While Ray Charles started building a national following in the early 1950s, his reach became global with the ’59 hit “What’d I Say.” John Lennon recalled how many songs (including two by The Beatles) ...

The Ray Charles we heard on "Georgia On My Mind" was 30. He sounded 300. By 1960, Charles had been working as a musician for 13 years, playing around with every form of popular music that America had ...

During the week that Charles became the king of Great Britain, it is remembered that he was the first member of the royal family to visit Georgia, speaking to the Georgia Legislature and making an ...

He used to hum the tune and his driver suggested he record it; the song was written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell. An overflow crowd of 400 watched the man in dark glasses and a purple suit ...

It's a little baffling that when Ray Charles originally released Live in Concert in early 1965, its brisk 38-minute duration meant shutting out "Georgia on My Mind." It was his first concert record ...