Ray real name Ray Charles Robinson. 1930–2004, US singer, pianist, and songwriter, whose work spans jazz, blues, gospel, pop, and country music
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Charles
(chärlz),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical(Prince of Edinburgh and of Wales) born 1948, heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain (son of Elizabeth II).
- Biographical Ray (Ray Charles Robinson), born 1930, U.S. blues singer and pianist.
- Place Names Cape, a cape in E Virginia, N of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay.
- Place Namesa river in E Massachusetts, flowing between Boston and Cambridge into the Atlantic. 47 mi. (75 km) long.
- a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning "man.''
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