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Ray Charles
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Ray Charles

Jazz pianist and singer

Ray Charles was born in 1930 in Albany, Georgia. Blinded at age seven, he rose to fame in the 1950s singing rhythm-and-blues songs to the accompaniment of his piano and orchestra. His work, rooted in gospel music, influences, and is influenced by, jazz.

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