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Rapping with Ray Charles

Robert Gordon, Interview, 1992

IN THE 1950s, Frank Sinatra tagged Ray Charles "Genius," an appropriate nickname for one of American music's most innovative figures. Charles brought a sophistication to rhythm and blues that made the music--and the man--wildly popular.

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