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 ...

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 ...

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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.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Friends of Ray Charles sent the late singer off on a high note Friday. B.B. King, Glen Campbell, Stevie Wonder and Wynton Marsalis performed musical tributes to Charles, who died ...

Nearly 60 years after his landmark Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music albums, Ray Charles is joining the Country Music Hall of Fame. The multi-genre icon, who died at the age of 73 in 2004, is ...

The Genius or the longhairs? The contest to find Jacksonville's favorite homegrown musical act is down to Ray Charles and Lynyrd Skynyrd, two acts that couldn't be more different. Charles is a Rock ...