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Ray Charles

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Photograph of musician Ray Charles. He is sitting at a piano, and he wears a tuxedo and dark glasses. He faces forward and smiles. As a performer and recording artist in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Charles pioneered a new style of music that became known as "soul," a blend of gospel music, blues, and jazz that brought him worldwide fame.
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