RAY CHARLES An American Icon (2010 UK 3-disc [1DVD/2CD] set - Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging '50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavour from contemporary jazz, blues, and [in the '60s] country. This 3-disc set offers rare film footage of this American Icon, plus two CDs ofsome of his finest songs)