The term genius is sometimes used when it doesn’t apply but not in the case of Ray Charles. Born Ray Charles Robinson, he dropped his last name so not to be confused with boxing champ, Sugar Ray Robinson. At home playing Jazz, Blues, or Rock and Roll, he also did something a black artist had never done up to that time; he became a Country music star. His 1965 album, “Country & Western Meets Rhythm & Blues,” released by ABC Paramount, is now worth up to $100.00 in mono and $150.00 in stereo.