Ray Charles .. fantastic. turn your speakers up…
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He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues , gospel , and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records .He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records , most notably with his Modern Sounds [4] [5] [6] African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company.Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business.”
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