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 ...

Carlsbad’s New Village Arts will christened its new stage on Saturday as the Ray Charles Stage, in honor of the famed blues, gospel and R&B singer-songwriter and pianist who passed away in 2004 at the ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Ray Charles, the blind singer and piano player who erased musical boundaries with classic hits such as What'd I Say, Hit the Road Jack and the melancholy ballad Georgia on My ...

*Stevie Wonder and Clint Eastwood have both spoken about the transformative impact Ray Charles had on American music and culture, with each man describing an artist whose reach extended far beyond any ...

In the heart of Madison County, Florida, a small wooden home holds enormous significance for music history. This modest dwelling was where Ray Charles Robinson spent his formative years, long before ...

*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 was born September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia. His father, Bailey Robinson, was a mechanic and a handyman, and his mother, Aretha, stacked boards in a sawmill. His family moved ...