“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.

Singer-songwriter Ray Charles may have had Georgia on his mind ... Charles was eventually sent to the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. It was at the school where he further developed ...

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 ...

prompting him to learn Ray Charles' catalogue and bring to life the celebrated blind singer’s iconic style and approach to performing “Every day is a rehearsal for me. I mean every day ...