30th May 1964: Soul singer, composer, arranger and pianist Ray Charles (1930 - 2004) with young actor Piers Bishop on the dodgems at the Festival Pleasure Gardens in Battersea Park, London. They are filming a scene for 'Ballad in Blue'. Charles, born in extreme poverty in Georgia USA, was slowly blinded by glaucoma as a child and embraced music, only to become lauded as a prolific musical genius and a major influence on countless musicians and singers since. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
