Ray Charles, who was born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, went blind at the age of seven. He discovered his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard, thanks to a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way. While touring the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer established a reputation before exploding with worldwide fame when he pioneered the marriage of gospel and country music.
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Ray Charles, who was born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, went blind at the age of seven. He discovered his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard, thanks to a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way. While touring the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer established a reputation before exploding with worldwide fame when he pioneered the marriage of gospel and country music.
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