The ringing in of 2010 marks the launch of “The Ray Charles 80th Birthday Celebration” with a series of events and projects planned to celebrate what would have been the music icon’s 80th birthday on September 23, 2010.

“The official re-launch of the www.RayCharles.com website was on January 8th and we plan on creating exciting events and announcements every month through September of 2011, making this a twenty month celebration,” stated Tony Gumina of The Ray Charles Marketing Group.