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To: Cagey
And, he produced all kinds of music. A very rare talent.

Uh, Cagey, that's not Brother Ray you're referring to in post 84. That's the *other* Ray Charles, AKA Charles Raymond Offenberg, born in 1918 in Chicago, who became an arranger/conductor for TV variety shows such as Perry Como's and Glen Campbell's. He won two Emmys. Read all about it on page 116 of Joel Whitburn's Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6th ed., 1996). Still, I like "Love Me With All Your Heart."

Just pointing something out...

foreverfree

173 posted on 06/10/2004 6:18:51 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: foreverfree
Just pointing something out...

Actually, I'm glad you did.

I (and hopefully millions of others for my ego's sake) have always thought it was this Ray Charles who produced the Ray Charles Singers. You've just corrected something I thought was true for the last thirty five years or so. I mean "Love Me With All Your Heart" was a top 40 pop song and I never would have thought there was another "Ray Charles" who could do that!

176 posted on 06/10/2004 7:01:41 PM PDT by Cagey
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