Ray Charles: Perbedaan antara revisi

Charles memelopori genre musik soul selama tahun 1950-an dengan menggabungkan blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, dan gaya gospel ke dalam musik yang dia rekam untuk Atlantic.<ref name="Unterberger"/><ref name="VH1">{{cite book|editor1-last=Hoye|editor1-first=Jacob|title=100 Greatest Albums|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRi-4Vmh_9QC&pg=PR10 |year=2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7434-4876-5 |page=210}}</ref><ref name="popc">{{cite web |title=Show 15: The Soul Reformation |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark%3A/67531/metadc19764/m1/#track/1 |website=digital.library.unt.edu |access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> Dia berkontribusi pada integrasi musik country, ritme dan blues, dan musik pop selama 1960-an dengan kesuksesan crossovernya di ABC Records, terutama dengan dua album Musik Modern miliknya.<ref>[http://oldies.about.com/od/soulmotown/p/raycharles.htm Guide Profile: Ray Charles], About.com; retrieved December 12, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24143629/soul_survivor_ray_charles |title=Soul Survivor Ray Charles |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 9, 1978 |first=Robert |last=Palmer |pages=10–14 |number=258 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |archive-date=2010-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301023612/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24143629/soul_survivor_ray_charles |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref name= Tyrangiel>{{cite news |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,Modern_Sounds_in_Country_and_Western_Music,00.html|title=Review: ''Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music''|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=2006|access-date= July 21, 2009 |archive-date=2010-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020085742/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,Modern_Sounds_in_Country_and_Western_Music,00.html|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Saat dia bersama ABC, Charles menjadi salah satu musisi kulit hitam pertama yang diberi kendali artistik oleh perusahaan rekaman arus utama.<ref name=VH1 />

His contract with Atlantic expired in 1959, and several big labels offered him record deals; choosing not to renegotiate his contract with Atlantic, he signed with [[ABC Records|ABC-Paramount]] in November 1959.<ref name=linernotes>[http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2007/08/12/ray-charles-%E2%80%9Ci-can%E2%80%99t-stop-loving-you%E2%80%9D Ray Charles, "I Can't Stop Loving You"]. Kalamu.com. Retrieved August 13, 2008.</ref> He obtained a more liberal contract than other artists had at the time, with ABC offering him a $50,000 (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|50,000|1959}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) annual advance, higher royalties than before and eventual ownership of his [[master tape]]s—a very valuable and lucrative deal at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/ray_charles_soul_pioneer|title=RS Biography: Ray Charles 1930-2004|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=August 14, 2008 |archive-date=2009-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430183735/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/ray_charles_soul_pioneer|dead-url=yes}}</ref> During his Atlantic years, Charles had been heralded for his inventive compositions, but by the time of the release of the largely instrumental jazz album ''[[Genius + Soul = Jazz]]'' (1960) for ABC's subsidiary label [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]], he had given up on writing to follow his eclectic impulses as an interpreter.<ref name=times/>