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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on Ray Charles ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Robinson ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 08/94 # of Words:544 School:Public State:NY
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Ray Charles Robinson was born on September 23, 1930 in Albany Georgia. His
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father was Bailey Robinson, a railroad repair man, and his mother was
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'Retha. His father never married his mother. His legal wife was Mary Jane,
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who also helped to raise Charles.
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By the time he was three, young Charles was learning to play the piano.
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When he was five his brother, who was three at the time, drowned. A few
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months later Charles got the disease that would make him go blind by the
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time he was seven.
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After he became totally blind at the age of seven, Charles went to a
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school for the blind in St. Augustine, Florida, where he learned to play
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the trumpet, the saxophone, the clarinet, and organ, though his preferred
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instrument is still the piano.
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When Charles was 15, his mother died from food poisoning. He decided to
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become a musician soon afterwards and he set out on his own. He played with
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various band throughout Florida until he was seventeen. He then wanted to
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get as far away as possible from Tampa and also stay in the United States,
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so he bought a bus ticket to Seattle and left. Eventually Charles dropped
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his surname.
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There he entered a contest and was given a job at a nearby Elks club.
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After a numerous amount of months, a record producer noticed him and
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Charles had his first album: "Confession Blues." Afterward Charles went on
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the road for a few years. He played at bars around the country. It was
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known by musicians as the chitlin' circuit.
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Soon Charles stopped imitating other musicians, as he had been doing up
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until this point, and began to combine gospel and rhythm and blues, and, in
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doing so, created soul. He is still called the "Genius of Soul" today. In
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1955 Charles made recorded "I've Got a Women", and made history. It helped
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pave the way for soul for years to come.
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In the 1960's Charles recorded "I Can't Stop Loving You" (a piece of
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country music) with a large orchestra and his own voice. This song, like
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his others, was loved by the American people.
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Unfortunately, in the 1940's Charles became addicted to heroin, and in
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1964 he was arrested for it. While he was awaiting his trial he went to an
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award ceremony in which his son, Ray Jr. was receiving an award. He had to
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leave before his son received his award, so Ray Jr. cried. Charles, seeing
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this, realized that his son would be very hurt if someone yelled out that
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Charles was a drug addict, so he went to the hospital and went "cold
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turkey" on drugs. After a year, he was over the addiction.
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Charles is a man of extremes. He was impatient, and he would not listen to
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complaints. When he was happy, he was very happy, and when he was sad he
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was very sad.
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Today, Charles has two ex-wives, nine children, and seven grandchildren.
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He has vowed to remain a bachelor because of his two failed marriages. He
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is often seen on television now, as a spokes person for Pepsi-Cola. He has
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earned his place in music history, a living legend.
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