Ray Charles: Hit the Road Jack

That’s a lot of genius to pack into two minutes and twenty seconds. Here’s a later version of the same song. It isn’t clear if it is the same version of the Raelettes. Other videos of note – among the dozens of good ones at YouTube – are What I’d SayGeorgia on My Mind and America, the Beautiful.

His website has a lot of material, including a biography and discography. Finally, here is a link to the IMDb listing for the very good 2004 biopic Ray, which starred Jamie Foxx. They had the good sense to have Foxx lip sync the music.

 

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