻakikī loa ka loiloi i ka hāʻawi ʻana o Ray Charles i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mele. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he mea hoʻokani ʻAmelika. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, kaulana ka mea kaulana ma ʻAmelika a puni ka honua. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole i loli nui kāna ʻikepili leo no ka hapalua haneli o ka ʻoihana.
Eia naʻe, mau ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO kāna hana ma hope o nā makahiki he 60 he mea hoʻohilahila. Ua makemake nui ka poʻe hoʻolohe i ka hoʻi ʻana i ke kani maʻamau o kāna mau haku mele kahiko mai 1955-1965. Akā ʻaʻole i hoʻohiki ʻo Charles i hoʻokahi ʻano.
E like me Aretha Franklin lāua ʻo Elvis Presley, ʻoi aku kona manaʻo i ka moʻomeheu pop. Ua ʻike ʻia kona aloha i ka jazz, ka ʻāina a me ka pop. Hoʻopili ʻo ia i kekahi manawa me kāna mau hits. Ua kamaʻilio akamai ʻo ia me kahi anaina ʻaha mele hoʻolaʻa honua i kēlā me kēia manawa āna i makemake ai a makemake ai.
Inā maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole paha, paʻakikī ke ʻōlelo. Akā ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna imprint ma ka ʻike nui o ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 1990. Ua kākau i kekahi mau hoʻolaha no Diet Pepsi. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau album i ka makahiki 90 no Warner Bros. Akā, ua ho'omau 'o ia i ka 'aha mele kaulana loa.
I ka makahiki 2002, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka album Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again. I ka makahiki aʻe, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa i kahi album o nā duets me B. King, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald a me James Taylor.
ʻO nā makahiki hope loa o ke ola o ka mea pena kiʻi ʻo Ray Charles
Ma hope o ke kaʻina hoʻololi o ka hip ma 2003, ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi no ke kauwela e hiki mai ana, akā ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e kāpae i ka hōʻike ma Malaki 2004. ʻEkolu mahina ma hope mai, i ka lā 10 o Iune, 2004, ua make ʻo Ray Charles i ka maʻi ate ma kona home ma Beverly Hills, USA.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album duet Genius Loves Company i ʻelua mahina ma hope o kona make ʻana. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka biopic "Ray" i ka hāʻule o 2010 a he kūleʻa koʻikoʻi a ʻoihana. ʻO ka mea hana keaka i hoʻokani iā Charles ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ʻo Jamie Foxx, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka Academy Award for Best Actor ma 2005.
ʻElua mau album posthumous hou, "Genius & Friends" a me "Ray Sings, Basie Swings", i puka mai ma 2005 a me 2006. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia nā hoʻopaʻa leo a Charles i loko o nā paʻi hou o kēia wā, nā reissues, remasters a me nā pahu pahu ʻoiai ʻo kāna hoʻoilina i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hopu ʻia i ka manaʻo o nā mea pena kiʻi ʻAmelika o kēia wā.
