(ThyBlackMan.com) Ray Charles, affectionately known as Brother Ray, is one of the most influential musicians of all time. His ability to seamlessly blend blues, jazz, gospel, country, and R&B into an ...

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 ...

*On June 10, 2004, I was at a golf course in Florida when I heard the news on the radio that the late great Ray Charles had passed away. I knew through his family that he’d been ill, and as the news ...

Legend has it that famed recording artist Billy Joel has said Ray Charles was more important than Elvis. To wit, Frank Sinatra called Charles at one point the “only true genius” in show business. With ...

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 ...