Taught to fend for himself by his mother, this legendary musical prodigy lifted himself from childhood poverty and invented an entirely new genre of music.

Nicknamed "The Genius," Ray Charles combined R&B, gospel, and blues to pioneer a new style known as soul in the '50s and '60s. Charles also excelled at jazz, country, and pop, and over the course ...

Ray Charles shaped soul music across more than 50 years, with Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music still standing as a landmark from 1962. Einsame Pose im Gegenlicht: Mit der Gitarre in der Hand ...

Ray Charles stands as one of the architects of modern American popular music. His fusion of gospel intensity with rhythm and blues phrasing turned mid-20th century pop toward a more emotional, ...

It’s hard to believe, but Ray Charles has been around for some 50 years. So ubiquitous that he’s positively ethereal, he’s been the stealth gene in this country’s cultural DNA, subtly infecting our ...

On this day (September 23) in 1930, Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia. After going blind as a child, he learned to play a variety of instruments, including the piano, saxophone, and clarinet. In ...

Ray Charles Robinson, known the world over as multi-award-winning icon Ray Charles, may have departed this world, but his music endures thanks in part to the Ray Charles Foundation. Recently, the ...

When people study the history of modern music, they eventually realize that understanding Charles means understanding the evolution of soul, rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz, and even pop music itself.

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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "I just do what I do." That's what Ray Charles told Billboard in June 2002 when asked to assess his role in music history. Of course, Charles' self-effacing response belies a ...