Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

• DirectorTaylor Hackford
• Release29 October 2004
• Genre
  Drama / Music
• Duration2h 32m
• Budget$40,000,000
• Revenue$124,700,000
• Rate
  

  7.45
  2111 reviews
• Productions

  Bristol Bay Productions, Universal Pictures, Anvil Films, Baldwin Entertainment Group