The name Ray Charles stands for "superstar" worldwide. He is an icon in the music world, has a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame and a bronze bust enshrined in the Playboy Hall of Fame, and has received fifteen GRAMMYs, the Kennedy Center Honor, and three National Medals of Arts. In his fifty years in the music world, Ray Charles has earned the title "The Legendary Genius of Soul." In this benefit concert for The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind from the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida, Ray Charles performs such classics as I Got A Woman, Georgia On My Mind, and his moving rendition of America, The Beautiful. In addition, Charles delights the audience with a saxophone solo and a duet with special guest and GRAMMY Award-wining jazz vocalist Diane Schuur. Taking influences from gospel and church music, rhythm and blues, jazz, country and western and blues, Charles has been able to blend it all into a style all his own. His elegant marriage of rhythmic and melodic elements has resonated with an entire generation. One of the fathers of contemporary soul, Ray Charles has become an American musical institution who can take his rightful place among other American music icon, including Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley.
Tracks Include:
01. I Got A Woman
02. A Song For You
03. It Hurts To Be In Love
04. Georgia On My Mind
05. The Good Life
06. Your Cheatin' Heart
07. They Can't Take That Away From Me
08. It Had To Be You
09. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
10. Till There Was You
11. Say No More
12. Blues For Big Scotia
13. If You Go Away
14. All I Ever Need Is You
15. Love In Three Quarter Time
16. America The Beautiful