September 15, 1972 - President Richard Nixon meets Ray Charles in the Oval Office, White House Watch on “If I go out into a march, first of all, I can’t see, number one,” Charles told ...

He grew up to tell stories in screenplay form. Mr. White wrote the script for “Ray,” the 2004 biographical film about singer Ray Charles that was nominated for a best-picture Oscar.

On Wednesday night, the Obamas will host nearly 200 famous (and D.C. famous) people at the White House for a star-studded musical tribute to singer Ray Charles as part of the “In Performance ...

President Barack Obama showed off his pipes in a PBS special Friday when he led a White House audience in a rendition of Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say.” CNN values your feedback 1.

James White saw parallels between his life and that of singer Ray Charles. Both were African Americans who grew up in the rural Jim Crow South and both had been heroin addicts at one time.

The South Dallas home singer Ray Charles lived in at 2642 Eugene St. in the late 1950s is empty while its owner, who bought the house less than two years ago, figures out what to do with it.

I love Ray Charles’ music. How can you portray Ray Charles if you’re not a Black man?” he added. Nothing Prepared Me for the Horrors of the Tulsa Massacre DARK HISTORY ...

An Oklahoma pastor is defending his decision to wear Blackface and share photos of his Ray Charles depiction on social media. The photos were first posted in February 2017 on Matoaka Baptist ...

The Ray Charles Foundation Keeps the multi-Grammy winner's legacy alive. The post Ray Charles Jr. Pays Tribute To His Father And Those Impacted By 9/11 appeared first on Zenger News.

The Ray Charles Plaza was built in 2007 and has since been an attraction for everyone who comes to the Good Life City. White said the area around the statue is unkempt and deteriorating.

Of course, the meaning of the lyrics likely points to Charles’ (or the narrator’s) relationship to a white woman, which of course, in the 1950s was taboo when the other partner was Black.