Ray Charles Video Museum: '97 DM Rhino NM

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20 June 2010

Ray Charles Hosts Online Chat (1997)

Billboard announce the box set deal in May '97.

The UK version of Real.com until a few years ago linked to an article, stating that "On Nov. 13 [1997], Ray Charles will hit another milestone in his life when he hosts his first online chat on Rhino Records' website. Starting at 9:30 p.m. (EST), Charles, one of music's most versatile, soulful and energetic performers will field questions from fans."
The chat was a promotion for Rhino's release of the box set Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection.

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The Ray Charles Video Museum is a research project, documenting live performances by The Genius.

This blog is above all a Mediagraphy. It's also a discography (or, more correctly, a trackography), aggregating all tunes that Ray sang and/or played - including the "canon" of 700 tracks listed on the official Ray Charles website, but also identifying the songs that have never been officially released, and e.g. the recordings of other artists, where Ray backed them on piano. Thirdly, this blog has evolved into a multimedia Chronology (click the years in the panel al the top of this page) of Ray's productive live.

I also try to do some justice to the more than 1,000 great musicians and singers who contributed to Ray's career (1, 2).

The Quotes page lists the wisest, craziest and funniest things that the Genius ever said. If you want to read more about Brother Ray, go here.

The availability of the streaming video and audio content on this blog is constantly under pressure. Some rights owners still think that sharing these videos damages their sales. I'm keeping disfunctional clips as placeholders - to show that the footage exists, and to replace them when new uploads appear on the Web.

The articles in this blog are continuously updated and improved. Your help is more than welcome.

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