According to Eagle, Bob L.; LeBlanc, Eric S. (May 2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. p. 361. ISBN9780313344244. https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ, based on the authors' interpretation of 1935 Florida census information, he was born Horace Charles Robinson in Greenville, Florida. However, most other reliable sources give his birth name as Ray Charles Robinson, and his birthplace as Albany, Georgia. It has been suggested that there has been a misinterpretation and that Horace Charles Robinson was in fact a half-brother.
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