RAY CHARLES TRIBUTE ACT – Midland based
This established entertainer has been a Ray Charles Tribute act since he was seen appearing at a festival as James Brown and a promoter asked if he could cover the Ray Charles tribute act that unfortunately couldn’t make the show! To everyone’s surprise, it was a great success. This new Ray Charles tribute act and show can be booked as a show by itself or as part of an American Soul Legends Show with both Ray and James Brown, with either a full live band or playback. This Ray Charles tribute plays live piano as Ray Charles and he delivers an amazing range of timeless, classic Ray Charles numbers everyone will remember.
Interesting facts about Ray Charles
- Legendary American singer-composer Ray Charles was born on September 23rd 1930.
- Charles pioneered the genre of ‘soul music’ in the 1950s by combining rhythm, blues, jazz and gospels.
- ‘Georgia On My Mind’, ‘I Got A Woman’, ‘Unchain My Heart’ and ‘Hit the Road Jack’ are some of the greatest hits of Ray Charles.
- Charles suffered from glaucoma as a child, which made him completely blind by the age of seven.
- After moving to Orlando, Charles lived in absolute poverty and went without food for days.
- Ray Charles Robinson dropped his last name to avoid confusion with the boxer, Sugar Ray Robinson.
- His compositions earned him the nicknames ‘The Genius’ and ‘The High Priest of Soul’.
- He was caught backstage with marijuana and drug paraphernalia and was arrested on charges of drug abuse in 1950.
- He was arrested again on a narcotics charge while he was waiting in his hotel room, just before a performance.
Example Set List
- Hit the Road Jack
- Georgia On My Mind
- I Believe
- Lonely Avenue
- Tell the World About You
- What Kind of Man Are You
- Lets Go Get Stoned
- Unchain My Heart
- I Don’t Need No Doctor
- Don’t Set Me Free
- I Got A Woman
- What I’d Say
- Shake Your Tail Feather
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
- Loves Gonna Live Here
- Should’ve Been Me
- Night Time is the Right Time
- How Do You Feel
- All I Ever Need Is You
- In The Heat Of The Night
- Busted
- Baby Don’t You Cry
- You Are My Sunshine
- Moving On
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