Sheila Raye Charles is an American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. She is the daughter of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...

 and Sandra Jean Betts.

Early life

Sheila Raye Charles first began performing at a young age in her local church and has never forgotten her Gospel Music

Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

roots. At the age of thirteen, she was the youngest child ever accepted into the renowned Allard Academy in Los Angeles. Sheila went on to perform for the jazz ensemble at Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm and win many state competitions.

Discography

• (2004)Introducing Sheila Raye Charles (Discontinued)
• (2009)Behind The Shades (Premier Ent. Group, LLC.)

External links

• http://www.sheilarayecharles.com/
• Interview with Sheila Ray Charles - RadioLIVE New Zealand, May 2010