Once-in-a-lifetime live show memories, from a wildly cheap U2 ticket to a private sound check with Annie Lennox.

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 had 12 children with 10 partners, and now it's time to learn about his family ties.

It would be hard to find an artist who was more influential than Ray Charles. Making music for more than 60 years, Charles’s impact is felt in both rock and country music. While his list of hit songs ...

The film Ray was released in 2004, shortly after the death of its subject, Ray Charles. Directed by Taylor Hackford, the movie was a fifteen-year labor of love that hinged, according to Hackford, on ...

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 ...

Forty-one years ago today (March 24) in 1985, Ray Charles was at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart with “Seven Spanish Angels,” a duet with Willie Nelson. While Charles had already had multiple top ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Singer-songwriter Ray Charles may have had Georgia on his mind, but North Florida is where his path to fame and fortune began. Charles was born in Albany, Georgia, but grew up in ...

Even though very few vocalists could come close to matching Ray Charles, the 'Genius of Soul' was utterly in awe of one blues ...

During a break in the MLB All-Star Game, an incredible production played out in real time on the field of Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Dean Kay co-wrote “That’s Life.” According to his website, he tried to pitch the tune to Ray Charles at first. Instead, an unknown singer named Marion Montgomery recorded it first. Then, O.C. Smith ...

Explore Jacksonville's century-long impact on American music, from the Chitlin' Circuit to the birth of Southern Rock.