Ray

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

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  Taylor Hackford
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  Pamela Alch
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  Raymond Prado
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  Jerry Grandey

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  Jamie Foxx
  Ray Charles
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  Kerry Washington
  Della Bea Robinson
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  Regina King
  Margie Hendricks
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  Harry Lennix
  Joe Adams
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  Clifton Powell
  Jeff Brown
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  Bokeem Woodbine
  Fathead Newman
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  Sharon Warren
  Aretha Robinson
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  C.J. Sanders
  Young Ray Robinson
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  Curtis Armstrong
  Ahmet Ertegun
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  Richard Schiff
  Jerry Wexler
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  Larenz Tate
  Quincy Jones
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  Terrence Howard
  Gossie McGee
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  David Krumholtz
  Milt Shaw
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  Wendell Pierce
  Wilbur Brassfield
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  Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
  Mary Ann Fisher
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  Chris Thomas King
  Lowell Fulson
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  Thomas Jefferson Byrd
  Jimmy
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  Rick Gomez
  Tom Dowd
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  Denise Dowse
  Marlene
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  Warwick Davis
  Oberon