Sujet

Receipt for payment for a recording session signed by Ray Charles, November 24, 1950. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Receipt for payment signed by African-American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer Ray Charles (1930-2004), early in his career when he was only 20 years old. The receipt states that Ray Charles Robinson received from Swing Time Record Company payment of $82.50 for a recording session at Universal Studios on November 24, 1950. Charles joined Swing Time Records and under his own name "Ray Charles" to avoid being confused with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson) recorded two more R&B hits, "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand" (#5) in 1951 and "Kissa Me Baby" (#8) in 1952. The following year, Swing Time folded and Ahmet Ertegün signed him to Atlantic Records.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A77_481

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,4Mo (1,5Mo) / 30,8cm x 39,4cm / 3640 x 4650 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black music arts industry country letter museum industrial paper location century receipt payment papers paperwork recording document company African American African-American B&W signature afro-american fifties 1950s United States of America black & white black and white B W Universal Studios 20th century heritage American America USA decade united states Unknown Charles Ray Robinson record company Ink on paper letterhead cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC receipts recording session Swing Time Records Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson