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Charles The First

Robert Gordon, Q, March 1992

Ray Charles did soul music a big favour one day: he invented it. In 1992, the blind maestro they call "The Genius" is still going strong. "Music is a part of me, " he tells Robert Gordon. "I’ll keep doing it until the Good Lord pulls the curtain down."

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