You Don't Know Me feat. Diana Krall by lorrdarlin

lorrdarlin - You Don't Know Me feat. Diana Krall

lorrdarlin

Jul 12, 2025 12:42am

SINGING A DUET WITH DENUIM64, ................THANKS<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ynBH6nbCkj4/hqdefault.jpg" alt="DIANA KRALL & RAY CHARLES - YOU DON'T KNOW ME"> Ray Charles Robinson and Diana Krall(September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians, he preferred being called "Brother Ray".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-RollingStone-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-NPR_death-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucoma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">glaucoma</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-Unterberger-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a>Charles pioneered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">soul music</a> genre during the 1950s by combining elements of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">blues</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">jazz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">rhythm and blues</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">gospel</a> into his music during his time with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Atlantic Records</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-Unterberger-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-VH1-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-popc-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> He contributed to the integration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country music</a>, rhythm and blues, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">pop music</a> during the 1960s with his crossover success on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">ABC Records</a>, notably with his two Modern Sounds albums.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-Tyrangiel-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a> While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first black musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-VH1-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a>Charles' 1960s hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_on_My_Mind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Georgia on My Mind</a>" was the first of his three career No. 1 hits on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard Hot 100</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[9]</a> His 1962 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Sounds_in_Country_and_Western_Music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music</a> became his first album to top the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard 200</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-:1-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a> Charles had multiple singles reach the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Top 40</a> on various Billboard charts: 61 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">US R&B</a> singles chart, 33 on the Hot 100 singles chart, and eight on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hot Country</a> singles charts.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-:6-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[11]</a>Charles cited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nat King Cole</a> as a primary influence, but his music was also influenced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Art Tatum</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Louis Jordan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brown_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Charles Brown</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-Autobio-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[12]</a> He had a lifelong friendship and occasional partnership with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Quincy Jones</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Frank Sinatra</a> called Ray Charles "the only true genius in show business", although Charles downplayed this notion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[13]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billy Joel</a> said, "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Elvis Presley</a>."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-15" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[14]</a>For his musical contributions, Charles received the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kennedy Center Honors</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">National Medal of Arts</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Music_Prize" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Polar Music Prize</a>. He was one of the inaugural inductees at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 1986. He has won 17 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Awards</a> (five posthumously),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-:1-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a> in 1987, and 10 of his recordings have been inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-:1-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rolling Stone</a> ranked Charles No. 10 on their list of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_100_Greatest_Artists_of_All_Time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">100 Greatest Artists of All Time</a>",<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-RollingStone-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> and No. 2 on their list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-16" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[15]</a> In 2022, he was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Country Music Hall of Fame</a>, as well as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Music_%26_Entertainment_Walk_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles#cite_note-17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[16]</a> Krall was born on November 16, 1964, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nanaimo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">British Columbia</a>, the daughter of Adella A. (née Wende), an elementary school teacher, and Stephen James "Jim" Krall, an accountant.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> Krall's only sibling, Michelle, is a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">RCMP</a>). Krall's father played piano at home, and her mother sang in a community choir. Krall began studying piano herself at the age of four<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a> and took exams through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Conservatory_of_Music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Royal Conservatory of Music</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a>In high school, she was a member of a student jazz group; at 15, she began playing professionally in local restaurants.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[9]</a> Krall won a scholarship to attend the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Berklee College of Music</a> in Boston, where she studied from 1981 to 1983,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a> before spending time in Los Angeles to play jazz. She returned to Canada to record her first album in 1992.She met veteran bassist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Brown_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ray Brown</a> in the early 1980s.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[11]</a> Impressed by her piano playing, he introduced Krall to other musicians and was an important mentor.Career