Ray Charles released plenty of hits throughout his career, but these are three of his songs that everybody should know.

Few artists can claim to have had such a wide-ranging impact on music as Ray Charles. During a career that has spanned some 58 years, the icon performed on more than 250 albums -- many of them top ...

Ray Charles may have been born in Georgia, but he was discovered in Seattle after playing at the local Rocking Chair club and doing his earliest recordings on the city’s Down Beat label. Seattle is ...

Ray Charles spent his entire career refusing to be limited to one genre. From his first “Roll With My Baby” single, out in 1952, until he passed away in 2004, Charles expertly proved that he was ...

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Ray Charles, the musical innovator whose bold, effortless fusions left an indelible mark on the rock, soul and country music of the past half-century, died Thursday at his Beverly Hills home. He was ...