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    • Oct 24, 2006
    Elvis Presley drops to #2 on Forbes' list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities at $42 million, behind Kurt Cobain. Also ranked: John Lennon, #4, $24 million; Ray Charles, #8, $10 million; Johnny Cash, #10, $8 million; and George Harrison, #12, $7 million
    Nov 13, 2006
    Time magazine posts its All-TIME 100 Albums online. The list includes Bob Dylan's Nashville-recorded "Blonde On Blonde," AC/DC's Mutt Lange-produced "Back In Black" and Ray Charles' "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
    Feb 15, 2007
    "The Very Best Of Ray Charles" earns a platinum album from the RIAA. It includes the Willie Nelson duet "Seven Spanish Angels"
    Dec 7, 2007
    A bronze statue of Ray Charles playing a baby grand piano is unveiled at Ray Charles Plaza in Albany, Georgia
    Jun 1, 2008
    Fire destroys thousands of master recordings at the Universal Music Group in Los Angeles, including music by Freddie Hart, Mark Chesnutt, Roy Clark, The Carpenters, Ray Charles, Burl Ives, Warner Mack, Eric Clapton, Mac Davis, Bobby Darin and Rebecca Lynn Howard
    Nov 27, 2008
    Ray Charles ranks #2 among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers Of All-Time. Among other deceased stars listed: Sam Cooke, #4; Otis Redding, #8; James Brown, #10; Roy Orbison, #13; Jackie Wilson, #26; Janis Joplin, #28; Buddy Holly, #48; Wilson Pickett, #68; and Karen Carpenter, #94
    Mar 30, 2009
    Genesis Publications issues "Ray Charles: The Photographs Of Joe Adams." The $340 title includes photos and commentary from Willie Nelson, Bill Wyman, Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones
    Jun 8, 2010
    Crown publishes "You Don't Know Me: Reflections Of My Father, Ray Charles," written by son Ray Charles Robinson Jr. and Mary Jane Ross
    Sep 6, 2010
    Ray Charles ranks #43 among VH1's "100 Greatest Music Artists Of All Time." Behind him in the Top 50: Joni Mitchell, #44; and Al Green, #45
    Sep 23, 2010
    The Ray Charles Memorial Library opens in Los Angeles
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