Ray Charles lived in South Dallas in the mid-1950s while assembling his crack Atlantic Records band, featuring Lincoln High ...

While Ray Charles started building a national following in the early 1950s, his reach became global with the ’59 hit “What’d I Say.” John Lennon recalled how many songs (including two by The Beatles) ...

While there's no question about the quality of Jamie Foxx's performance in "Ray," some may wonder if the actor is really ...

Frank Sinatra's voice seems so inherently linked with certain songs, but this one hit could have been very different.

Ray Charles, the piano man with the bluesy voice who reshaped American music for a half-century, brought the essence of soul to country, jazz, rock, standards and every other style of music he touched ...

Ray Charles was a legendary musician. He won numerous awards, including Grammys and lifetime achievement awards. His beautiful voice combined with his unique style of mixing multiple genres into ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Singer-songwriter Ray Charles may have had Georgia on his mind, but North Florida is where his path to fame and fortune began. Charles was born in Albany, Georgia, but grew up in ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Robyn Charles comes from a large family. She is one of 12 children born to Ray Charles, the late singer-songwriter who was born in Florida. "I knew him my whole life," Robyn ...

Long before Jimi Hendrix became the pinnacle figure of modern rock ‘n’ roll guitar, he was just another kid from Seattle, Washington, who dreamed of becoming a professional musician. Like many, ...

Ray Charles is best known for recording hit soul and R&B songs. His album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, recorded in the 60s, spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard pop albums chart.

New releases from Alicia Keys, Lindsey Stirling, Regina Belle and others revisit songs already entrenched in the Christmas canon and hope to introduce some future contenders. By Jon Caramanica, Marcus ...