Editing Ray Charles (section)

===Awards and honors===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Year'''
|'''Award/Honor'''
|'''Category/Recognition'''
|'''Notable Works or Details'''
|-
|'''1959'''
|"What'd I Say"
|Major Crossover Hit
|#1 on R&B charts, #6 on  Billboard Hot 100
|-
|'''1960'''
|[[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
|Best Rhythm & Blues Performance
|Song: "Let the Good Times Roll"
|-
|'''1960'''
|Grammy Award
|Best Male Vocal Performance, Pop
|Song:  "Georgia on My Mind"
|-
|'''1960'''
|Grammy  Award
|Best  Performance by a Pop Single Artist
|Song: "Georgia on My Mind"
|-
|'''1961'''
|Grammy Award
|Best Male Vocal Performance,  R&B
|Song:  "Hit the Road Jack"
|-
|'''1961'''
|Playboy  Award
|Best  Male Vocalist, Jazz and Pop
|Recognition  from Playboy magazine
|-
|'''1962'''
|Grammy Award
|Best Male Solo Vocal Performance
|Song:  "I Can't Stop Loving You"
|-
|'''1962'''
|Grammy  Award
|Best  Rhythm & Blues Recording
|Song: "I Can't Stop Loving You"
|-
|'''1962'''
|Grammy Award
|Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
|Song:  "I Can't Stop Loving You"
|-
|'''1963'''
|Grammy  Award
|Best  Rhythm & Blues Recording
|Song: "Busted"
|-
|'''1963'''
|Grammy Award
|Best Vocal Performance, Male
|Song:  "Busted"
|-
|'''1965'''
|Playboy  Award
|Best  Male Vocalist, Jazz
|Recognition  from Playboy magazine
|-
|'''1967'''
|Grammy Award
|Best R&B Solo Vocal  Performance, Male or Female
|Song:  "Crying Time"
|-
|'''1971'''
|Playboy  Award
|Best  Pop and R&B Vocalist
|Recognition  from Playboy magazine
|-
|'''1973'''
|Academy of Country Music (ACM)  Awards
|Duo of the Year (with Willie  Nelson)
|Collaboration on "Seven  Spanish Angels"
|-
|'''1975'''
|[[Academy  of Achievement]]'s Golden Plate Award
|For  distinguished career in music
|Celebrated  for career achievements
|-
|'''1976'''
|[[Country Music Association Awards|Country Music Association (CMA)  Awards]]
|Album of the Year (with Willie  Nelson)
|Ray Charles & Willie Nelson: Best of Friends
|-
|'''1981'''
|[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
|[[Hollywood Walk of Fame|Star on Walk of Fame]]
|Recognized  for his contributions to entertainment
|-
|'''1986'''
|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
|Inductee (Inaugural Class)
|One of the first musicians  inducted
|-
|'''1986'''
|Medal of Commander
|The Order of Arts and Letters
|Commander of Fine Arts and Letters
<ref>{{Cite web |title=1980s |url=https://raycharles.com/legacy/1980s/#:~:text=The%20French%20Government%20honored%20Ray%20Charles%20when%20he%20was%20made%20a%20%E2%80%9CCommander%20of%20Fine%20Arts%20and%20Letters,%E2%80%9D%20the%20second%20time%20the%20Republic%20of%20France%20has%20selected%20Charles%20for%20a%20distinguished%20honor. |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Ray Charles |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|'''1986'''
|Kennedy Center Honors
|Lifetime Achievement in Arts
|Celebrated  as a cultural icon and pioneer in music
|-
|'''1987'''
|President's  Merit Award
|Recognition  by the Recording Academy
|Honored  for contributions to music
|-
|'''1988'''
|[[Grammy Lifetime Achievement  Award]]
|Lifetime Achievement
|Celebrated for career  achievements
|-
|'''1990'''
|Grammy Award
|Best Jazz Vocal Performance,  Male
|Song:  "I'll Be Good to You" (with Chaka Khan)
|-
|'''1990'''
|Honorary  Doctorate - University of South Florida
|Doctor  of Fine Arts
|Recognized  for his influence on arts and culture
|-
|'''1991'''
|Rhythm & Blues Foundation  Pioneer Award
|Inductee
|Recognized for contributions to  R&B music
|-
|'''1991'''
|George  and Ira Gershwin Award
|Lifetime  Musical Achievement Award at UCLA Spring Sing
|Honored  for his lasting musical legacy
|-
|'''1993'''
|National Medal of Arts
|Presented by President [[Bill Clinton]]
|Highest U.S. award for artistic  achievement
|-
|'''1993'''
|Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
|Lifetime  Achievement
|Recognition  of his lifetime contributions
|-
|'''1998'''
|Polar Music Prize
|Awarded with [[Ravi Shankar]]
|Sweden's most prestigious award,  presented by the King & Queen
|-
|'''2001'''
|Candle  Award from Morehouse College
|Lifetime  Achievement in Arts and Entertainment
|Recognized  for his contributions to arts and education
|-
|'''2001'''
|Honorary Doctorate - Morehouse  College
|Doctor of Humane Letters
|$2 million donation to fund  music education
|-
|'''2003'''
|Honorary  Doctorate - Dillard University
|Doctor  of Humane Letters
|Endowed  a professorship in African-American culinary history
|-
|'''2004'''
|Grammy Award
|Best Gospel Performance
|Song:  "Heaven Help Us All" (with Gladys Knight)
|-
|'''2004'''
|Grammy Award
|Best  Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists
|Song: "Here We Go Again" (with Norah Jones)
|-
|'''2004'''
|Grammy Award
|Record of the Year
|Song:  "Here We Go Again" (with Norah Jones)
|-
|'''2004'''
|Grammy Award
|Album  of the Year
|Album: Genius Loves Company
|-
|'''2004'''
|Grammy Award
|Best Pop Vocal Album
|Album: Genius Loves Company
|-
|'''2004'''
|Google Doodle Tribute
|Commemorated  on his 74th birthday
|
|-
|'''2004'''
|National Black Sports &  Entertainment Hall of Fame
|Inductee
|Honored for achievements in  entertainment
|-
|'''2005'''
|Grammy  Awards Dedication
|Grammy  Awards dedicated to Charles
|Tribute  after his passing
|-
|'''2010'''
|Ray Charles Performing Arts  Center
|Facility named at Morehouse  College
|$20 million facility established  for arts education
|-
|'''2013'''
|USPS  Forever Stamp
|Part  of the Musical Icons series
|Recognized  as an American music icon
|-
|'''2013'''
|Rolling Stone
|#10 on "100 Greatest Artists of  All Time"
|Recognized among music legends
|-
|'''2013'''
|Rolling  Stone
|#2 on "100 Greatest Singers of All Time"
|Praised  for vocal prowess and influence
|-
|'''2015'''
|Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of  Fame
|Inductee
|Honored for his influence on  R&B music
|-
|'''2016'''
|"A Tribute to Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House"[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-pbss-tribute-ray-charles-performance-the-white-house][https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ray-charles-returns-white-house-180958135/]
|Statement on "America the Beautiful" and performance by [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] "Georgia on My Mind"
|A Smithsonian Salute broadcast on [[PBS]]. Obama praised his rendition as deeply patriotic
|-
|'''2022'''
|[[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]]
|Inductee (Posthumous)
|Third African-American inducted,  honored for country influence
|}
[[File:Ray Charles star on Hollywood Blvd IMG 6636 photo 2023.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Star honoring Charles on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], at 6777 Hollywood Boulevard]]

[[File:Nagoya Walk of Fame.jpg|upright|thumb|Star honoring Charles on the Nayoya Walk of Fame in Japan]]

In 1975, Ray Charles was inducted into the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] and presented with the Golden Plate Award and the Academy of Achievement gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=Achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|access-date=September 21, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Photo: Two Academy members, William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, and Ray Charles at the 2003 Banquet of the Golden Plate Award gala ceremonies.|publisher= [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/summit/2003/|access-date= September 21, 2020|archive-date= November 3, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211103061128/https://achievement.org/summit/2003/|url-status= live}}</ref>

In 1979, Charles was one of the first musicians born in the state to be inducted into the [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]].<ref name="gamusichall1979">{{cite news|title=List of Inductees |date=1979–2007 |publisher=Georgia Music Hall of Fame|url=http://www.gamusichall.com/inducteelist.html|access-date=November 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015013823/http://www.gamusichall.com/inducteelist.html |archive-date=October 15, 2006}}</ref> His version of "Georgia on My Mind" was also made the official state song of the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name="State Song">{{cite news|title=State Song|year=1979|publisher=Georgia Secretary of State|url=http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/state_symbols/state_song.html|access-date=September 22, 2010|archive-date=October 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002050640/http://www.sos.georgia.gov/archives/state_symbols/state_song.html}}</ref>

In 1981, he was given a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ray Charles |publisher=Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://walkoffame.com/ray-charles/ |access-date=November 25, 2006 |archive-date=February 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204012452/http://www.walkoffame.com/ray-charles |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1986, he was one of the first inductees to the [[Rock & Roll Hall of Fame]] at its inaugural ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |title=Inductees |publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum |url=http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=76|access-date=November 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123064050/http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=76 |archive-date=November 23, 2006}}</ref> He also received the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite news|title=List of Kennedy Center Honorees|year=1986|publisher=Kennedy Center|url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/history/home.html|access-date=November 25, 2006|archive-date=September 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918212215/http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/history/home.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Charles won 17 [[Grammy Award]]s from his 37 nominations.<ref name=":1" /> In 1987, he was awarded the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref name=":1" />

In 1991, he was inducted to the [[Rhythm & Blues Foundation]] and was presented with the [[UCLA Spring Sing The George and Ira Gershwin Award|George and Ira Gershwin Award]] for Lifetime Musical Achievement during the 1991 [[UCLA Spring Sing]].<ref name="UCLA" />

In 1990, he was given an honorary doctorate of fine arts by the [[University of South Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Jet|date=May 28, 1990|page=22|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|access-date=October 25, 2018|via=Google Books|archive-date=May 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508044546/https://books.google.com/books?id=ALADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1993, he was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#93|title=Lifetime Honors—National Medal of Arts |publisher=Nea.gov |access-date=September 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#93 |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref> In 1998 he was awarded the [[Polar Music Prize]], together with [[Ravi Shankar]], in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. In 2004 he was inducted to the National Black Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hall of Fame|year=2004|publisher=National Black Sports & Entertainment|url=http://www.harlemdiscover.com/halloffame|access-date=November 25, 2006  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309231808/http://www.harlemdiscover.com/halloffame/|archive-date=March 9, 2007}}</ref> The [[Grammy Awards of 2005]] were dedicated to Charles.

In 2001, [[Morehouse College]] honored Charles with the Candle Award for Lifetime Achievement in Arts and Entertainment,<ref name="honorees morehouse">{{cite web|url=https://cfr.morehouse.edu/document.doc?id=156|title=Morehouse College Bennie and Candle Recipients 1989–2013|date=2013|publisher=Morehouse College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143705/https://cfr.morehouse.edu/document.doc?id=156|archive-date=March 17, 2017|access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref> and later that same year granted him an honorary doctor of humane letters.<ref name="RC-Morehouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.raycharles.com/RC/RC-Morehouse.html|title=Ray Charles Performing Arts Center|year=2015|publisher=Raycharles.com|access-date=March 16, 2017|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216073809/http://www.raycharles.com/RC/RC-Morehouse.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Charles donated $2 million to Morehouse "to fund, educate and inspire the next generation of musical pioneers".<ref name="RC-Morehouse" />

In 2003, Charles was awarded an honorary degree by [[Dillard University]], and upon his death he endowed a professorship of African-American culinary history at the school, the first such chair in the nation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E0D91F3AF930A15751C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon= |title=A Gift to Black Cuisine, from Ray Charles |first=Mimi |last=Read |work=The New York Times |date=February 23, 2005 |access-date=October 11, 2010 |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508044329/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/23/dining/a-gift-to-black-cuisine-from-ray-charles.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On September 22, 2004, Ray Charles was honored with a [[Google Doodle]] on what would have been his 74th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ray Charles' 74th Birthday|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/ray-charles-74th-birthday/|access-date=January 2, 2023|website=Google|language=en|archive-date=January 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103054426/https://www.google.com/doodles/ray-charles-74th-birthday|url-status=live}}</ref> It was one of the first Doodles for one's birthday.

In 2010, a $20 million, {{convert|76,000|sqft|abbr=on}} facility named the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center and Music Academic Building, opened at Morehouse.<ref name="ribbon">{{cite press release|url=http://www.morehouse.edu/communications/archives/002313.html|title=Morehouse Cuts the Ribbon on the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center and Music Academic Building|last=Seymour|first=Add Jr.|date=September 29, 2010|access-date=March 16, 2017|publisher=Morehouse College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143513/https://www.morehouse.edu/communications/archives/002313.html|archive-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] issued a forever stamp honoring Charles, as part of its Musical Icons series, on September 23, 2013.<ref>[http://www.usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=fca5bb93c833ad71742675dcdc2af79bd3169ce0 Ray Charles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406021826/http://www.usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=fca5bb93c833ad71742675dcdc2af79bd3169ce0 |date=April 6, 2023 }} US Stamp Gallery</ref>

In 2015, Charles was inducted into the [[Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wdet.org/posts/2015/06/24/80845-rb-music-hall-of-fame-comes-to-detroit/|title=R&B Music Hall of Fame Comes to Detroit|website=Wdet.org|access-date=November 6, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128145235/https://wdet.org/posts/2015/06/24/80845-rb-music-hall-of-fame-comes-to-detroit/}}</ref>

In 2016, U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] wrote via his press secretary, "Ray Charles's version of "[[America the Beautiful]]" will always be in my view the most patriotic piece of music ever performed."<ref>Quoted in David Remnick (2016), [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/aretha-franklins-american-soul "Soul Survivor: The Revival and Hidden Treasure of Aretha Franklin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923201513/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/aretha-franklins-american-soul |date=September 23, 2023 }}. ''The New Yorker''. April 4, 2016. Retrieved on April 4, 2016.</ref>

In 2022, Charles was posthumously inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/judds-ray-charles-inducted-country-hall-fame-84428449|title=The Judds, Ray Charles join the Country Music Hall of Fame|author=Kristin M. Hall, AP Entertainment Writer|publisher=ABC News|date=May 1, 2022|access-date=May 1, 2022|archive-date=May 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501190826/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/judds-ray-charles-inducted-country-hall-fame-84428449|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/judds-inducted-country-hall-fame-ceremony-medallion-wynonna-naomi-1235255555/|title=Judds Inducted Into Country Hall of Fame in Tearful Ceremony a Day After Naomi's Death|first=Chris|last=Williams|publisher=Variety|date=May 1, 2022|access-date=May 1, 2022|archive-date=May 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502012521/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/judds-inducted-country-hall-fame-ceremony-medallion-wynonna-naomi-1235255555/|url-status=live}}</ref> the third [[African-American]] to be inducted after [[Charley Pride]] (2000) and [[Deford Bailey]] (2005). He was also the 13th person to be inducted into both the Country and Rock Halls of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/ray-charles-the-judds-to-join-country-music-hall-of-fame/ |title=Ray Charles, The Judds to join Country Music Hall of Fame |work=The Seattle Times |last=Hall |first=Kristin M. |agency=Associated Press |date=August 16, 2021 |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816211739/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/ray-charles-the-judds-to-join-country-music-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live }}</ref>