<I>Singer Ray Charles and the Rayletts performing “What I Say” at the Kennedy Center</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 17, 1980
name: label: Photograph by
content: Milton Williams, American, born 1940
label: Subject of
content: Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: The Raelettes, American, 1956 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: The Howard Theatre, American, founded 1910
notes: label: Caption
content: Howard Theater. I used to catch them at the Howard Theater in the fifties when they were performing this song. Just when you thought Ray Charles was going to fall off his seat, he would lean into the mike and really get into the music. They Raelettes were always as fine as they wanted to be. May 17, 1980.
label: Caption
content: Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 45.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Ray Charles and the Raelettes performing at the Howard Theatre. Charles is seated at a piano, with the Raelettes standing to the right. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Howard Theatre, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.15.101
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milton Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 7/16 x 13 15/16 in. (24 x 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 15/16 in. (27.9 x 35.4 cm)