(ThyBlackMan.com) Ray Charles, affectionately known as Brother Ray, is one of the most influential musicians of all time. His ability to seamlessly blend blues, jazz, gospel, country, and R&B into an ...

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Frank Sinatra's voice seems so inherently linked with certain songs, but this one hit could have been very different.

The producers of the film “Ray” are re-teaming to bring a Ray Charles stage project to Broadway, according to the “Hollywood Reporter.” Producers Stuart Benjamin and Howard and Karen Baldwin have ...

Los Angeles, CA Concord Music Group announced that it has entered into an exclusive arrangement with the Ray Charles Foundation to develop the artists post-1960 catalog, which contains his classic ...

Ringo continues to tour with different iterations of his All Starr Band as a way to promote his new solo work. Yet he will always be linked to his work with The Beatles. And when it comes to the Fab ...

New releases from Alicia Keys, Lindsey Stirling, Regina Belle and others revisit songs already entrenched in the Christmas canon and hope to introduce some future contenders. By Jon Caramanica, Marcus ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ray Charles and The Judds joined the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday in a ceremony filled with tears, music and laughter, just a day after Naomi Judd died unexpectedly.

File your 1040 to tunes by Destiny’s Child, Dr. John, Big Tymers and more. By Elena Bergeron From the Pointer Sisters to Darius Rucker, a brief history of those who paved the way for this moment. By ...