What makes this song still relevant today is its sheer energy and improvisational style. Ray Charles’ signature call-and-response interplay with his background singers, The Raelettes, creates an ...

Once you hear it for the first time, you’ll keep reaching for it again and again. Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz Buy at Amazon Impulse! Records is releasing a whole suite of reissues this year to ...

Ray Charles was the first to fuse gospel with blues to create soul music, using his Raelettes to bring the call-and-response chemistry of preacher and "amen corner" from church to club in songs ...

Charles’ manager Joe Adams joined Norah Jones to accept the best album award on his behalf, saying: “Humbly we accept this wonderful, wonderful award and we offer a humongous thanks to you ...

The recently released concert recording of his show at Paris s famous Olympia in 2000 Ray s return to the venue after 40 years gives you a feel for where his charms truly lay, as Charles s swing ...