Ray first learned to play upright piano as a child from a local store owner named Wylie Pitman. After some year of their relationship, Margie Hendricks son Charles Wayne Hendricks was born in 1959. Le girl group enregistre un premier simple pour Lamp Records en 1954. (don’t you come back no more.

Regina King said this when trying to research her role of Margie for the 2004 Ray Charles biopic: "There's very little written about Margie Hendricks, which is pretty amazing because she had one of the most unique voices ever in American music.

We don’t have any information about Charles Wayne Hendricks death or living. Ironiquement, I'm Into Something Good deviendra le tout premier single du groupe anglais Herman's Hermits quatre mois plus tard et atteindra la première place des charts britanniques. [9], Margie died in New York, New York on July 14, 1973, aged 38. Certaines fois, Ethel et Darlene sont identifiées comme deux personnes différentes, et d'autres comme la même personne.

After leaving rehab, for the first time since his early teens, Ray Charles was no longer a drug addict. In 1958, “Night time is the right time” Ray first ever song with the Raelettes group was release.

En 1967, elle rejoint les Cookies que venait de quitter sa sœur, Earl-Jean, pour enregistrer leurs deux derniers simples sur Warner Bros. En 1967, Earl-Jean enregistre à son tour deux 45t qui ne connaitront pas un grand succès, I'm Into Something Good (Colpix) et Randy (Colpix 748). La confusion entre les deux sœurs est d'autant plus forte que leurs voix étaient quasiment similaires. Margie died in New York on 14-7-1973 at the age of 38 years old. Au début des années 1960, Dorothy relance les Cookies avec une autre de ses cousines, Margaret Ross et la sœur de Darlene, Earl-Jean McCrea. The classical music training Charles received fit well with his experience before the school. Ray couldn't pull George, weighed down by the soapy clothes, out. Ray, a legend on stage, was quite busy off stage as well.

[6] On September 7, 1967 while driving in Texas, Margie was injured with Robert, when her car was hit by a truck carrying lumber. Seeing that the Robinson family grew up in poor in the segregated South, the best medical treatment was not available for Ray. Ray and Bea got married and had their first child, Ray Charles Robinson Jr., in 1955. According to Chimes Freedom, Charles said that the song was created at the end of a concert as he was trying to finish the final minutes of his contracted time for a performance.