Ray Charles News

1 hits The King had that year. 1967 - Fifteen police officers raid Keith Richards ' Sussex, England mansion.

It's one thing to hold the distinction of producing the planet's biggest album and biggest single of all time -- it's another to make history in outer space.

The San Francisco Bay area is home to Poignant Records, the brainchild of Natasha Miller.

Next month the 71-year-old crooner/sex bomb will issue a Jack White -produced track on White's label, Third Man Records.

Before the late Hank Crawford went on to a stellar career as a hard-bop saxophonist and revered Ray Charles sideman, he started out as a student at what would become Tennessee State University.

Broadway star, TV actor and solo artist Josh White, Jr. to bring Black History lessons alive for Cadillac school children through school assemblies.

Ken Franckling is an award-winning jazz writer and photographer who has been covering the mainstream jazz scene for more than 25 years.

QUIZ TAKER: S.J. Montalbano, 75 "as of yesterday," retired but hosts "Jukebox Legends" with brother Mickey on WBRH 90.3 every Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHAT I'M LISTENING TO: "Just about everything we play on the radio.

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra tonight announced its season schedule for 2012-13 , and the lineup of concerts includes a few performances that could be of potential interest to local jazz fans.

THE line-up for this year's Cheltenham Jazz Festival has been unveiled, with singing starlet Paloma Faith named as Artist in Residence.

The Rev. Norris B. Turner and the Gethsemane Baptist Church family invite you to hear Shelia Raye Charles, daughter of famed singer Ray Charles, during the regular church services on Feb.

I am fortunate to have a CDR of "Georgia" burned direct from the original master studio tape.

SeaTac Airport wants your travel experience to be a little more fun. Starting this week, you'll hear recorded music and announcements from local artists throughout the terminal.

Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging '50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contem... MORE

Southside Johnny The Poor Fools consists of Jeff Kazee, Tommy Byrnes, Southside Johnny, Soozie Tyrell and John Conte.

The Columbus Jazz Orchestra, with special guests Sarah Morrow, Phil Clark and Roger Hines, paid tribute to Ray Charles at a brilliant concert last night in the Lincoln Theatre.

Today marks the 82nd birthday of Hall of Fame blues man Robert Calvin Bland, better known as Bobby "Blue". In a case of being "in the right place at the right time", Mr.

The California Honeydrops will be playing a show at the Origami Lounge in Chico on Monday.All Chico E-R photos are available here.

It's a Monday evening around 8:30 pm when a group of musicians wanders into Maxwell's, the venerable music club in Hoboken, NJ and start tuning up.

Sara Morrow and members of the Ray Charles Orcestra will perform with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra as part of 'Hit the Road, Jack: The Music of Ray Charles,' scheduled for 8 p.m. Jan.