While Ray Charles started building a national following in the early 1950s, his reach became global with the ’59 hit “What’d I Say.” John Lennon recalled how many songs (including two by The Beatles) ...

Georgia, Georgia / The whole day through / Just an old sweet song / Keeps Georgia on my mind, Ray Charles’ effortless voice floats above crying strings, carefree keys, and canned harmonies. Charles’ ...

The Ray Charles we heard on “Georgia On My Mind” was 30. He sounded 300. By 1960, Charles had been working as a musician for 13 years, playing around with every form of popular music that America had ...

In 1985, Nelson teamed with Charles during a Nashville Network concert simply titled The Willie Nelson Special. The pair’s performance of “Georgia on My Mind” was a highlight of the program, as the ...

Kelly Clarkson is pondering the Peach State. In the latest edition of Kellyoke, The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s live music cover series, the three-time Grammy winner got in touch with her southern roots for ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Ray Charles, affectionately known as Brother Ray, is one of the most influential musicians of all time. His ability to seamlessly blend blues, jazz, gospel, country, and R&B into an ...

This morning, multiple topics related to Georgia, Ray Charles, the song “Georgia On My Mind,” and John Legend were trending on Twitter. That’s because as election votes continue to be counted in ...

Before becoming one of the most successful names in country music, Ronnie Milsap was a half-hearted college student in upstate Georgia. He’d sailed through high school with the dream of becoming an ...

With the voter registration deadline for the Georgia runoff election approaching this Monday, December 7, a diverse group of musicians have joined forces to energize the voting public that turned ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. The Ray Charles ...