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Fact #97779

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Short story:

Ray Charles performs on the NBC tv series Dick Clark's American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Full article:

Dick Alen (talent agent) : I worked for the company Shaw Artists and they were the first big R&B/jazz company. At the time they probably had seven out of the 10 top acts. They had Ray Charles. They had Fats Domino. They had The Orioles, The Clovers. And I was hired by them to do television. That was a time when Steve Allen was doing