Achievements

The only reason Ray Charles became famous was because he was a blind pianist.  He left behind a long list of hits and Grammy awards and the musicians he got to are now trying to be like him. The great Ray Charles was an explorer who returned time and again from expeditions across musical boundaries to give us, in his own type of way, melodious stories and charts of his adventures.
 * __The achievements of Ray Charles. __**
 * Grammy Awards **
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 * 1960 Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male, Georgia On My Mind **
 * 1960 Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist, Georgia On My Mind **
 * 1960 Best Rhythm & Blues Performance, Let The Good Times Roll **
 * 1960 Best Vocal Performance Album, Male, The Genius Of Ray Charles **
 * 1961 Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, Hit The Road Jack **
 * 1962 Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, I Can't Stop Loving You **
 * 1963 Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, Busted **
 * 1966 Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, Crying Time **


 * 1966 Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Crying Time **
 * 1975 Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male, Living For The City **
 * 1990 Best R&B Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal, I'll Be Good To You (with Chaka Khan) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1993 Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male, A Song For You **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">May 1996: Honorary doctorate degree in performing arts from Occidental College. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">October 1995: Governor's Performing Arts Award. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">June 1995: Horatio Alger Award. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1994: 12th Grammy Award, in the "best R&B vocal by a male performer" category, for "A Song for You." **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">May 12, 1994: Helen Keller Personal Achievement Award from the American Foundation for the Blind. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">March 1994: Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Black Achievement Awards television show. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">October 1993: National Medal of Arts. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">January 1993: Invited to perform in the preinaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial honoring President Clinton. Produced by Quincy Jones, the concert aired as a special on HBO. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">February 1992: Honored by the County Board of Supervisors as the 1992 Black History Month honoree. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">February 1992: Inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame (joining Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, and John D. MacDonald, among others). Ray Charles, born in Georgia, was raised in Florida, where he attended the St. Augustine's School for the Deaf and Blind and began his career as a professional musician. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1991: Fox Television Network airs "50 Years of Music Making: A Tribute to Ray Charles," featuring Michael Bolton, Willie Nelson and Stevie Wonder, among others, and hosted by Hammer. The special was taped by Wallenberg Productions and co-executive produced by Gregory Wallenberg and Ray Charles, Jr. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1991: Documentary, "Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul," was produced for the American Masters series on public television. **
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">April 1990: Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida in Tampa. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1989: Charles "Ellie My Love is the No. 1 single in Japan, recorded for exclusive release there. He received the Japanese equivalent of a Gold Record. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Nominated for an Emmy by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his performance on the TV special honoring Irving Berlin's 100th birthday. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">April 1987: Forms the (Ray Charles) Robinson Foundation for Hearing Disorders, with a personal endowment of $1 million. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">December 1986: Received the Kennedy Center Honors, celebrated with a televised gala at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The Honors are presented annually to individuals who through a lifetime of accomplishment have enriched American life by their achievement in the performing arts. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1988: Appeared for the first time with the New York City Ballet, which choreographed dances to some of his classics. Joining Charles in playing for the engagement were members of his original band, Hank Crawford, Leroy Cooper and David "Fat Head" Newman. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">November 1986: Honored by the French government when he was made a Commander of Fine Arts and Letters, the second time Charles has been selected for a distinguished honor by the Republic of France. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">January 1986: Made one of the original inductees into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

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