The amazing life story of Ray Charles is featured in the movie Ray starring Jamie Foxx. Ray's unique style and passion for music is forever etched in our country's cultural fabric. Michael Brown gives us a masterful blendof the unforgettable hits Georgia On My Mind I Can't Stop Loving You What'd I Say Hallelujah I Love Her So and Let the Good Times Roll.

An up-tempo rockin' style call-and-response playing and hot horn riffs are all a part of this arrangement of the Ray Charles classic. The legend of Ray lives on through tunes like this that never seem to grow old.

Ray Charles (1930-2004) was a multitalented and pioneering American pianist and soul singer who became very popular in the late fifties, and remained respected for his music in the decades that followed. By incorporating gospel, jazz, blues, and big band elements, he helped shape the sound of rhythm and blues, and brought a soulful sound to everything from country music to pop standards. Ray Charles embodied the American dream, starting out a poor, blind boy from the southern United States and becoming an international music phenomenon; his nickname was ?the Genius? for a good reasonIn this arrangement for concert band, Peter Kleine Schaars presents five of the songs that contributed to Ray Charles? fame: I Can?t Stop Loving You, Hit the Road Jack, Georgia on My Mind, Hallelujah I Love Her So, and Unchain My Heart.

Performance/Easy Limited Edition Series - Grade 4-Ray Charles could rock with the best of them and this tune shows why! Featuring a touch of gospel style this exciting arrangement includes a driving pulse an effective stop time section the trademark call and response and a full-blown push to the end.

As portrayed in the recent hit movie Ray Ray Charles is recognized as a true icon of American music. This opener features Ray's distinctive version of America The Beautiful and the joyful gospel style of Hallelujah I Love Her So.