Ray Charles: The Definitive Ray Charles
Charles Shaar Murray, MOJO, January 2002
Forty-six tracks from 48 years 40 of which are from the '50s and '60s, but them's the breaks a definitive encapsulation of a definitive repertoire.
Total word count of piece: 823
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