Rock On The Net: Ray Charles (original) (raw)

Ray was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male ("Some Enchanted Evening").

Ray was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Born To Love Me").

Ray hit the Top 40 with Quincy Jonesand Chaka Khanwith "I'll Be Good To You." from the Quincy Jones LP Back On The BlockARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 25 - 23 - 22 - 19 - 15 - 12 - 29 - off
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Ray was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group ("Save The Bones For Henry Jones" with Lou Rawls).

Ray won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group when he joined forces with Quincy Jones and Chaka Khan on the remake of "I'll Be Good To You."

Ray won a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("A Song For You").

Ranked # 12 on VH1: Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll(and # 91 on Rock On The Net's Poll).

VH1: 100 Greatest Rock Songsincluded "What'd I Say" at # 43.

VH1: 100 Greatest Dance Songs included "What'd I Say" at # 96.

VH1: 100 Greatest Albums included Mod e rn Sounds in Country and Western Music at # 97.

Ray could be heard dueting with Barbra Streisand on the track "Cryin' Time" from her LP Duets.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952 - 1959 (1991) at # 53, Mod e rn Sounds in Country and Western Music(1962) at # 104, and The G e nius of Ray Charles (1959) at # 263.

The Very Best Of Ray Charles was released on Rhino Records.

Rolling Stone: The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time included Ray at # 10.

On June 10th, Ray passed away at the age of 73 from liver disease complications.

Genius Loves Company was released - the set is a collection of duets including Norah Jones, James Taylor, Diana Krall,Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Natalie Cole, Michael McDonald, Gladys Knight, Johnny Mathis, and Van Morrison.

Ray topped the Billboad Internet LP chart and the Canadian LP chart with Genius Loves Company.
Genius Loves Company was certified platinum - it was Ray's first platinum LP.

A collection of Ray's music could be heard on the soundtrack of his film autobiography - Ray! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Genius Loves Company was certified 2x platinum.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included "What'd I Say" at # 10 and "Georgia On My Mind" at # 44.

The LP More Music From Ray (soundtrack) was released.
Ray posthumously won 5 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (Genius Loves Company), Record of the Year ("Here We Go Again" with Norah Jones), Best Pop Vocal Album (Genius Loves Company), Best Gospel Performance ("Heaven Help Us All" with Gladys Knight) and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Here We Go Again" with Norah Jones), and was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" with Elton John), and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance ("Sinner's Prayer" with B.B. King). Genius Loves Company was certified 3x platinum.

Genius Loves Company topped the Billboard 200 LP chart. The Very Best Of Ray Charles was certified gold.

Genius And Friendswas released (Billboard peak: # 36).

The Ray! soundtrack topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Soundtrack Album.

The LP Ray! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack won a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

The Very Best Of Ray Charles was certified platinum.

Rolling Stone: 'The Greatest Singers' includes Ray at # 2.

• September 10: The box set True Genius was released.