Ray Charles anali woyimba yemwe adayambitsa kwambiri nyimbo za mzimu. Ojambula monga Sam Cook и Jackie Wilson, nawonso anathandiza kwambiri kulenga mawu a mzimu. Koma Charles anachitanso zina. Anaphatikiza R&B ya m'ma 50s ndi mawu otengera kuyimba kwa Bayibulo. Anawonjezera zambiri kuchokera ku jazz yamakono ndi blues.
Ndiye ndi bwino kuzindikira kupanga kwake phokoso. Maonekedwe ake anali amodzi mwa anthu okhudzidwa kwambiri komanso odziwika bwino pakati pa ochita masewera azaka za m'ma 20 monga Elvis Presley ndi Billie Holiday. Analinso wosewera bwino kwambiri wa kiyibodi, wolinganiza komanso wotsogolera gulu.
Kuyesera koyamba kupanga nyimbo
Wakhungu kuyambira ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi (kuchokera ku glaucoma), Charles adaphunzira nyimbo ndipo adaphunzira kuimba zida zambiri zoimbira pa St. Augustine's School for the Deaf and Blind. Makolo ake anamwalira ali wamng'ono, ndipo anagwira ntchito mwachidule monga woimba ku Florida asanagwiritse ntchito ndalama zake kuti asamukire ku Seattle mu 1947. Pofika kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 40s, anali kujambula nyimbo za pop/R&B, mtundu wochokera kwa Nat "King" Cole.
Mu 1951, Charles adagunda nyimbo yake yoyamba khumi ya R&B ndi "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand." Zojambula zoyamba za Charles zidakopa kutsutsidwa kwakukulu, chifukwa zinali zofewa komanso zocheperako kuposa "zakale" zake zomwe zingatsatire. Ngakhale kuti nyimbozo n’zosangalatsa, zimasonyeza luso la woimbayo.
Kupeza mawu anuanu
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 50s, mawu a Charles adayamba kulimba pamene adayendera ndi Lowell Fulson. Pambuyo pake Charles anapita ku New Orleans kukagwira ntchito ndi Guitar Slim. Anasewera makiyi ndikukonzekera nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri ya R&B Guitar Slim Zinthu Zomwe Ndinkachita. Kumeneko, woimbayo adasonkhanitsa gulu la nyenyezi ya R&B Ruth Brown.
Ku Atlantic Records komwe Ray Charles adapezadi mawu ake. Kuphatikiza zomwe zachitika m'zaka zaposachedwa. Zotsatira zake zinali nyimbo ya R&B yotchedwa "I Got a Woman" mu 1955. Nyimboyi nthawi zambiri imadziwika ngati nyimbo yake yayikulu. Charles anali woyamba kugwiritsa ntchito kalembedwe ka uthenga wabwino.
M'zaka zonse za m'ma 50, Charles adajambula nyimbo zingapo za R&B. Ngakhale sanatchulidwe kuti ndiye wamkulu wa Ray Charles, adalandira ulemu kuchokera kwa oimba.
"Mtsikana Wanga Uyu", "Dzimira mu Misozi Yanga Yekha", "Haleluya Ndimkonda Chomwecho", "Lonely Avenue" ndi "Nthawi Yoyenera". Zonsezi ndi zopambana zosayerekezeka za nthawiyo, zolembedwa ndi Charles.
Komabe, woimbayo sanathe kukopa omvera a pop. Mpaka nyimbo imodzi "Ndikanena Chiyani" idakopa chidwi chake ndi mawu ake oyambira. Komanso mu mzimu wa rock ndi roll ndikuyimba piyano yake yamagetsi yapamwamba. Inali nyimbo yake yoyamba ya Top 10 komanso imodzi mwa nyimbo zake zomaliza pa Atlantic. Charles adasiya chizindikiro chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 50 kuti asaine ndi ABC.
Mgwirizano watsopano - ntchito zatsopano za Ray Charles
Chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu za mgwirizano ndi ABC kwa Charles chinali kuwongolera mwaluso pazojambula zake. Anagwiritsa ntchito bwino izi poimba nyimbo zoyambirira za m'ma 60s. Zina mwa izo ndi "Unchain My Heart" ndi "Hit the Road Jack". Nyimbo zoyimba izi zidalimbitsa kutchuka kwa mtundu wa R&B. Anakonza bwino mawu ake a R&B pomwe amagwira ntchito ku Atlantic.
Mu 1962, adadabwitsa dziko la nyimbo za pop. Wojambulayo adatembenukira ku nyimbo zamayiko ndi zakumadzulo. Iye ndiye adatsogola m’matchati ake ndi nyimbo imodzi yakuti “I Can’t Stop Loving You”. Adatulutsa chimbale chodziwika kwambiri munthawi yomwe ma Albamu a R&B/soul sanatchulidwe. Chimbalecho chidatchedwa Modern Sounds in Country ndi Western Music.
Charles nthawi zonse amakhala wamatsenga. Anajambula nyimbo zambiri za jazi pa Atlantic ndi oimba otchuka a jazi monga David "Fathead" Newman ndi Milt Jackson.
Kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo kwa wojambula Ray Charles
Charles adakhalabe wotchuka kwambiri m'ma 60s. Anatulutsa nyimbo zabwino kwambiri. Monga: "Busted", "Iwe Dzuwa Langa", "Tengani Unyolo Mumtima Mwanga" ndi "Nthawi Yolira". Ngakhale ntchito yake yopindulitsa idayimitsidwa chifukwa chokonda heroin mu 1965. Izi zidapangitsa kuti woyimbayu asawonekere kwa chaka chonse. Koma anapitiriza ntchito yake yoimba mu 1966.
Ndipo komabe, panthawiyi, Charles analibe chidwi kwambiri ndi nyimbo za rock. Kaŵirikaŵiri ndi makonzedwe a zingwe amene ankawoneka kukhala olunjika kwambiri pa omvetsera achichepere.
Chikoka cha Charles pa rock mainstream chinali chowonekera monga kale; Joe Cocker ndi Steve Winwood makamaka ali ndi kalembedwe kawo kwa iye, ndipo mawu ake amamveka momveka bwino pantchito za ma greats monga Van Morrison.
Chikoka cha Ray Charles
Ndizovuta kuwunika momwe Ray Charles adathandizira pakukula kwa nyimbo. Ndipotu, iye anali woimba American. Monga mukudziwa, zomwe zimatchuka ku America ndizodziwika padziko lonse lapansi. Kuonjezera apo, luso lake la mawu silinasinthe kwambiri pa ntchito yake ya zaka za m'ma theka.
Komabe, zoona zake n’zakuti. Ntchito yake pambuyo pa zaka za m'ma 60 inali yokhumudwitsa kwambiri. Mamiliyoni a omvera amalakalaka kubwereranso ku zomveka za nyimbo zake zapamwamba kuyambira 1955-1965. Koma Charles sanadzipereke ku mtundu umodzi.
Monga Aretha Franklin ndi Elvis Presley, chidwi chake chinali kwambiri pa chikhalidwe cha pop. Chikondi chake pa nyimbo za jazi, dziko ndi pop zidawonekera. Nthawi zina amajambula ndi ma hits ake. Amalumikizana mwaluso ndi omvera odzipereka pamasewera apadziko lonse lapansi nthawi iliyonse yomwe amakonda komanso akafuna.
Kaya izi ndi zabwino kapena zoipa ndizovuta kunena. Koma adasiya chizindikiro chake pachidziwitso cha anthu aku America mu 1990s. Adalemba malonda angapo a Diet Pepsi. Adalembanso ma Albums atatu m'ma 90s a Warner Bros. Koma iye anakhalabe wotchuka kwambiri woimba konsati.
Mu 2002, adatulutsa chimbale "Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again". Chaka chotsatira anayamba kujambula chimbale cha duets ndi B. King, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald ndi James Taylor.
Zaka zomaliza za moyo wa wojambula Ray Charles
Pambuyo pa opaleshoni yosintha chiuno mu 2003, adakonza zoyendera chilimwe chotsatira, koma adakakamizika kusiya mu Marichi 2004. Patatha miyezi itatu, pa June 10, 2004, Ray Charles anamwalira ndi matenda a chiwindi kunyumba kwawo ku Beverly Hills, USA.
Album ya duets Genius Loves Company idatulutsidwa miyezi iwiri atamwalira. The biopic Ray idatulutsidwa kumapeto kwa 2010 ndipo inali yopambana komanso yopambana pamalonda. Wosewera yemwe adasewera Charles mufilimuyi, Jamie Foxx, adapambana mphoto ya Academy for Best Actor mu 2005.
Ma Albamu ena awiri omwe adamwalira, Genius & Friends ndi Ray Sings, Basie Swings, adawonekera mu 2005 ndi 2006, motsatana. Zojambulira za Charles zidayamba kuwoneka m'makope amakono osiyanasiyana, zotulutsanso, zokumbutsanso ndi mabokosi pomwe mbiri yake yonse yojambulidwa idakopa chidwi cha akatswiri amakono aku America.
