I'm not going to disrespect the momentousness of this event by teaching our younger readers how Joe Cocker idolized Ray, and performed songs like Bob Dylan's
"Dear Landlord...please don't put a price on my soul...Dear landlord,
Please don't dismiss my case.
I'm not about to argue,
I'm not about to move to no other place.
Now, each of us has his own special gift
And you know this was meant to be true,
And if you don't underestimate me,
I won't underestimate you."

No, now is neither the time not the place for such frivolities. You will find the addresses where cards and flowers may be sent to Ray's grieving family within these "non-deleted" threads.

I wish I could find Ray's version of "America" ("This is how we used to sing it when I was a little boy"), Ray rejoiced...but I am having a hard time seeing my keyboard through my tears. Can someone please find Ray's "America?"

Ray passed away from bowling ball liver- whether from the heron (sic) needle or alcohol- what does it matter? The thing is, WN Worldwide- Ray is gone!

Please say a prayer for Ray today.


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http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=137184&highlight=ray+charles

http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=137188&highlight=ray+charles

Perhaps sustaining member Casper "Semper Fidelis" has best summed up my own personal feelings at this emotional time in our common WN history:
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1093316&postcount=5
Yesterday, 06:38 PM #5
Casper
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Re: Ray Charles...

Ray Charles was a great singer. He attended Florida School for the Blind in St. Augustine, FL. He donated quite a large sum to the school some years back. Charles was also a Disc Jockey at WFOY in Florida before launching his musical career. Pretty impressive for a Black man growing up in the 1930's-1940's South.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=ray%20charles
Ronald Reagan and Ray Charles

Posted by ladtx
On News/Activism 06/11/2004 6:56:51 AM PDT with 19 comments

WLS AM Chicago ^ | 11 June 2004 | me
I just heard, through the WLS AM (Chicago) internet stream a tribute to both Ronald Reagan and Ray Charles. It was terrific, hope they post it on their website. It was the Ray Charles rendition of "America" interspersed with quotes from Ronald Reagan. Should be a part of any patriotic salute to the United States.


Vanity help needed: Who sings like Ray Charles?

Posted by MoralSense
On News/Activism 06/11/2004 4:29:59 AM PDT with 21 comments

Free Republic ^ | 6/11/04 | MoralSense
Help me with a letter to the editor I'm writing. What singers can you think of who've based their sound on Ray Charles? I've got Michael Bolton, David Clayton-Thomas, Steve Winwood, Joe Cocker, and a few others. I know there are more. Thanks.


Legendary Singer Ray Charles Dies

Posted by azhenfud
On News/Activism 06/10/2004 2:00:32 PM PDT with 35 comments

wftv.com ^
Legendary Singer Ray Charles Dies Spokesman Jerry Digney said Charles died of acute liver disease today in Bevery Hills, Calif., while surrounded by family and friends. He was 73.


Grammy-Winning Crooner Ray Charles Dies

Posted by jazzo
On News/Activism 06/10/2004 1:09:01 PM PDT with 45 comments

Yahoo News ^ | 06/10/2004
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ray Charles (news), the Grammy-winning crooner who blended gospel and blues in such crowd-pleasers as "What'd I Say" and heartfelt ballads like "Georgia on My Mind," died Thursday, a spokesman said. He was 73. Charles died at his Beverly Hills home surrounded by family and friends, said spokesman Jerry Digney. Charles last public appearance was alongside Clint Eastwood (news) on April 30, when the city of Los Angeles designated the singer's studios, built 40 years ago in central Los Angeles, as a historic landmark. Blind by age 7 and an orphan at 15, Charles spent his...


Music Legend Ray Charles Dies

Posted by HEY4QDEMS
On News/Activism 06/10/2004 12:38:49 PM PDT with 202 comments

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DAMN...that is so FUNNY!!!!!!!! LMAO...Georgie you crack me up. :D

(I'm giving you a good reputation point for that one!)

Ray Charles did have some extraordinary insight; I'll never forget his "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay," so quintessential of the black lifestyle. lol....

Okay, the nigger is dead. Get over it.

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Ray Charles did have some extraordinary insight; I'll never forget his "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay," so quintessential of the black lifestyle. lol....
Actually Otis Redding sang that song. But I agree with you it epitomizes
the lazy negro lifestyle, IMHO.

Once again, I am shocked by how horribly racist you are in spreading these awful rumors!

GET WELL SOON, RAY CHARLES!!!

I think the reason old black men are usually nice is because all the asshole black men die when they are young because they shoot each other and get arrested and stuff.

In fact, I don't think I've ever met one mean old mean black guy.

I think the reason old black men are usually nice is because all the asshole black men die when they are young because they shoot each other and get arrested and stuff.

In fact, I don't think I've ever met one mean old mean black guy.

Haha youre probably right. The only black people that I could say I've ever "liked" were definately older ones. Then again, pretty much all old people are pretty nice lol.

You're only, what, 22 yrs old? Some of the very worst, hate-filled, vitriolic and still dangerous niggers are the old ones (male & female). You know, the ones who've survived "whitey's oppression."

I guess I see how that could be true, although I've never met any of these old dangerous negroes (heh). I'm only twenty, but come to think of it, the only blacks who didn't really piss me off were old people.

I think old white people tend to be meaner (maybe because they remember back before multiculturalism, no? lol)

You're only, what, 22 yrs old? Some of the very worst, hate-filled, vitriolic and still dangerous niggers are the old ones (male & female). You know, the ones who've survived "whitey's oppression."
I agree. One old black man who comes to mind is the Reverend Joseph
Lowery(they're all reverends, aren't they?). He lives in Atlanta and never
misses a chance to speak to the press about some white oppression
that is taking place.