No major studio would finance the movie about Ray Charles’ life, and $40 million had to be independently raised to make it. “Ray” went on to gross over $124,000,000.

It takes guts to hire away Howlin’ Wolf’s rhythm section, and that’s what Paul Butterfield did with drummer Sam Lay and bassist Jerome Arnold for The Paul Butterfield Blues Band’s self-titled 1965 debut.

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