“He is blind and alone. Think of what this man did. Out of this, he made Ray Charles.” “Man, did he uplift souls,” said Dion DiMucci, who played with Charles at Harlem’s Apollo Theater ...

The late singer Ray Charles was instrumental in the casting ... part about Ray was putting on the prosthesis to make Foxx blind in the film. Foxx described the process as agonizing.

NMAH/SI Ray Charles loved the game of chess, and his own chess set was designed for blind players. NMAH/SI Ray Charles began recording in the late 1940s, and in 1952 signed with Atlantic Records.

I just don’t know what he drew from or who he was able to latch on to at St. Augustine School for the Blind to keep going. Zenger: Did you imagine “Ray” would be such a hit? Charles Jr.: It ...