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.

This quality embroidered hat features Chance Records and Chicago, Illinois. Chance Records was a Chicago-based blues label that captured the raw, postwar electric blues sound coming out of the city in the 1950s. It’s closely associated with influential Chicago blues artists and represents a pivotal moment when the blues moved from Southern roots to an urban, electrified edge.