Object Details
- Artist
- Michel Salou, active mid 20th century
- Sitter
- Ray Charles, 23 Sep 1930 - 10 Jun 2004
- Exhibition Label
- Blinded at five, singer-composer Ray Charles learned the rudiments of his musicianship at a school for the deaf and blind in his native Florida. In his early performing career, he modeled his style largely on singer Nat "King" Cole. By the early 1950s, however, he was developing his own original blend of blues and gospel that would lead to his first major hit recording, "I've Got a Woman," and ultimately make him the "father of soul music." The winner of eleven Grammy Awards and a Kennedy Center Honors award, Charles had many hits that have long since become classics of pop music, including "Georgia on My Mind" and "Hit the Road, Jack." He also exercised enormous influence on other performers, and many experts number him among the most important American musicians of his time.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- c. 1961
- Object number
- NPG.2000.23
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 17.9 x 23.9 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16")
- Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16")
- Place
- France\Île-de-France\Ville de Paris, Départment de
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Music\Musical instrument\Piano
- Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Bench
- Interior\Performing Arts
- Ray Charles: Male
- Ray Charles: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer
- Ray Charles: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer
- Ray Charles: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist
- Ray Charles: Society and Social Change\Physically disabled\Blind
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2000.23
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c70ba916-2e63-4a0c-b61b-2b937595a3fe
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