https://youtube/watch?v=kClESsrnRhw Whats the difference who youre if you have a talent. Ray Charles Robinson was the son of Aretha (William) Robinson,[12] a sharecropper, and Bailey Robinson, a railroad repair man, mechanic and handyman.[13] Aretha was a devout Christian and the family attended the New Shiloh Baptist Church.[12] When Ray was an infant, his family moved from Albany, Georgia, where he was born, to the poor black community on the western side of Greenville, Florida. In his early years, Charles showed a curiosity for mechanical things and he often watched the neighborhood men working on their cars and farm machinery. His musical curiosity was sparked at Mr. Wiley Pits Red Wing Cafe when Pit played boogie woogie on an old upright piano. Pit would care for George, Rays brother, so as to take the burden off Aretha. However, George drowned in Arethas laundry tub when he was four years old.[13] After witnessing the death of his brother, Ray would feel an overwhelming sense of guilt later on in life. Charles started to lose his sight at the age of four or five and went completely blind by the age of seven, apparently due to glaucoma.[14][15][16] He attended school at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine from 1937 to 1945,[17] where he developed his musical talent.[14] During this time he performed on WFOY radio in St. Augustine. His father died when he was 10, his mother five years later. In school, Charles was taught only classical music, but he wanted to play the jazz and blues he heard on the family radio.[17] While at school, he became the schools premier musician. On Fridays, the South Campus Literary Society held assemblies where Charles would play piano and sing popular songs. On Halloween and Washingtons birthday, the Colored Department of the school had socials where Charles would play. It was here he established RC Robinson and the Shop Boys and sang his own arrangement of Jingle Bell Boogie.[18] He spent his first Christmas at the school, but later the staff pitched in so that Charles could return to Greenville, as he did each summer.
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