The '50s and '60s were an incredibly formative time for country music, with many famous performers making the transition ...

GREENVILLE, Fla. (WCTV) - In the heart of Madison County sits a small wooden home with a big history. It’s where Ray Charles — one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century — grew up long before ...

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 ...

*My, how time flies. It seems like yesterday that the late great musical genius Ray Charles passed away 21 years ago in 2004. WCTV aired a segment of Greenville, Florida residents celebrating what ...

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 ...

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 ...

Norah Jones accepts the Ray Charles Architect of Sound Award on May 8, 2026, at the Grammy Hall of Fame gala in L.A.

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Jon Batiste will be honored with the inaugural Ray Charles “Architect of Sound” Award at the Grammy Hall of Fame Gala, the Grammy Museum announced on Thursday. The honor, which builds on the museum’s ...

THR praised his performance — “Most pivotally, Foxx expresses Charles’ inner nature, his natural sweetness and his harmony with the world” — which would earn him an Oscar. By Gregg Kilday Freelance ...

Ray Charles was a legend. With an ability to meld genres such as soul, gospel, R&B, jazz, and pop, as well as a wide vocal range that let him convey raw emotion, he was one of a kind. Few, though, ...