A SONG
FOR YOU
RAY
CHARLES
SONGWRITER: LEON RUSSELL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: A SONG FOR YOU
LABEL: WARNER BROS RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1993
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 –
June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Among friends and fellow
musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray." He
was often referred to as "The Genius." Charles was blinded during
childhood due to glaucoma.
Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, jazz, rhythm and blues,
and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic.
He contributed to the integration of country
music, rhythm and blues, and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records,
notably with his two Modern Sounds albums. While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first Black
musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company.
Charles' 1960 hit "Georgia
On My Mind" was the first of his three
career No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
His 1962 album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music became his first album to top the Billboard 200.
Charles had multiple singles reach the Top 40 on various Billboard charts: 44 on the US R&B singles chart, 11 on the Hot 100 singles chart, 2 on the Hot
Country singles charts.
Charles cited Nat King Cole as a primary influence, but his music was also influenced by Louis Jordan and Charles Brown. He had a lifelong friendship
and occasional partnership with Quincy
Jones. Frank
Sinatra called Ray Charles "the only
true genius in show business," although Charles downplayed this notion. Billy Joel said, "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles
was more important than Elvis
Presley".
For his musical contributions, Charles
received the Kennedy
Center Honors, the National
Medal of Arts, and the Polar Music Prize.
He won 17 Grammy Awards, including 5 posthumously. Charles was honored with the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, and 10 of his recordings have been inducted into the Grammy
Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone ranked Charles No. 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time,
and No. 2 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
I've been so many
places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singin' this song for you
I know your image of
me is what I hope to be, baby
I've treated you unkindly but girl can't you see
There's no one more important to me
So darling can't you please see through me
'cause we're alone now and I'm singin' my song for you
You taught me
precious secrets of the truth, withholdin'nothin'
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better so if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love's in there hiding
I love you in a place
where there's no space or time
I love you for my life, 'cause you're a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I've loved you for my life, yes, you're a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you, yes
We were alone and I was singin' this song for you, baby
We were alone and I was singin' my song,
Singin' my song, singin' my song, singin' my song
Singin' my song.
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