Ray Charles In Concert

With Special Guest Diane Schuur

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-winning 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 icons, including Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley.

Songs Include:
I Got A Woman
A Song For You
It Hurts To Be In Love
Georgia On My Mind
The Good Life
Your Cheatin' Heart
They Can't Take That Away From Me
It Had To Be You (with Diane Schuur)
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (with Diane Schuur)
Till There Was You
Say No More
Blues For Big Scotia
If You Go Away
All I Ever Need Is You
Love In Three Quarter Time
America, The Beautiful