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    Ray Charles: Hit the Road, Jack

    ...from Genius: The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection. Ray Charles is an American institution whose music has traversed cultural boundaries while contributing to many different styles...

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    By Ariana Morgenstern • Apr 21, 2009 • 1 min read

    Ray Charles

    is an American institution whose music has traversed cultural boundaries while contributing to many different styles.

    Genius: The Ulltimate Ray Charles Collection

    gathers many of his greatest hits and has just been released. Today's Top Tune, is a classic track recorded in 1961. It's Percy Mayfield's “

    Hit the Road, Jack”.

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      Ariana Morgenstern

      Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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