Ray Charles

An appreciation: Phil Ramone's golden ear for the hits

2013-03-31 17:45:00

That Phil Ramone was a musical force in the recording studio is undeniable, and the evidence lies in the range of his accomplishments. For example, within one three-year period in the early 1960s, Ramone mixed Lesley Gore's smash hit "It's My Party,"...

PASSINGS: Michael Parrish, Bobby Sharp

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Michael Parrish Former editor of the Los Angeles Times magazine Michael Parrish, 67, who oversaw the reinvention of the Sunday magazine in the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1980s, died Friday of liver failure while under hospice care in the Los Angeles...

Grammys 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners

2013-02-10 21:50:00

Brit�ish roots mu�sic band Mum�ford & Sons took the top hon�or for its album "Ba�bel" at the 55th Grammy Awards ce�re�mony Sunday. The night mostly dis�trib�uted hon�ors broadly to an ar�ray of young�er gen�er�a�tion acts in�clud�ing New York in�die...

Grammys 2013: Pre-telecast ceremony broadens the spotlight

2013-02-10 16:19:00

Awards handed out Sunday before the evening Grammy Awards telecast sometimes set the stage for what happens during the national TV broadcast. This year, the Black Keys got the momentum rolling by having a hand in three awards early on, including rock...

Eastside record label still spinning out the music

2013-01-08 18:26:00

Hector Gonzalez straps a five-string bass guitar over his belly inside a music studio on a dreary stretch of Monterey Park. He plays as a smooth, prerecorded tenor joins a funky accordion through his headphones. Trying to bite a bullet, or sometimes...

Mickey Baker dies at 87; rhythm and blues, rock guitarist

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Mickey Baker, an exceptional 1950s session guitarist who played on hundreds of recordings, helping to transform rhythm and blues into rock 'n' roll, died Tuesday at his home near Toulouse, France, according to French media reports. He was 87. A cause of...

Southern California Close-Ups: Going Hollywood

2012-06-08 16:32:00

First published on Dec. 25, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. Pity the rubes. Those wayward tourists who dawdle in their cars and tour buses along Beachwood Drive, enraging the locals as they haltingly seek that perfect Hollywood sign photo op...

President Obama, Mitt Romney cameo on 2012 CMT Music Awards

2012-06-06 16:36:22

Oscars by the Numbers

2012-02-02 16:41:14

Ken Phebus dies at 64; veteran talent buyer

2012-04-14 00:00:00

Shortly after being hired about a decade ago to up the ante of musical talent offered at the Orange County Fair's summer concert series in Costa Mesa, veteran talent buyer Ken Phebus rolled out his schedule for the fair's board. But one of the...

TSA Chorus checks in at LAX with holiday spirit, music

2011-12-20 21:33:10

Weekended: Blue Ivy Carter born, Campbell gigs NY, Iommi has cancer

2012-01-09 16:36:27

November 12, 1977 Charles performed his classics "What'd I Say" and "Hit the Road Jack," among other numbers.

2013-02-06 17:38:00

Jeff Lindberg's top-notch big band offers "A Tribute to Ray Charles," featuring vocalists Dee Alexander, Joan Collaso and Yvonne Gage. 8 p.m. Feb. 16 at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville; $30-$35; 630-637-7469 or chicagojazzorchestra.com

2013-01-04 10:25:00

The Chicago crooner's "Copa Chicago" concert for New Year's Eve features music from Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Burt Bacharach, Billy Joel, Lou Rawls, Johnny Mathis and Frank Sinatra.

2012-12-27 11:58:00