The American jazz musician Ray Charles (born 1930) was widely admired as a singer, pianist, and composer. He combined elements of jazz, gospel and rhythm-and-blues to create a new kind of African-American music, known as soul. Ray Charles Robinson was...

Musician Ray Charles is generally considered a musical genius, and is so in many fields. He has had enormous success in jazz, blues, soul music, country and western, and crossover pop. Acknowledged as an expert vocalist, pianist, saxophonist, and...

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a pioneering American pianist and musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a...

Ray Charles, the musician who died June 10 from acute liver disease, did more than score hits throughout his 58-year career. Music producer Quincy Jones said there will never be another musician who did so much to break down the "perceived walls" of...

Ray Charles (Robinson), the incomparable singer/pianist died on June 10, 2004 from liver disease, at the age of seventy-three. As an immense talent, whose artistry helped to define an era, Ray Charles' hit tunes resonate in the pivotal moments of the lives of many...

Charles passed away today at his Beverly Hills, Calif. home in the presence of family and friends. He was 73.Born Ray Charles Robinson on Sept. 23, 1930, the first child of Aretha and Bailey Robinson, Ray Charles soon moved from Georgia to Florida. At age...

Unlike Will Smith as Ali, Foxx does more than just mimic Ray Charles, he inhabits him. Director Taylor Hackford and Foxx capture so many of Charles' nuances, that many moments of the film seem more like a documentary rather than a biopic with actors. Once...