Ray Charles Robinson; Introduction

                     There are many great musicians out there in this world, but there is only one that captured everyone’s heart. Only one that was blind and could play the piano in a way that was so unique that it captured everyone’s attention and still does even to this day on April 12, 2012, eight years after his death. This man’s name was Ray Charles Robinson who is mainly known as just Ray Charles, that’s a story for later on. To this day you can still watch Ray Charles perform maybe not live but perform none the less at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG-tHlwRToI (over one hundred minutes of rare Ray Charles concert footage from the legendary 1961 Antibes Jazz Festival in France.) The newly discovered footage, featuring an 1 hour and 45 minutes of performances, show Ray Charles in his prime period with the original Raelettes and his most legendary band (including David “Fathead” Newman and Hank Crawford.)(Page 1 of 5 of the printed copy of Ray Charles from http://raycharles.com home page.) These concerts were some of Mr. Charles first performances that helped to get him as famous and great as he was and still is to this day. No one will ever forget Ray, his name and music will live on forever. His music helped many people in many ways whether it gave someone motivation or just simply made someone feel better it still helped. He was one of a kind and no one will ever be able to replace the great Ray Charles.