Ray Charles got his start in an era when being a musician often meant taking on a nickname. Nicknames helped sell records, after all, even if they weren't always accurate. Maybe it was an accident ...

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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As an impoverished blind child in Florida, Ray Charles grew up listening to the country and western stars on the Grand Ole Opry broadcasts. That music of his childhood stayed ...

Ray Charles spent his lifetime blurring idiomatic boundaries. He was rightly called a genius, and though credited with being one of soul’s breakthrough artists, Charles explored the entire realm of ...

*Stevie Wonder and Clint Eastwood have both spoken about the transformative impact Ray Charles had on American music and culture, with each man describing an artist whose reach extended far beyond any ...

The Eric Byrd Trio return to the Weinberg Center stage this weekend with the Brother Ray Band to perform and pay tribute to the music of Ray Charles. For almost two decades, The Eric Byrd Trio — ...

Ray Charles : Greenville/Jacksonville/Orlando/Tampa -- Ernie Calhoun : Tampa -- Noble "Thin Man" Watts : Deland -- The twist came from Tampa : Tampa/Miami -- Linda ...

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.