RAY CHARLES GREATEST HITS

Side 1: Hit the road Jack - Crying time - You are my sunshine - Together again - Georgia on my mind - Unchain my heart

Side 2: Here we ge again - I got a woman - I can't stop loving you - What'd i say - Take these chains from my heart - Let's go get stoned

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HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH RAY CHARLES

Side one: Here we go again - Crying time - You are my sunshine - Please say you're fooling - Next door to the blues - Together again

Side two: Cry - I don't need no doctor - By the light of the silvery moon - Maybe it's because of love - No use crying - Nancy

Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson (Born: Albany, GA, USA, September 23, 1930 - † June 10, 2004). He was a pioneering American singer, pianist and soul, R&B, blues and jazz musician who helped shape the sound of rhythm & blues. He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music (“I Can’t Stop Loving You”) to rock and roll (“Mess Around”), to pop standards to a now-iconic rendition of “America the Beautiful.” Frank Sinatra called him “the only genius in the business.”

During his life he received eight honorary doctorates, the last from Dillard University in New Orleans in 2003. Later that same year, he performed his 10,000th career concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

Charles finalized “Genius Loves Company” a duets album in 2004, which posthumously became the best selling album of his career. Norah Jones, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Bonnie Raitt, Gladys Knight, Johnny Mathis and James Taylor are just a few of the notable artists involved with the project.

Charles was awarded the prestigious “President’s Merit Award” from the Grammy(r) organization and was named a City of Los Angeles “Cultural Treasure” by LA Mayor James Hahn during “African American Heritage Month” in a ceremony that he attended. He also received the NAACP Image Awards’ “Hall of Fame Award.”

Charles died in July 2004 in California. Three months later, his biopic “Ray” opened in theaters. The performance of Jamie Foxx as Ray gave him an Oscar for best lead performance in a feature film.

Recently, a series of slot machines were designed in Charles’ name for the visually handicapped and the legendary performer was also named a “living legend” by the Library of Congress.

Charles once told an interviewer from USA Today, “Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It’s part of me.”