Bill McClintock combined the Ray Charles song "Hit the Road Jack" with Van Halen's "Bottoms Up" and "I'm the One" for a very ...

Ray Charles Robinson Jr. Born on May 25, 1955, Ray Charles Robinson Jr., whose mother is Della Bea Robinson, is currently active in the entertainment industry. His roles include serving as a film ...

We've gone into the archive for this 1998 interview with Ray Charles. He was nicknamed the genius, not just for his great singing and piano playing, but also for his producing, arranging and ...

"For an artist, there are few things more rewarding than the freedom to do the things you want to do, the way you want to do ...

Ray Charles' Ray-Bans, his celebrity trademark, are held in the collections of the National Museum of American History. NMAH/SI Ray Charles, who died at age 73 on June 10, 2004, lives on in ...

Ray Charles hated labels. He avoided calling the music he created any certain genre. He was pulling from gospel, jazz, rhythm & blues, pop, blues, country and western, soul, and boogie-woogie.

Ray Charles’ Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music was nominated for the award in 1962. (Charles’ enduring classic lost to Vaughn Meader’s The First Family, a hit comedy album about the ...

Hearns said some musicians even turned to the community for help with their sets. When pros like Ray Charles and Ella ...

Warren, of Slidell, has staged occasional Ray Charles tribute concerts since 2021 to standing audience ovations. At the Dew Drop, his high-energy show will also include a talented group of ...

Ray Charles Robinson, born on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia, and better known to the world as Ray Charles, was a musical prodigy and pioneer whose impact on the music world transcended ...