Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Ray Charles across 3 places, from 1930 to 1961.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Ray Charles is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Ray Charles was documented, and when
23 September 1930exact date
Albany, Georgiaattested“Ray Charles Robinson was born on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
1950year
Los Angelesattested“After the success of his first two singles, Charles moved to Los Angeles in 1950 and spent the next few years touring with the blues musician Lowell Fulson as Fulson's musical director.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
November 1961month
Indianapolisattested“This success, however, came to a momentary halt during a concert tour in November 1961, when a police search of Charles's hotel room in Indianapolis, Indiana, led to the discovery of heroin in the medicine cabinet.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
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In each of these, a source puts Ray Charles and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Ray Charles was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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March 1948month
Seattlementioned“He decided to leave Florida for a large city, and, considering Chicago and New York City too big, followed his friend Gosady "Garcia" McGee to Seattle, Washington, in March 1948, knowing that the biggest radio hits came from northern cit…”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
1950year
Miamimentioned“In 1950, Charles's performance in a Miami hotel impressed record executive and producer Henry Stone, who went on to record a Ray Charles Rockin' record, which did not achieve popularity.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
1951 to 1952period
Tampa, Floridamentioned“His first four recordings—"Wondering and Wondering", "Walking and Talking", "Why Did You Go?" and "I Found My Baby There"—were allegedly done in Tampa, although some discographies claim he recorded them in Miami in 1951 or else Los Angel…”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
1951 to 1952period
Miamimentioned“His first four recordings—"Wondering and Wondering", "Walking and Talking", "Why Did You Go?" and "I Found My Baby There"—were allegedly done in Tampa, although some discographies claim he recorded them in Miami in 1951 or else Los Angel…”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
1977 to 1980period
Atlanticmentioned“In 1977, he reunited with Ahmet Ertegun and re-signed to Atlantic Records, for which he recorded the album True to Life, remaining with his old label until 1980.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
1981year
Sun City, North Westmentioned“in the 1960s, Charles was criticized for performing at the Sun City resort in South Africa in 1981 during an international boycott protesting that country's apartheid policy.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
1981year
South Africamentioned“in the 1960s, Charles was criticized for performing at the Sun City resort in South Africa in 1981 during an international boycott protesting that country's apartheid policy.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
1989year
Japanmentioned“In 1989, he recorded a cover of the Southern All Stars' "Itoshi no Ellie" for a Japanese TV advertisement for the Suntory brand, releasing it in Japan as "Ellie My Love", where it reached No.3 on its Oricon chart.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
30 April 2004exact date
Los Angelesmentioned“His final public appearance was on April 30, 2004, at the dedication of his music studio as a historic landmark in Los Angeles.”source: Wikipedia: Ray Charles
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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