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) ...

It's been six months since Ray Charles died at the age of 73, and he is back in the spotlight. His most recent CD, released nearly two months after his death, has just been nominated for 10 Grammy ...

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 ...

Ray Charles just can't stop. At 72, he's still making music that grabs the soul. Recently, he had West Wing-tips tapping at the White House Radio & Television Correspondents dinner. "When I come out ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – As Ray Charles (search) played and sang, his stiffly swaying shoulders suggested some invisible tug of war between a devil and an angel. Charles, who died Thursday at age 73, ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in The Tennessean's print edition on March 5, 2006. The art featured in this digital replica did not necessarily run in the original print edition. One ...

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 last week at 73, ...

Ray Charles is not an easy name to live up to — especially for a dog. But even though Ray Charles the blind golden retriever has yet to make waves in the music industry, he does look darn good in ...

In a year when record labels and song publishers are receiving termination notices, Ray Charles' children have prevailed in the first step in winning back song rights. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal ...

Concord's reissue of vocalist and keyboardist Ray Charles' albums for ABC-Paramount, the label he moved to from Atlantic in 1959, is a mixed bag. It includes two winners, The Genius Hits The Road ...

Google "genius" and "Ray Charles" in tandem and you'll not only find mention of the man's influential sixth album, 1959's The Genius of Ray Charles, but endless testaments to an artist routinely ...

American music legend Ray Charles, who virtually invented soul and made his mark on rock & roll, blues, country and jazz, died today at his home in Beverly Hills, California; he was seventy-three.