When he sang ‘God done shed his grace on thee,’ he acknowledged this country was blessed from the start.

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American music legend, Stevland Hardaway Morris, popularly known as Stevie Wonder, has been named the greatest R&B artiste of ...

Archivist Alec Palao talks about his time spent with the late legend, and how the rare live album The First Family: Live at ...

Ray Charles stole catchy gospel rhythms joined them to the secular sentiments of blues, the devil's music, and created a recipe for the top ten. From blues to jazz, through rock 'n' roll and gospel, ...

As one of Charles’s few solo Top 20 country hits during the '80s, this track doesn’t benefit from duet novelty. Instead, it shows his solo voice still had radio pull.

Long before playlists, streaming algorithms, and AI-generated tunes, Ray Charles was already tearing up genre maps and putting his own spin on the American songbook in ways few artists dared.

It’s notable for being the last time Ray would score a Top 20 hit in the United States. Yet the song also shows that his reception in the United States and the United Kingdom was starting to diverge.

Happy 4/20! What better way to celebrate the holiday than with 20 thematically-appropriate tunes, hand selected by the L4LM crew. From blues to hip hop to reggae to funk, musicians are no ...

He also co-produced the album, sang background vocals, played bass, guitar and keyboards, and co-wrote three songs with Harrison – including "This Is Love." The results are simply infectious. No ...

His total there shows 11 Top 40 hits, three of them ... I Love Her So” was his version of the Ray Charles composition that had been the R&B star ... Best Iggy Pop Songs: 20 Tracks With An ...