People from Albany, Georgia - Ray Charles, Nancy Lopez, Bobby Rush, Paula Deen, Deion Branch, Ray Knight, Field Mob, Brian Fricke (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Ray Charles, Nancy Lopez, Bobby Rush, Paula Deen, Deion Branch, Ray Knight, Field Mob, Brian Fricke, Wallingford Riegger, Harry James, Mark Taylor, Morris Solomon, Jr., Thomas J. Hennen, Jo Marie Payton, Hamilton Jordan, Angelo Taylor, Ken Hodges, William L. Dawson, Reginald D. Hunter, Russell Malone, Osceola Macarthy Adams, Jim Fowler, Michael Catt, Alexander Johnson, Edward Gnehm, Chevene Bowers King, Danny Breeden, Hal Breeden, Gary Ellerson, Dontonio Wingfield, Fernando Bryant, Chann McRae, Dallas Davidson, Frosty Wooldridge, Nelson Tift, Alice Coachman, Kregg Lumpkin, Lionel James, Amelia Marshall, Montavious Stanley, Troy Reddick, Kurt Quarterman, Tom Pennington, Michael Reid, Edward Vason Jones, Derrick Moore, Paul Preuss, Israel Route, Gary Lee, Eddie Johnson, Donald Laster, Chris Norman, Nellie Brimberry, Ben Clyde. Excerpt: Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 - June 10, 2004), known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles "the only true genius in show business." The influences upon his music were mainly jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and country artists of the day such as Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, Louis Armstrong. His playing reflected influences from country blues and barrelhouse, and stride piano styles. Rolling Stone ranked Charles number 10 on their list of "100 Gr...