C.C. Rider Venerates Ray Charles

Ray Charles shook up the nation when he took sacred music and made it sexy. There’s one track he wrote that’s the real kicker. Changed everything. See, it’s a little bit o’ gospel, a little bit of rhumba, a little bit of r&b. It’s also a whole lotta sexy. And that combination of carnal love and gospel song sparked a whole new genre—somethin’ called soul. So how’d Brother Ray come up with one of the most important songs in the history of modern music?

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