Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court to force the new Secretary of State, James Madison, to deliver the documents. The Court, with John Marshall as Chief Justice, found firstly that Madison's refusal to deliver the commission was both illegal and correctible.
Ray Charles evidently is a hero of Van Morrison. in this song he refers to Ray Charles as The high priest.. Van Morrison has referred to Ray Charles in other compositions of his. In These Dreams of You from Moondance (1970), the lyric goes, And Ray Charles was shot down..
His name is Ray Charles, and if you turn your radio to any station you will hear the influence of his ground-breaking music. Ray Charles was born into a poor family on September 23, 1930 in Albany, Georgia, though he was raised in Florida.Completely blind by the age of seven, Charles attended the Saint Augustine School of the Blind and Deaf where he began to study piano, saxophone, and clarinet.ay Charles, 1968. Photo: Nationaal Archief Fotocollectie Anefo. They call him the âgeniusâ and they call him the âfather of soul.â With perfect pitch and an expressive voice, he combines worlds as diverse as jazz, country, rhythm and blues, and gospel to break your heart or make you dance.