Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an
American musician known as Ray Charles (to avoid confusion with champion boxer
Sugar Ray Robinson). He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the
1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early
recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate ... read more

LOVE ON TENNIS CT.

Thee Oh Sees - "Maze Fancier" There are many stories from Tennis Ct, and I wish they could all be told today. This is not, however, the story of the one-eyed dog that eve...
Posted 8 May 2.22am — Comment on this

Phil Ramone, Legendary Music Producer, Dead at 79

Phil Ramone, the famed record producer who worked with a who's who of music industry legends including Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand and Elton...
Posted 1 April 3.45pm — Comment on this

MADELEINE PEYROUX Announces The Blue Room Album, and Concert Dates

MUSIC NEWS- Madeleine Peyroux's new album The Blue Room has been revealed for a March 5th release, from Decca Records. The Blue Room sees Madeleine and longtime collabora...
Posted 20 January 1.21pm — Comment on this

Soul Serenade: Ray Charles, “Hit The Road Jack”

Ray Charles' move from Atlantic to ABC-Paramount paid enormous dividends
Posted 3 January 12.30pm — Comment on this

Rare rock interviews made public

Music fans have been given a rare chance to listen to candid interviews with Sir Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Ray Charles and Tony Bennett online after they were donated to...
Posted 29 November 2012 9.56am — Comment on this

Rare Rock Interviews Made Available To Public Online

Music fans have been given a rare chance to listen to candid interviews with Sir Paul Mccartney, Yoko Ono, Ray Charles and Tony Bennett online after...
Posted 29 November 2012 8.11am — Comment on this

Bobby Womack: soundtrack of my life

The soul singer and guitarist reflects on a turbulent career, Janis Joplin's final hours and making his comeback with the help of Damon AlbarnBobby Womack's career began ...
Posted 25 November 2012 12.01am — Comment on this

London jazz festival: Jazz Voice – review

Barbican, LondonPart of Jazz Voice's remit is to extend the definition of "jazz" to include artists who had no idea they were jazzy. The opening-night gateway to the Lond...
Posted 12 November 2012 1.40pm — Comment on this

Amy Winehouse: in her own words

In a previously unseen interview from 2006, Amy Winehouse shared her love for Sarah Vaughan, gospel music and the Shangri-Las – as well as recalling her first big b...
Posted 22 July 2012 6.59pm — Comment on this

Team GB Olympic playlists: Louis Smith, gymnast

'It's best to be calm. That's why I listen to reggae, baby!'I've got a reggae playlist that I made that I listen to before competing. It's called "Reggae Sexin'" – ...
Posted 24 June 2012 12.03am — Comment on this

Pop stars working the web

Rihanna is the queen of Twitter. David Byrne's psychedelic radio show is a global hit. And Tim Burgess has his own virtual caffAs recently as the mid-1990s, when record c...
Posted 26 February 2012 9.31pm — Comment on this

Ray Charles Foundation wants $3 million gift back

The head of the Ray Charles Foundation is demanding the return of a $3 million gift given to Albany State University in south Georgia.
Posted 15 February 2012 2.55pm — Comment on this

Ruthie Foster – Let It Burn

Ever since Ray Charles earned the wrath of the righteous back in the 50′s with his corruption of “church music”, musicians have been stealing that mix o...
Posted 1 February 2012 4.41pm — Comment on this

Etta James' passion, great range remembered

On her last album "The Dreamer," released just three months before her death, Etta James sings a mix of covers, from the R&B classic "Misty Blue" to the Ray Charles song ...
Posted 21 January 2012 8.10pm — Comment on this

Chiddy Bang + Skeet Skeet + Azealia Banks + Lazy Jay + Derrick Carter

So Wikipedia was protesting SOPA and PIPA and the like the other day. But my boy Spenser is a technological genius. And he figured out how to access Wikipedia on his phon...
Posted 21 January 2012 5.00pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Ray Charles songs in the past year.

  • Hit The Road Jack  264 plays
  • You Don't Know Me  115 plays
  • Georgia On My Mind  115 plays
  • Can't Stop Loving You  114 plays
  • I Don't Need No Doctor  3 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Ray Charles over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 60s 612 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 2 plays

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