But to hear Charles tell it, his most traumatic experience was the death of his mother, Aretha. Many of the supporting characters (such as Ray’s saxophonist, Fathead Newman) are portrayed as ...

Directed by Taylor Hackford, the 2004 film chronicles Ray Charles’s journey from his early years in rural Georgia to becoming an international music icon, all while facing personal struggles ...

The story of Ray Charles (played by Jamie Foxx), music legend. Told in his adult life with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood, which included ...

One of these is a wonderful new treatment of “You Don’t Know Me” with just piano. I had feared that “Ray” would whitewash Charles’s character, as movie biopics tend to do. But James L. White’s ...

Performing the show with Charles' signature flair and energy, Brawner describes the show as "a concert/theater piece." In between songs, Brawner slips into the character of Ray Charles to educate ...

Foxx went into the evening the heavy favorite to win for his performance as Ray Charles in “Ray ... Dollar Baby,” played the only fictional character in the bunch, Frankie Dunn.

Ray Charles' Ray-Bans, his celebrity trademark, are held in the collections of the National Museum of American History. NMAH/SI Ray Charles, who died at age 73 on June 10, 2004, lives on in ...

He has nine movie or TV show acting credits to his name, according to IMDB, and had one pretty notable role as a young Ray Charles in the ... hard and how to be in character for a scene, but ...

Charles Ray installing his gleaming “Reclining Woman ... In “Huck and Jim,” the flesh of both characters is transmuted into stainless steel. Jim stands upright. Huck is bent at the ...