#Ray Charles

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Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles & King Curtis, Fillmore West, 1971. Jim Marshall.

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Sesame Street (1969-Present)

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On June 16th, 1980, The Blues Brothers movie premiered in Chicago, IL. The movie was adapted from the John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd classic Saturday Night Live skit. Features James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and many more blues and R&B artists.

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Ray Charles by Marc Sharratt (1963)

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Ray Charles

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Ray Charles, 1969

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Ray Charles

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Stay classy.

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Ray Charles

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Photo by Les Chadwick.

“Actually no. We [The Beatles] weren’t the first. In the beginning we used to play only the music of the artists we loved, like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, etcetera. Everything must start from someone else. Nobody is one-hundred percent original. And The Beatles became very original thanks to their songs, but we began simply by trying to copy Buddy Holly, Little Richard and people like that.” - George Harrison, interview conducted by Red Ronnie, early 1990s “We always loved those American girls groups, like the Shirelles and the Ronettes. So yeah, we developed our harmonies from trying to come up with an English, male version of their vocal feel. We discovered the option of having three-part harmonies, or lead vocal and two-part backup, from doing that old girl-group material. We even covered some of those songs, like ‘Baby, It's You,’ on our first album.” - George Harrison, Guitar World, 1992 “The great thing about the [all-night art school party] (and I’m sure John and Paul would agree) was that somebody had a copy of ‘What’d I Say’ by Ray Charles, a 45rpm with Part Two on the B side. That record was played all night, probably eight or ten hours non-stop. It was one of the best records I ever heard.” - George Harrison, The Beatles Anthology (More about The Ronettes, and more, later this month...)

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1960

Mary Ann : two versions, very different vibes!

Originally a Ray Charles tune, Link Wray transforms “Mary Ann” into something rougher and wilder — a rockabilly stomper bursting with attitude.

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1957

Two or three takes on a classic? Dive into #double dose and #triple dose!

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Ray Charles with his granddaughters, 1991

Photographer: Harry Benson

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Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles - Fillmore West in San Francisco (1971). Photo by Jim Marshall.