Ray charles robinson is raised in poverty in florida by his mother, aretha From his humble beginnings in the south through his meteoric rise to the top of american music charts, ray's inspirational journey is a tale of hope, redemption and the power of the human spirit. Learning to play piano at an early age, ray is haunted by the accidental death of his younger brother george, who drowns in their mother's washbasin
Ray loses his vision by age seven and becomes completely blind. Ray is the triumphant and remarkable story of one of america's true musical geniuses, ray charles The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician ray charles, from his humble beginnings in the south, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
