Ray Charles hated labels. He avoided calling the music he created any certain genre. He was pulling from gospel, jazz, rhythm & blues, pop, blues, country and western, soul, and boogie-woogie. Brother ...

Discover the life of Della Beatrice Howard Robinson, Ray Charles’ second wife. Learn about her early life, marriage, children ...

In celebration of what would have been Ray Charles’ 90th birthday, the label he founded in 1962, Tangerine Records will release True Genius. This newly remastered, limited edition set includes 90 of ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Ray Charles, the Grammy-winning crooner who blended gospel and blues in such crowd-pleasers as "What'd I Say" and heartfelt ballads like "Georgia on My Mind," died ...

Carlsbad’s New Village Arts will christened its new stage on Saturday as the Ray Charles Stage, in honor of the famed blues, gospel and R&B singer-songwriter and pianist who passed away in 2004 at the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s officially “Ray Charles Day” in St. Petersburg. The city aims to celebrate the artist’s legacy and local ties with a night of musical tributes to the legendary blues singer ...

Ray Charles could sing anything. He often dismissed the imaginary boundaries that marketers and labels erected with the dictum "music is music." He had the ability to take all kinds of material and ...

The film Ray was released in 2004, shortly after the death of its subject, Ray Charles. Directed by Taylor Hackford, the movie was a fifteen-year labor of love that hinged, according to Hackford, on ...

Ray Charles could sing anything. He often dismissed the imaginary boundaries that marketers and labels erected with the dictum "music is music." He had the ability to take all kinds of material and ...