Receipt for payment for a recording session signed by Ray Charles: Museum Object and Cultural History
Receipt for payment for a recording session signed by Ray Charles: Date: November 24, 1950. Created by: Swing Time Records, American, 1947 - 1953. Received by: Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004.
The object in the museum catalogue
Receipt for payment signed by Ray Charles, singer 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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: November 24, 1950
- Created by: Swing Time Records, American, 1947 - 1953
- Received by: Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004
- Type: receipts
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Place used: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Object number: 2011.57.40.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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