The Ray Charles Video Museum is a research project, documenting live performances by The Genius.

This project was started by my father, Bob Stumpel, on Blogspot. On February 18th 2020 he passed away. This was his project and I’m trying to transfer it all to a WordPress blog. A lot of data has been lost over the years, please let me know if you have any of the video’s or images which are now unavailable. Send me the page and the content which isn’t correct or missing by email.

The styling of this website is also a work in progress, I’m working on it on my free time. If you’d like to collaborate on the development of this website you can also let me know by email.

The Ray Charles Video Museum is a research project, documenting live performances by The Genius.

This blog is above all a Mediagraphy. It’s also a discography (or, more correctly, a trackography), aggregating all tunes that Ray sang and/or played – including the “canon” of 700 tracks listed on the official Ray Charles website, but also identifying the songs that have never been officially released, and e.g. the recordings of other artists, where Ray backed them on piano. Thirdly, this blog has evolved into a multimedia Chronology (click the years in the panel al the top of this page) of Ray’s productive live.

I also try to do some justice to the more than 1,000 great musicians and singers who contributed to Ray’s career (1, 2).

The Quotes page lists the wisest, craziest and funniest things that the Genius ever said. If you want to read more about Brother Ray, go here.

The availability of the streaming video and audio content on this blog is constantly under pressure. Some rights owners still think that sharing these videos damages their sales. I’m keeping disfunctional clips as placeholders – to show that the footage exists, and to replace them when new uploads appear on the Web.

The articles in this blog are continuously updated and improved. Your help is more than welcome.

Adrian Veseli

Hello, I am honored to be part of the team as a Co-Developer of the Ray Charles Video Museum Project. Although I may be from a newer generation of fans, I have always considered myself an “old soul”. When I first heard Ray Charles, I knew that he was special and needed to be recognized for his huge influence on music and history. My deep dive into his history started in 2021 when I finally sat down and watched the movie Ray. From that day on I have been consuming everything I can on him and am now ranked the number one listener of Ray Charles worldwide on Spotify & Last.fm. I’m also an avid archivist.

The main thing I focus on is archiving Charles’s legacy. I own over 150 vinyl albums of his and am working on archiving every canon CD, Cassette, and record variant that has ever been released. As you can tell I take huge interest in keeping his history alive, and I do this by keeping you guys updated with newly found videos and news we receive from the Ray Charles Foundation and our industry friends.

I am currently working on writing articles about his music and how they tie into history. My next project will be breaking down his albums and how they related to world events during the 20th century. Just some examples are Ray Charles and his music during Apartheid, his album At The Palace and his concert at The Palais des Sports, and post the Iron Curtain. If you’re reading this and would like to share something you own that no one else does, please feel free to email me at the address below.

Join my Reddit page r/RayCharles and my YouTube channel RayCharlesfans for some well-rounded discussions and posts.

If you have any specific question about Ray or any personal questions, all inquiries directed to me can be sent here: thegeniusray@hotmail.com

Adrian Veseli