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Tom Waits sits on a stoop outside Reno Sweeney in Greenwich Village where he was performing

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Ray Charles, The Ritz, 1980 1940's Tom Waits sits on aRay Charles, The Ritz, 1980 Musician Ray Charles performs at the Ritz, New York City, July 31, 1980. The Photographer Allan Tannenbaum discovered photography in the 1960s. His dream career as a photojournalist became reality when he joined the SoHo Weekly News , a downtown New York City newspaper, in 1973. For several years he covered the city, exploring its every facet from the underground to the high society and documenting its political, social and