Born on This Day in 1930, the Legendary Singer Who Broke Racial Barriers and Helped Bring Country Music to the Mainstream

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Born on This Day in 1930, the Legendary Singer Who Broke Racial Barriers and Helped Bring Country Music to the MainstreamOn September 23, 1930, Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia. The Musical Legacy of Ray CharlesBy the mid-1950s, Ray Charles was making a name for himself as a solo artist. He followed that record with Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume 2. 36 years later, in 2022, Ray was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Few artists besides Charles have the distinction of being remembered as an icon in both rock and roll and country music.