Ray Charles
By: Evan Gordon
About Ray Charles
Ray Charles is extremely famous. He
may have been blind but he made
great music. One of his best selling
records were “Hit the road jack.”
Charles made movies with other
people acting as him instead of him
being in the movie himself. He
usually made over 20 million dollars.
His instruments of jazz
Early childhood
Ray Charles had a horrible childhood. He was born in
September 23,1930. At age five he began to lose sight. By
age seven he was blind, but even though he was blind,
people paid more attention to him. He was paid more
attention to because he made great music while blind. He
went to Augustine school since he was blind. If he didn’t
make such good music he would have been beat up already.
Famous Family Hobbies
These are their hobbies
Lots of Charles family had the
same hobbies. Those hobbies
were playing chess, having
family reunions, and traveling
to concerts. But Ray Charles
wanted to make music for a
change.
The game of chess
Hit Movie
Ray Charles made many movies that made over 20,0000
dollars. One movie he made was “Ray” That movie starred
Jamie Foxx and his part was being Ray Charles. Many people
wanted to see his life and how he was treated. He had great
movies.
His Songs
Some of his best songs are All I Ever
need, America the Beautiful, Baby
Grand, and Hit the road Jack. There
are many more songs too. Most of his
songs made thousands of dollars in
cash most of the time.
His favorite foods
His favorite food was hot dogs. His
favorite dessert was chocolate cake.
He loved family gatherings so much
because of his family.
Awards
He got lots of awards. Some awards
he got was a Grammy award, R and B
award, and a Rock and roll award. He
got so happy about getting those
awards.
Death
Ray Charles died on June 10, 2004.
He died from liver cancer. I was very
sad when I heard he had died.
The End