The Recording Academy® recently announced the 1961 Ray Charles album Genius + Soul = Jazz as one of the newest additions to the legendary GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® collection. Established in 1973, the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® was created to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. [...]
Concord Records is celebrating the 80th birthday of the legendary Ray Charles with a special gift for his legions of fans: Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters. This treasure trove of newly discovered recordings, highlighted by a duet with fellow icon Johnny Cash, will become available on October 26th, 2010. Culled from four decades worth of [...]
BIO presents “Ray Charles: America,” a fresh look at the life, impact and influence of the unconventional American icon who transcended every musical genre on Thursday, December 23rd at 8 PM EST (5 PM PST), repeating at midnight and 9 PM (check your local listings for specific broadcast times in your area.) The two-hour special, narrated by David Duchovny, [...]
Concord Records is celebrating 80 years of the music of Ray Charles with the release of “Rare Genius, The Undiscovered Masters,” featuring music never-before-released and other rarities. Subscribe to the free rare Genius Podcast Series now and find out how the newly discovered masters were found, what went into the recording process, how Ray recorded [...]
The Ray Charles Memorial Library opened its doors on September 23, 2010, the 80th anniversary of the birth of Ray Charles. Ray Charles joins the likes of past presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan with his own namesake library in Southern California. The library is located on the ground floor of the landmark Los Angeles [...]
As part of our Ray Charles 80th Birthday Celebration, we are offering a FREE song from Rare Genius! Everybody who downloads the song is also entered into a contest with a chance to win a one-of-a-kind Ray Charles music collection on CD.
The 80th anniversary of the birth of Ray Charles is being celebrated in a series of private events for invited guests in Los Angeles this week. On Tuesday, September 21st, The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live presents “The Drop: Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters of Ray Charles,” a discussion with friends of Ray Charles about [...]
Concord Records is celebrating the 80th birthday of the legendary Ray Charles with a special gift for his legions of fans: Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters. This treasure trove of newly discovered recordings, highlighted by a duet with fellow icon Johnny Cash, will become available at physical and digital retailers October 26, 2010.
The Ray Charles Memorial Library will officially open on September 23, 2010, the 80th anniversary of the birth of the iconic American entertainer, it was announced by Valerie Ervin, President of The Ray Charles Foundation. The Library is located on the ground floor of the historic Los Angeles landmark building Mr. Charles designed for his [...]
Several events are being held to honor the life and legacy or Ray Charles in this year that marks the 80th anniversary of his birth, on September 23, 1930. In April of this year, Concord Records released “Genius + Soul = Jazz,” a deluxe two-CD set that borrows its title from Charles groundbreaking 1961 jazz [...]
