Ray Charles formed the Raelets in 1958 by recruiting two members from The Cookies Darlene McCrea and [a294681] with two more women [a776141] and [a776145].
Since then the group has had many members come and go, among them artists such as Edna Wright and Mable John, Minnie Riperton, Merry Clayton, Clydie King of the Blackberries, and latter-day Supreme Susaye Greene.