Photo illustration by DAN ACKLEY.

Ray Charles, 1930-2004

"Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal."

Ray Charles, in The Washington Post, 1983





































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