What do Homer, Ray Charles and Jorge Borges all have in common, Georgina?

荷马、雷·查尔斯和豪尔赫·博尔赫斯有什么共同之处，乔治娜？

IRV DRASNIN: Well, now wait a minute. So was Ray Charles your first music teacher?

好的，现在等一下。雷·查尔斯是你的第一位音乐老师吗？

By the end of the nineteen fifties, Ray Charles had recorded many hit songs.

到20世纪50年代末，雷·查尔斯已经录制了很多热门歌曲。

Hmm, so that's the ancient Greek poet, Homer; American singer, Ray Charles; and Argentine writer, Jorge Luis Borges.

嗯，所以荷马是古希腊的诗人；雷·查尔斯是美国歌手；豪尔赫·路易斯·博尔赫斯是阿根廷作家。

Ray Charles spent almost sixty years as a professional musician. Millions of people around the world enjoy his recordings.

雷·查尔斯作为一名职业音乐家度过了近60年的时间。全世界数以百万计的人喜欢他的唱片。

Ray Charles continued to make rhythm-and-blues and jazz records. But that was still not enough for him.

雷·查尔斯继续创作节奏布鲁斯和爵士乐唱片。但这对他来说还不够。

At the dance that night, Ray Charles put together simple piano music, traditional call and response and rock-and-roll.

在那晚的舞会中，雷·查尔斯将简单的钢琴曲和传统的" 呼唤与回应" 风格音乐和摇滚乐结合在了一起。

What'd I Say? sold millions of copies. Ray Charles no longer just played at small dances for black people.

《我该说什么？》售出了数百万张。从此雷·查尔斯不再只是在黑人的小型舞会上演奏。

At that time, Ray Charles was trying to play the piano and sing like the famous performer Nat King Cole.

那时，雷·查尔斯尝试弹奏钢琴，像著名的表演者纳·京·高尔那样演奏。

If Ray Charles only played the piano, he would have been considered one of the best.

如果雷·查尔斯只弹钢琴，他会被认为是最好的之一。

Ray Charles did not listen to the experts. He took a chance. And he was right.

雷·查尔斯没有听从专家的建议。他冒了个险，他是对的。

Ray Charles died June tenth, two thousand four at the age of seventy-three.

雷·查尔斯于2004年6月10日去世，享年73岁。

Ray Charles was fifteen years old when his mother died. Within a year, he had left school to work.

雷·查尔斯的母亲去世时，他只有15岁。不到一年，他就离开学校去工作了。

Ramone was account with all kinds of music and musician, he worked with Ray Charles, Billy Joel, Madonna, Aretha Franklin among others.

雷蒙和所有类型的音乐和音乐家都有合作, 他曾与雷·查尔斯，比利·乔, 麦当娜, 艾瑞莎富兰克林等等合作。

For " The Long and Winding Road" he pretended to be Ray Charles; mimicking other writers is a habitual " disappearing trick" .

在《漫长而曲折的道路》中，他假装自己是雷·查尔斯；模仿其他作家是一种习惯性的“消失把戏”。

If he had only played jazz music, the world would have listened. But Ray Charles did all these things and more.

如果他只演奏爵士乐，世人也会听他的音乐。但是雷·查尔斯做了上述所有事情，还有更多。

You might think Ray Charles would have given his time and money to help the blind. He did not.

你可能会认为雷·查尔斯会花时间和金钱来帮助盲人。她没有。

Here, it is Ray Charles who tells his love that he will love her no matter what.

这里的这首是雷·查尔斯的，歌中他告诉他的爱人，无论发生了什么，他都会爱着她。

This album was created back in 1995, and since its inception, it's been awarded to such luminary musicians as Ray Charles and Bruno Mars.

这个奖项创立于1995年，自从其创立以来，就曾授予过雷·查尔斯和布鲁诺·马尔斯等杰出的音乐家。

Renald Richard soon was playing his trumpet for Ray Charles' band.

Renald Richard 很快就开始为 Ray Charles 的乐队演奏小号。