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By what nickname was Ray Charles widely known, reflecting his vast musical command? | 100% |
Ray Charles lost his sight in childhood, becoming completely blind by about age seven. What condition is generally cited as the cause? | 0% |
Ray Charles is widely credited as a pioneer of which genre, which he helped create by fusing gospel phrasing with secular rhythm and blues? | 0% |
Which 1959 Ray Charles recording grew out of an improvised live jam and became a landmark call-and-response hit driven by electric piano? | 100% |
Which Ray Charles signature ballad, a Hoagy Carmichael standard, was adopted in 1979 as the official state song of the place named in its title? | 100% |
Percy Mayfield wrote which Ray Charles number-one hit built around a female vocal answering the lead, recorded in 1961? | 0% |
Ray Charles's biggest pop hit, which spent five weeks at number one in 1962, was his cover of a song originally written and recorded by which country artist? | 0% |
Ray Charles's 1962 album fusing his voice with Nashville material was a commercial risk that became his first number-one LP. What musical genre did that landmark record cross his style into? | 100% |
What was the name of Ray Charles's celebrated female backing vocal group? | 100% |
In 1959 Ray Charles signed a landmark deal with which label, an arrangement notable for letting him own his master recordings? | 100% |
After leaving Atlantic, Ray Charles eventually launched his own record labels. Which of these was one he founded? | 0% |
Ray Charles publicly battled an addiction to which drug for much of his early career, leading to a high-profile 1965 arrest? | 100% |
Which actor won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film about his life? | 100% |
Ray Charles's final album, a set of duets released shortly after his death in 2004, swept the Grammys, winning eight awards including Album of the Year. What was it titled? | 100% |
In which year's inaugural class was Ray Charles inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alongside artists such as Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry? | 100% |
Besides being a celebrated pianist, Ray Charles also performed on which other instrument, occasionally playing it in his bands? | 0% |
In what U.S. state was Ray Charles born in 1930, in the town of Albany, before his family moved while he was an infant? | 100% |
Ray Charles spent much of his childhood being raised in Greenville, a town in which state? | 100% |
Ray Charles recorded a famous country duet, "Seven Spanish Angels," with which fellow musician on the 1984 album of cross-genre collaborations? | 100% |
At the 1961 Grammy Awards, Ray Charles won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for which signature song? | 0% |
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