Birth of the Genius (fake holiday)

I haven't done a post for one of my patented Fake Holidays in a while, but this one truly should be a national holiday. Today would have been the 79th birthday of Ray Charles. He more or less invented soul music, and at the same time was one a master of jazz, blues, and classical. He even played both kinds of music: country AND western. They called him The Genius for a reason.

He also, of course, was briefly known as the proprietor of Ray's Music Exchange on the south side of Chicago: