Ray Charles Levette

Yar Charles started his music career at the age of 12, when he picked up his first guitar made of plastic , with nylon strings , he wrote his first song at the age of 15. he met miss Laura when she was 15 , he was 18. they married and moved to Dallas, Texas in 1980. the goal was to live in Dallas for several years and then to move to LA where the music action was. Several trips to LA over the next several years did not bare fruit. Ray swears some of his material was use in various songs over the decades one of his songs came on the radio one day while he was washing his car and he started singing it and realize it was not his song but Levert song using his music. Some Of Ray's early work several jingles for the Cousin Lenny radio show on KKDA , entitled Cousin Lenny Let the good times roll, he also performed in the Southwestern Bell Sickle cell anemia charity for several years providing the sound equipment as well for the contestants, Performed in the Little Anthony review , competitions in the Dallas Ft Worth area , hosted the Jerry Lewis telethon in Jasper Texas, open for Yarborough and Peoples at the Executive club in Dallas, TX , primary guest on a Date line Dallas a local Cable TV show of which several videos are on You Tube showing the performance.