Sleep difficulties and other work-related health issues
In their New York Times interview, published on 4 November 2007, Ledger told Sarah Lyall that his recently completed roles in I'm Not There(2007) and The Dark Knight (2008) had taken a toll on his ability to sleep: "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. ... I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going."[29] At that time, he told Lyall that he had taken two Ambienpills, after taking just one had not sufficed, and those left him in "a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing."
Death
At about 2:45 p.m., on 22 January 2008, Ledger was found unconscious in his bed by his housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, and his masseuse, Diana Wolozin, in his fourth-floor loft apartment at 421 Broome Street in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. According to the police, Wolozin, who had arrived early for a 3:00 pm appointment with Ledger, called Ledger's friend, actress Mary-Kate Olsen, for help. Olsen, who was in California, directed a New York City private security guard to go to the scene. At 3:26 pm, "[fewer] than 15 minutes after Wolozin first saw him in bed and only a few moments" after first calling Olsen and then calling her a second time to express her fears that Ledger was dead, Wolozin telephoned 9-1-1 "to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing." At the urging of the 9-1-1 operator, Wolozin administered CPR, which was unsuccessful in reviving him. Emergency medical technicians arrived seven minutes later, at 3:33 pm ("at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen"), but were also unable to revive him. At 3:36 pm, Ledger was pronounced dead and his body removed from the apartment
Freddie Mercury was born in September 5th 1946 with the name of Farookh Bulsara.
A few years later he changed his name to Freddie Mercury. Freddie had a sister called Kashmira. When he was eighteen years old, studied arts and design in the Ealing College of Art. He studied different kind of arts including ballet and obtained his certificate in Illustration and Graphic Arts. Bulsara changed his last name to Mercury in allusion to Mercury, the mythological god’s messenger. He never married because he was gay. In April 1970, Mercury joined with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, who had previously been in a band called Smile. Mercury chose the name "Queen" for the new band. He later said about the band's name, "I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it. Between his most famous compositions we have:
¨Killer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, I Want to Break Free, Under Pressure, Somebody to Love, We Are the Champions and Crazy Little Thing Called Love.¨
He was recognized for his wide vocal range, his charisma, and for his live performances. His favorite group was Led Zeppelin, he loved listen their songs on the radio.
Only his boyfriend Jim Hutton and his friend Mary Austin knew that he had AIDS in terminal phase. In November 23rd, 1991 Freddie admitted that he had AIDS. Unfortunaly one day later Freddie died, the official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. He will be remembered for the people like a great singer, composer and musician around the world.
His most famous phrase was large I'm a musical prostitute.
Born February 24,1685 in Halle, Germany, within a family with no musical tradition. German composer, although British citizen. He was one of the greatest composers of the last stage baroque. Before he was ten he began to receive, from a local organist, the only classes he attended in his life. In 1703 he moved to Hamburg, operatic center. In 1704, he composed his first opera, Almira. In his desire to earn prestige as an opera composer, he went to Italy: Florence and in 1707 first traveled to Rome, where he enjoyed the patronage of both the nobility and the clergy. He composed operas, oratorios and cantatas small. His stay in Italy ended with the success of his fifth opera, Agrippina (1709), premiered in Venice. He left Italy and began work as a composer and conductor of the court in Hanover in 1710. Later that same year moved to London, where he premiered Rinaldo (1711) with a new triumph. After returning to Hannover he was granted permission to travel to London for a short period of time, but this time he stayed in London. They were released some of his great operas: Radamisto (1720), Giulio Cesare (1724), Tamerlano (1724) and Rodelinda (1725). In 1727 obtained British citizenship. In 1714, the Elector of Hanover was appointed king by the name of George I of England. In 1719 the king granted him a grant to found the Royal Academy of Music. From the decade of the 30 are devoted to the composition of English dramatic oratorios, as Athalia and Saul and instrumental works among which are some of the most important concerts: the concertos for soloists (five for organ and one for harp ), and the 12 concerti grossi. In 1741 he composed his last opera, Deidamia. Premiered in Dublin in 1742 oratorio The Messiah,his most famous work. Until 1751 he continued composing oratorios, among which include masterpieces such as Samson (1743) and Solomon (1749). He died in London on April 14, 1759. The last musical performance he heard was the Messiah, on 6 April that year..
Biography: Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley,(6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience. Marley's music was heavily influenced by the social issues of his homeland, and he is considered to have given voice to the specific political and cultural nexus of Jamaica. His Music for many young Jamaicans was an escape from the harshness of everyday life. His parents Cedella Booker, an African-Jamaican and Norval Sinclair Marley was a captain in the Royal Marines as well as a plantation supervisor. Bob's approach to the Rastafari belief starts to be reflected in his music. Marley was captivated by Rastafarian beliefs in the 1960s, Rastafari becomes after returning to Jamaica, Bob On songs like "Black Survivor," "Babylon System" and "Blackman Redemption" Marley sings about the struggles of blacks and Africans against Western oppression. Bob Marley became an ardent proponent of Rastafari, taking their music out of the socially deprived areas of Jamaica and onto the international music scene. Bob Marley decided to participate in a free concert on December 5, 1976 to promote peace and national reconciliation, and thus help stop the violence. On December 3, 1976 Bob was wounded by gunfire in the chest. He was hospitalized. after a full recovery time. Two days later, Bob got on stage and sang. When asked why, he said: "People who are trying to make this world worse are not taking even a day off, how could I take? Light up the darkness." In July 1977, Marley had an existing cancer after the spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain caused his death. In the morning of May 11, 1981, died at the age of 36 years. After death in April was awarded the Order of Merit of Jamaica. In recognition of his invaluable contribution to the culture.
1809 Born in Baltimore, USA. 1812 Lost his father and mother 1815-1820 Live in the UK, taken by a lawyer named Allan. 1825 Return to USA. 1827 He was expelled from the University of Virginee, in the same year he published his first book of poetry. 1829 He published his second book of poetry. 1832 He published his third book and married a young lady of fourteen years old. 1836 Newspaper editor enters the Baltimore Messenger. 1847 His wife died after a long illness and pubic his book "The Crow". 1849 He published his book of poetry "The Bells" and died a few months later.
Biography of William Shakespeare Dramatist and writer english, born in Stratford on the River Avon. Since childhood he had the inclination to the theater. Is known that lack of resources could not finish his studies. As a young man joined the company of actors "Chamberlain" and since 1603 in the "Company of the King" with which is associated and for which he writes all his works. had good pay, and literary reputation was saying. Almost half of the works have been attributed were printed posthumously. Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, written in 1595 and published in 1609, are synthetic meditations on love, death, fidelity, beauty, and so on. The ambiguity of language and beings is one of the main themes of the works of Shakespeare.
1564 Born in Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the third son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. 1588-89 was moved to London, leaving wife and children, and wrote his first works. 1592 The plague forced to close the theaters and Shakespeare retires to Stratford. May stay in northern Italy. 1593-94 Publishes poems Venus and Adonis, The rape of Lucrece, dedicated to Henry Wriothesley Earl of Southampton, his protector. 1594 Reopening of the theaters. Shakespeare is now a member of the best company at the time, the Company of Actors Lord Chamberlain. 1598 His company installed the new Globe Theatre, which is partly owned by Shakespeare. Write and releases 1600-01 Hamlet. 1603 The new king of England, James I, becomes the protector of Shakespeare's company, which is now called King's Men (the King's Men). Boris Fyodorovich Godunov died 1605-06, czar of Russia since 1598, increased the power of the monarchy and the Russian Church, and subjected the peasants to serfdom. Enter Macbeth and King Lear. 1609 The company opens a new room, Blackfriars Theatre, which Shakespeare is also co-owner. He published his Sonnets without your permission. 1611 Writes The Tempest, his last work. Leave the theater and retired to New Place, his home in Stratford. 1616 He died in his hometown. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra died
Born in 1642 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Achieved in the field of mathematics its greatest achievements. In 1669 he was the Lucasian chair of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. The lens was also of interest to Newton. He deduced the law of universal gravitation and his theory published in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687), work that marked a turning point in the history of science. In addition to his interest in science, was also attracted by the study of alchemy, mysticism and theology. He died on March 31, 1727 in London. Rest in Westminster Abbey.
(born September 23, 1930, Albany, Georgia, U.S.—died June 10, 2004, Beverly Hills, California) American pianist, singer, composer, and bandleader, a leading black entertainer billed as “the Genius.” Charles was credited with the early development of soul music, a style based on a melding of gospel, rhythm and blues, and jazz music.
When Charles was an infant his family moved to Greenville, Florida, and he began his musical career at age five on a piano in a neighbourhood café. He began to go blind at six, possibly from glaucoma, completely losing his sight by age seven. He attended the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and Blind, where he concentrated on musical studies, but left school at age 15 to play the piano professionally after his mother died from cancer (his father had died when the boy was 10).
Charles built a remarkable career based on the immediacy of emotion in his performances. After emerging as a blues and jazz pianist indebted to Nat King Cole's style in the late 1940s, Charles recorded the boogie-woogie classic “Mess Around” and the novelty song “It Should've Been Me” in 1952–53. His arrangement for Guitar Slim's “The Things That I Used to Do” became a blues million-seller in 1953. By 1954 Charles had created a successful combination of blues and gospel influences and signed on with Atlantic Records. Propelled by Charles's distinctive raspy voice, “I've Got a Woman” and “Hallelujah I Love You So” became hit records. “What'd I Say” led the rhythm and blues sales charts in 1959 and was Charles's own first million-seller.
Charles's rhythmic piano playing and band arranging revived the “funky” quality of jazz, but he also recorded in many other musical genres. He entered the pop market with the best-sellers “Georgia on My Mind” (1960) and “Hit the Road, Jack” (1961). His album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) sold more than 1,000,000 copies, as did its single, “I Can't Stop Loving You.” Thereafter his music emphasized jazz standards and renditions of pop and show tunes.
From 1955 Charles toured extensively in the United States and elsewhere with his own big band and a gospel-style female backup quartet called The Raeletts. He also appeared on television and worked in films such as Ballad in Blue (1964) and The Blues Brothers (1980) as a featured act and sound track composer. He formed his own custom recording labels, Tangerine in 1962 and Crossover Records in 1973. The recipient of many national and international awards, he received 13 Grammy Awards, including a lifetime achievement award in 1987. In 1986 Charles was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received a Kennedy Center Honor. He published an autobiography, Brother Ray, Ray Charles' Own Story (1978), written with David Ritz.
born 23 september 1930 1952-1953 it should´ve been me 1954 charles han created suceessful 1955 charles toured extensively in the united states 1962 tarangerine and crossover records died 10 june 2004
Sleep difficulties and other work-related health issues
ResponderEliminarIn their New York Times interview, published on 4 November 2007, Ledger told Sarah Lyall that his recently completed roles in I'm Not There(2007) and The Dark Knight (2008) had taken a toll on his ability to sleep: "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. ... I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going."[29] At that time, he told Lyall that he had taken two Ambienpills, after taking just one had not sufficed, and those left him in "a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing."
Death
At about 2:45 p.m., on 22 January 2008, Ledger was found unconscious in his bed by his housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, and his masseuse, Diana Wolozin, in his fourth-floor loft apartment at 421 Broome Street in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.
According to the police, Wolozin, who had arrived early for a 3:00 pm appointment with Ledger, called Ledger's friend, actress Mary-Kate Olsen, for help. Olsen, who was in California, directed a New York City private security guard to go to the scene. At 3:26 pm, "[fewer] than 15 minutes after Wolozin first saw him in bed and only a few moments" after first calling Olsen and then calling her a second time to express her fears that Ledger was dead, Wolozin telephoned 9-1-1 "to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing." At the urging of the 9-1-1 operator, Wolozin administered CPR, which was unsuccessful in reviving him.
Emergency medical technicians arrived seven minutes later, at 3:33 pm ("at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen"), but were also unable to revive him. At 3:36 pm, Ledger was pronounced dead and his body removed from the apartment
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ResponderEliminarFreddie Mercury.
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Freddie Mercury was born in September 5th 1946 with the name of Farookh Bulsara.
A few years later he changed his name to Freddie Mercury. Freddie had a sister called Kashmira.
When he was eighteen years old, studied arts and design in the Ealing College of Art.
He studied different kind of arts including ballet and obtained his certificate in Illustration and Graphic Arts. Bulsara changed his last name to Mercury in allusion to Mercury, the mythological god’s messenger. He never married because he was gay.
In April 1970, Mercury joined with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, who had previously been in a band called Smile.
Mercury chose the name "Queen" for the new band. He later said about the band's name, "I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it.
Between his most famous compositions we have:
¨Killer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, I Want to Break Free, Under Pressure, Somebody to Love, We Are the Champions and Crazy Little Thing Called Love.¨
He was recognized for his wide vocal range, his charisma, and for his live performances.
His favorite group was Led Zeppelin, he loved listen their songs on the radio.
Only his boyfriend Jim Hutton and his friend Mary Austin knew that he had AIDS in terminal phase.
In November 23rd, 1991 Freddie admitted that he had AIDS. Unfortunaly one day later Freddie died, the official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.
He will be remembered for the people like a great singer, composer and musician around the world.
His most famous phrase was large
I'm a musical prostitute.
Source of information: Wikipedia.
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TIMELINE
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1946 September 5 - Farrokh Bulsara is born in Zanzibar
1964 With the revolution in Zanzibar, the Bulsara family leaves the country and settles in England.
1966 Enrolls in Ealing College of Art where he befriends Brian May and Roger Taylor.
1971 Joins May and Taylor's band Smile as the lead singer. The new group becomes known as Queen and Farrokh Bulsara becomes known as Freddie Mercury.
1973 November 3 - Queen's debut album, Queen is released.
1974 May 11 - Second album Queen II is released..
1974 December 14 - Sheer Heart Attack is released. December. The album remains on the pop charts for 32 weeks and peaks at #12.
1975 December 27 - A Night at the Opera is released.. Remains on the charts Album for 56 weeks and peaks at # 4.
1977 January 15 - A Day at the Races is released. January The album peaks at # 5 on the pop charts.
1977 November 26 - News of the World is released and peaks at #3 on the pop charts.
1978 December 9 - Jazz is released.
1978 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS reaches #4 on the pop charts
1979 July 7 - The band's first compilation album, Queen Live Killers is released.
1979 BICYCLE RACE reaches #24 on the pop charts BICYCLE RACE Reaches # 24 on the pop charts
1979 DON'T STOP ME NOW reaches #86 on the pop charts
1980 July 19 - Queen's most successful album The Game is released. July 19 - Queen's Most Successful album The Game is released.
1980 Writes the score for the production Flash Gordon .
1980 CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE Reaches # 1 on the pop charts
1980 PLAY THE GAME reaches #42 on the pop charts
1982
May 29 - Hot Space is released to mixed reviews.
1982 David Bowie and Queen's recording of UNDER PRESSURE reaches #29 on the pop charts
1984 March 17 - The Works , Queen's first album for Capitol Records is released.
1984 Freddie Mercury's recording of LOVE KILLS reaches #69 on the pop charts
1986 July 19 - A Kind of Magic is released.
1987 Diagnosed with Mercury is HIV, the virus Which would give him AIDS.
1989 June 24 - The Miracle is released. This is the last album Queen recorded for Capitol Records.
1989 June 24 - The Miracle is released. This is the last album Queen record for Capitol Records.
1989 1989 I WANT IT ALL reaches #50 on the pop charts
1990 1990 ICE ICE BABY, a sample of Queen's classic song, UNDER PRESSURE, reaches #1 on the pop charts with a sample recording by Vanilla Ice.
1991 February 23 - Innuendo is released on Hollywood Records
1991 November 24 - Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS.
Georg Friedrich Haendel
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Born February 24,1685 in Halle, Germany, within a family with no musical tradition. German
composer, although British citizen. He was one of the greatest composers of the last stage
baroque. Before he was ten he began to receive, from a local organist, the only classes he
attended in his life.
In 1703 he moved to Hamburg, operatic center. In 1704, he composed his first opera, Almira.
In his desire to earn prestige as an opera composer, he went to Italy: Florence and in 1707
first traveled to Rome, where he enjoyed the patronage of both the nobility and the clergy. He
composed operas, oratorios and cantatas small.
His stay in Italy ended with the success of his fifth opera, Agrippina (1709), premiered in
Venice. He left Italy and began work as a composer and conductor of the court in Hanover in
1710.
Later that same year moved to London, where he premiered Rinaldo (1711) with a new
triumph. After returning to Hannover he was granted permission to travel to London for a
short period of time, but this time he stayed in London.
They were released some of his great operas: Radamisto (1720), Giulio Cesare (1724),
Tamerlano (1724) and Rodelinda (1725). In 1727 obtained British citizenship.
In 1714, the Elector of Hanover was appointed king by the name of George I of England. In
1719 the king granted him a grant to found the Royal Academy of Music.
From the decade of the 30 are devoted to the composition of English dramatic oratorios,
as Athalia and Saul and instrumental works among which are some of the most important
concerts: the concertos for soloists (five for organ and one for harp ), and the 12 concerti
grossi.
In 1741 he composed his last opera, Deidamia. Premiered in Dublin in 1742 oratorio The
Messiah,his most famous work. Until 1751 he continued composing oratorios, among which
include masterpieces such as Samson (1743) and Solomon (1749).
He died in London on April 14, 1759. The last musical performance he heard was the Messiah,
on 6 April that year..
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ResponderEliminarRobert Nesta "Bob" Marley,(6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.
Marley's music was heavily influenced by the social issues of his homeland, and he is considered to have given voice to the specific political and cultural nexus of Jamaica. His Music for many young Jamaicans was an escape from the harshness of everyday life.
His parents Cedella Booker, an African-Jamaican and Norval Sinclair Marley was a captain in the Royal Marines as well as a plantation supervisor.
Bob's approach to the Rastafari belief starts to be reflected in his music. Marley was captivated by Rastafarian beliefs in the 1960s, Rastafari becomes after returning to Jamaica,
Bob On songs like "Black Survivor," "Babylon System" and "Blackman Redemption" Marley sings about the struggles of blacks and Africans against Western oppression.
Bob Marley became an ardent proponent of Rastafari, taking their music out of the socially deprived areas of Jamaica and onto the international music scene. Bob Marley decided to participate in a free concert on December 5, 1976 to promote peace and national reconciliation, and thus help stop the violence.
On December 3, 1976 Bob was wounded by gunfire in the chest. He was hospitalized. after a full recovery time. Two days later, Bob got on stage and sang. When asked why, he said: "People who are trying to make this world worse are not taking even a day off, how could I take? Light up the darkness."
In July 1977, Marley had an existing cancer after the spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain caused his death. In the morning of May 11, 1981, died at the age of 36 years.
After death in April was awarded the Order of Merit of Jamaica. In recognition of his invaluable contribution to the culture.
1809 Born in Baltimore, USA.
ResponderEliminar1812 Lost his father and mother
1815-1820 Live in the UK, taken by a lawyer named Allan.
1825 Return to USA.
1827 He was expelled from the University of Virginee, in the same year he published his first book of poetry.
1829 He published his second book of poetry.
1832 He published his third book and married a young lady of fourteen years old.
1836 Newspaper editor enters the Baltimore Messenger.
1847 His wife died after a long illness and pubic his book "The Crow".
1849 He published his book of poetry "The Bells" and died a few months later.
Biography of William Shakespeare
ResponderEliminarDramatist and writer english, born in Stratford on the River Avon. Since childhood he had the inclination to the theater. Is known that lack of resources could not finish his studies.
As a young man joined the company of actors "Chamberlain" and since 1603 in the "Company of the King" with which is associated and for which he writes all his works. had good pay, and literary reputation was saying.
Almost half of the works have been attributed were printed posthumously. Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, written in 1595 and published in 1609, are synthetic meditations on love, death, fidelity, beauty, and so on. The ambiguity of language and beings is one of the main themes of the works of Shakespeare.
He died in 1616, in his hometown.
http://vidayobras.blogspot.com/2009/04/biografia-y-obras-de-william.html
Cronology of William Shakespeare
1564 Born in Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the third son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.
1588-89 was moved to London, leaving wife and children, and wrote his first works.
1592 The plague forced to close the theaters and Shakespeare retires to Stratford. May stay in northern Italy.
1593-94 Publishes poems Venus and Adonis, The rape of Lucrece, dedicated to Henry Wriothesley Earl of Southampton, his protector.
1594 Reopening of the theaters. Shakespeare is now a member of the best company at the time, the Company of Actors Lord Chamberlain.
1598 His company installed the new Globe Theatre, which is partly owned by Shakespeare.
Write and releases 1600-01 Hamlet.
1603 The new king of England, James I, becomes the protector of Shakespeare's company, which is now called King's Men (the King's Men).
Boris Fyodorovich Godunov died 1605-06, czar of Russia since 1598, increased the power of the monarchy and the Russian Church, and subjected the peasants to serfdom. Enter Macbeth and King Lear.
1609 The company opens a new room, Blackfriars Theatre, which Shakespeare is also co-owner. He published his Sonnets without your permission.
1611 Writes The Tempest, his last work. Leave the theater and retired to New Place, his home in Stratford.
1616 He died in his hometown. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra died
Isaac Newton
ResponderEliminar(1642-1727)
Born in 1642 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Achieved in the field of mathematics its greatest achievements. In 1669 he was the Lucasian chair of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. The lens was also of interest to Newton. He deduced the law of universal gravitation and his theory published in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687), work that marked a turning point in the history of science. In addition to his interest in science, was also attracted by the study of alchemy, mysticism and theology. He died on March 31, 1727 in London. Rest in Westminster Abbey.
www.terra.es/personal8/biografianewton.htm
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ResponderEliminar(born September 23, 1930, Albany, Georgia, U.S.—died June 10, 2004, Beverly Hills, California) American pianist, singer, composer, and bandleader, a leading black entertainer billed as “the Genius.” Charles was credited with the early development of soul music, a style based on a melding of gospel, rhythm and blues, and jazz music.
When Charles was an infant his family moved to Greenville, Florida, and he began his musical career at age five on a piano in a neighbourhood café. He began to go blind at six, possibly from glaucoma, completely losing his sight by age seven. He attended the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and Blind, where he concentrated on musical studies, but left school at age 15 to play the piano professionally after his mother died from cancer (his father had died when the boy was 10).
Charles built a remarkable career based on the immediacy of emotion in his performances. After emerging as a blues and jazz pianist indebted to Nat King Cole's style in the late 1940s, Charles recorded the boogie-woogie classic “Mess Around” and the novelty song “It Should've Been Me” in 1952–53. His arrangement for Guitar Slim's “The Things That I Used to Do” became a blues million-seller in 1953. By 1954 Charles had created a successful combination of blues and gospel influences and signed on with Atlantic Records. Propelled by Charles's distinctive raspy voice, “I've Got a Woman” and “Hallelujah I Love You So” became hit records. “What'd I Say” led the rhythm and blues sales charts in 1959 and was Charles's own first million-seller.
Charles's rhythmic piano playing and band arranging revived the “funky” quality of jazz, but he also recorded in many other musical genres. He entered the pop market with the best-sellers “Georgia on My Mind” (1960) and “Hit the Road, Jack” (1961). His album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) sold more than 1,000,000 copies, as did its single, “I Can't Stop Loving You.” Thereafter his music emphasized jazz standards and renditions of pop and show tunes.
From 1955 Charles toured extensively in the United States and elsewhere with his own big band and a gospel-style female backup quartet called The Raeletts. He also appeared on television and worked in films such as Ballad in Blue (1964) and The Blues Brothers (1980) as a featured act and sound track composer. He formed his own custom recording labels, Tangerine in 1962 and Crossover Records in 1973. The recipient of many national and international awards, he received 13 Grammy Awards, including a lifetime achievement award in 1987. In 1986 Charles was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received a Kennedy Center Honor. He published an autobiography, Brother Ray, Ray Charles' Own Story (1978), written with David Ritz.
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ResponderEliminarborn 23 september 1930
1952-1953 it should´ve been me
1954 charles han created suceessful
1955 charles toured extensively in the united states
1962 tarangerine and crossover records
died 10 june 2004