Ray Charles Robinson
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was born on September 23, 1930 in Albany Georgia. His
father was Bailey Robinson, a railroad repair man, and his mother was
'Retha. His father never married his mother. His legal wife was Mary Jane,
who also helped to raise Charles.
By the time he was three, young Charles was learning to play th ....
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.... also stay in the United States,
so he bought a bus ticket to Seattle and left. Eventually Charles dropped
his surname.
There he entered a contest and was given a job at a nearby Elks club.
After a numerous amount of months, a record producer noticed him and
Charles had his first album: "Confession Blues." Afterward Charles went on
the road for a few years. He played at bars around the country. It was
known by musicians as the chitlin' circuit.
Soon Charles stopped imitating other musicia ....
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