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Ray Charles - Genius loves company

The last studio album by Ray Charles, featuring some of the Biggest artist in Jazz & Blues, like Norah Jones, B.B. King, Diana Krall, Willie Nelson, van Morrison and many more. An Exquisite album fit for all occasions. (Look & Listen) Ray Charles died earlier this year at age 73
Here are some of Ray's awards: Recently in May, 1996, Ray Charles received an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Performing Arts from Occidental College. In October, 1995, Ray Charles received the Governor's Performing Arts Award. In June, 1995, Mr. Charles was honored with the Horatio Alger Award.

In 1994 Ray Charles received his 12th Grammy Award, this time in the "the Best R&B Vocal by a Male Performer" category, for his song "A Song For You", from his Warner Brothers release, "My World". On May 12, 1994, Ray Charles received the Helen Keller Personal Achievement Award from the American Foundation for the Blind.

In March of 1994, Ray Charles received a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Black Achievement Awards television show sponsored by Johnson Publishing Company. On MTV's "A Town Hall Meeting with President Clinton", the President was asked to name his favorite song, to which he replied Ray Charles' version of "A Song For You", for which Ray had won his 12th Grammy Award. In October, 1993, Ray Charles received the National Medal of Arts presented by President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. In January, 1993, Ray Charles joined other invited celebrity performers in the pre-inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial honoring President Bill Clinton. Produced by Quincy Jones, the concert aired as a special on HBO.