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Stuart Maconie presents a series tracing the life and career of the singer, pianist and songwriter.
Tonight's programme looks at the heady days of the sixties, when Ray Charles enjoyed international success on record. But his life also had complications - damaging paternity suits, withdrawal from heroin and a federal prosecution launched against him. With contributions from Ray Charles himself, his son Ray Robinson Jr, biographer Michael Lydon, and Larry Newman.

Contributors

Presenter:
Stuart Maconie
Subject/Interviewee:
Ray Charles
Interviewee:
Ray Robinson Jr
Interviewee:
Michael Lydon
Interviewee:
Larry Newman

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