Shortly before Christmas 2002, Ray Charles called a meeting of his 12 children at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport. Ten of them, ranging in age from 16 to 50 -- with 10 mothers among ...

The battle between sin and salvation, between Saturday-night revels and Sunday-morning sanctity, rages at the heart of American popular music, But for Ray Charles, those combating urges were one ...

LOS ANGELES — Shortly before Christmas 2002, Ray Charles called a meeting of his 12 children at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport. Ten children, ranging in age from 16 to 50 ...

The Ray Charles Foundation aims to provide implants for children who are born deaf. Of the work he comments: 'There were deaf kids at school and I learned sign language and all that, so we could talk.