Is ray charles a composer?

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Is ray charles a composer?

Answer 1

Yes, below see info for Ray Charles who is a composer and still living.

Ray Charles (born Charles Raymond Offenberg, September 13, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor who is best- known as organizer and leader of The Ray Charles Singers. The Ray Charles Singers were featured on Perry Como's records, radio shows and television shows for 35 years.[1] The Ray Charles Singers are also known for a series of 30 choral record albums produced in the 1950s and 1960s for Essex, MGM, Decca and Command labels.

As a vocalist, Charles, along with Julia Rinker Miller, is known for singing the theme song to the television series Three's Company ("Come and Knock on Our Door"). As a songwriter, Charles is known for "Letters, We Get Letters,"[2] originally written for The Perry Como Show and later used on The Late Show with David Letterman. At the age of 89 years, he continues to serve as a musical consultant to television programs, most notably for the last 24 years on the Kennedy Center Honors. Charles is acknowledged as an authority on American popular music.

NOTE:  There have been two people in the musical world known as Ray Charles.  Ray Charles Robinson (The Undertaker) (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a pioneering American pianist and musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it."

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Answer 2

Ray Charles died in 2004 of liver disease.  He is currently decomposing.

Answer 3

The only thing Ray is these days is dead!

Answer 4

Yes but he's not royalty.... this is the royalty category.

Answer 5

A composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation. So I'd say yes, yes he was.

Answer 6

Charles was born during the Great Depression in the Deep South and was raised on blues, country, gospel, jazz and big band music. Throughout his long career he skillfully and artistically gathered and combined these separate musical elements together, added his own unique personality and styling, and freed the end result for the world to hear. It was at school where he received a formal musical education and learned to read, write and arrange music in Braille; score for big bands; and play piano, organ, sax, clarinet, and trumpet.

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Answer 7

The one born in Albany, Ga., and died a few years ago was not known as a composer, but as a singer. From Albany,Ga.