Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Bruce Gowers

Writers:

Ken Ehrlich (writer)
David Wild (writer)

Release Date:

22 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Music

Plot Keywords:

Song | TV Special | Singing | Singer | Musician

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Mary J. Blige	...	Herself
Joe Cipriano	...	Announcer
Tom Cruise	...	Himself
Jamie Foxx	...	Himself - Host
Morgan Freeman	...	Himself
Al Green	...	Himself
Elton John	...	Himself
Norah Jones	...	Herself
Quincy Jones	...	Himself
B.B. King	...	Himself
David 'Fathead' Newman Jr.	...	Himself
Billy Preston	...	Himself
Usher Raymond	...	Himself
Bruce Willis	...	Himself
Stevie Wonder	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:M

Company:

Ken Ehrlich Productions

Mary J. Blige

She did her thang on "Come Rain Or Come Shine"!! That was probably her best live performance to date in my opinion. And there are a lot of Mary performances I love to death. This performance gave me chills, and made me cry. She put so much soul in this performance. I know Ray was smiling down happy when she sang this. If you haven't seen this special, you need to just for this performance alone. I believe this was released on DVD. I don't really even remember anything else about this special. The only thing I remember was this haunting performance. It amazes me that still to this day, people say Mary can't sing. She has had some bad performances, but her good ones outweigh those. And who hasn't had some bad days?? Whitney, Aretha, Patti, Mariah, etc... have had a bad performance here and there. If anyone still thinks she can't sing, just listening to this would surely change your mind. Someone could say they don't like her voice, they don't care for her or her music, just not their style, etc... But to say she "can't sing" is ludicrous.