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Duets - The World of Ray Charles
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Who [i]wouldn't[/i] want to sing a duet with a legend? Over the years, Ray shared the mic with the music world's elite, from Johnny Cash to James Taylor, but he truly saved the best for last: [i]Genius Loves Company[/i]. Released just a few weeks after his death, the album topped the charts, sold more than five million copies, and won a staggering eight GRAMMYS®. On that album, Ray Charles and Van Morrison wrap Van's "Crazy Love (Live)" in a sonic swaddle of smoke and barrel-aged whisky, two battle-scarred veterans with more soul than one stage can hold. Billy Joel describes "Baby Grand," his duet with Ray, as "an evangelical event — he was the minister and I was the congregation. I got all fired up." [i]Amen[/i]. And Betty Carter plays the innocent kitten to Ray's sly alley cat in "Baby It's Cold Outside," a tune that earned the Academy Award® for Best Original Song in 1949. From the Broadway divahood of Barbra Streisand to the butterscotch baritone of bluesman B.B. King, the Genius didn't just love company — that company loved him right back.