With its now-iconic call-and-response format—featuring Charles trading lines with the Raelettes' vocalist Margie Hendrix —the ...

Ray Charles didn't only have a successful career but a huge family. He was the father to 12 children who varied in age, with 10 different mothers. His eldest child was born in 1949 and his youngest ...

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 ...

Although Ray Charles doesn't need another reason to be called a legend, he felt some of his descendants made music on par ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FRANCE - NOVEMBER 22: Ray Charles decoded by P.De Villiers in Paris, France on November 22, 1986. (Photo by Louis ...