Performance · Production

Ray Charles

real name Ray Charles Robinson

1930-09-23 – 2004-06-10

Ray Charles is credited on 12,305 releases across 2,564 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Start your shelf →Open in app
Photo of Ray Charles

12,305

Credits

2,564

Albums

8

Decades active

1,302

In collections

Biography

source

Showing the Discogs bio

American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer, born September 23, 1930, Albany, Georgia, USA – died June 10, 2004, Beverly Hills, California, USA.
He was inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (Performer).
For the leader of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles.
For the co-writer of the songs "Frenesi" and "South", see Ray Charles
In 1962, he founded Tangerine Records. After Charles left ABC Records in 1973, he closed Tangerine and started Crossover Records. The Tangerine catalog is owned by Ray Charles Enterprises, Inc.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

12,305 releases · 2,564 albums · active 1952–2026

  • Performance · 17,781
  • Production · 443
  • Other credits · 426
  • Engineering · 167
  • Mastering · 52

Studios: RPM International Studios · Star-Club Hamburg · Atlantic Studios · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.