Billy Ray Charles

1948 –

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Who is Billy Ray Charles?

Billy Ray Charles. Charles is Soul and Blues musician, singer, record producer, and songwriter. Songs he wrote have been recorded by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Blues Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Blue Bland, The Temptations, Tyrone Davis, Freddie Cannon, and The Cold Bloods. Known for performing music in the Soul, Southern Soul & Blues Music genres, Charles is a Las Vegas Blues Hall of Fame inductee and a Las Vegas Black Music Award winner twice (2007, 2013). He has performed as a musician with Johnny Taylor, The Temptations, Joe Williams, Blue Mitchel, Al Wilson, and The Fifth Dimension. Billy Ray Charles's latest releases are on Loveforce International Records. In the 1970’s Charles was a member of the Hitmakers, an elite group of Los Angeles-based African American studio musicians similar to the Wrecking Crew and the Funk Brothers. See Billy's Homepage below: https://sites.google.com/view/loveforceinternational/billy-ray-charles Billy Ray Charles is a Proud Member of Affiliated Independent Recording Creators Organization (AIRCO)

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Born
1948
Shreveport, Louisiana

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on April 06, 2023

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