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09/10/1961 Ray Charles starts a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart

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Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack LIVE

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Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack on Saturday Live 1996

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Throttle - Hit The Road Jack (Official Music Video)

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Ray Charles Hit The Road Jack remastered

"Hit The Road Jack" hit number 1 for 2 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning October 1961. "Hit the Road Jack" won a Grammy award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. The song was number 1 on the R&B Sides chart for five weeks, thereby becoming Charles's sixth number-one on that chart. The song is ranked number 387 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
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