Ray charles biography printables

Condensed biography of the "Father of Soul".

This resource offers information pages about the musician and print-and-go worksheets for students to complete.

This is mainly a reading comprehension based on a single site.

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INSTRUCTIONS:

Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.

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INSTRUCTIONS:

For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.

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You will not be able to edit the results after submission, but you will be able to retake the entire activity.

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Ray Charles Research Paper

1. Ray Charles Research Paper Entry into the mundane world: Ray Charles was born on September 23, in Albany, Georgia (1). In his early years of life, Ray Charles was a son of a sharecropper and a mechanic. He and his parents moved to Florida at an early age. Ray Charles enjoyed interest in music bygd listening to Mr. Wiley Pit perform at the Red kaffebar (1). Mr. Pit serves as the greatest foundation towards the Ray's interest in music and wanting to play the piano. In addition, this influences some of Charles's actions in his "call to adventure." Call to adventure: Ray Charles' call to adventure begins after the traumatic event of his early life was when Ray witnesses the drowning death of his brother in a bath tub. The importance of Mr. Pit shows again for he was responsible for taking care of Ray and his brother, and showed to be a father figure between the two boys at the absences of their father. Shortly after this event, at age 5

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Ray Charles Facts

Ray Charles' younger brother George drowned in the laundry tub when he was 4 years old. While attending school in St. Augustine Florida, Ray learned to use Braille to read and write and compose music. He learned how to play the sax, trumpet, and clarinet while also furthering his talent on the piano and organ. Ray was talented at playing the blues, country, and gospel. At the age of 15 Ray Charles toured in the South on the 'Chitlin Circuit'. At the age of 16 Ray Charles moved to Seattle where he met Quincy Jones, who became a lifelong friend and collaborator. Ray's early major influences included Nat King Cole and Charles Brown. In Ray Charles released 'Confession Blues' which was his first single. It did well on the R&B charts and he followed with 'Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand' and 'Kissa Me Baby'. Ray Charles signed a deal with Atlantic Records in and his first R&B hit with the label was 'Mess Around'. In Ray Charles' so