An avid chess player, country music legend Willie Nelson is used to winning. But he received a great lesson in humility when Ray Charles beat him in back-to-back chess matches. Checkmate!

Chess set used by Ray Charles. Stained wood game board with raised squares. Chess pieces are wood, one side is light-colored wood and the other is made from a brown-stained wood with metal brads on ...

The funeral of Ray Charles turned into a musical celebration as more than 1,500 people including Little Richard, B.B. King and Stevie Wonder joined to remember the life and times of the late ...

Twelve-time Grammy-winning musician and composer Ray Charles died Thursday. He was 73. Charles died from acute liver disease at his Beverly Hills home, surrounded by family and friends, his ...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "I just do what I do." That's what Ray Charles told Billboard in June 2002 when asked to assess his role in music history. Of course, Charles' self-effacing response ...