RAY CHARLES, 1930-2004
"And how about a cat named Ray Charles? Hmmm? For my money, he's more important than Elvis Presley, and much more important than the Stones. He was able to seamlessly blend adult pop, gospel, country and western, jazz, big band, rock & roll, you name it!-with apparent ease. He would write, play piano, lead a big band, sing like a monster and he was real cool looking, too! He cut a very sharp figure! Well, he was churning out hit after hit at this "dire" time, stuff that appealed to a wide audience despite its eclecticism and emotional content."
-J. D. King,
BLACK TO COMM #25
Recently during one of Honey and Sis’ surprise shortwave worldcasts as
managed to air during the breakfast period in North America
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*HONEY, explaining things some:* Some of you overseas may not quite get the
idea of breakfast radio, what with the time differences and everything–
*SIS, ...
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