Further Reading

[Most recent additions marked in red].

Ray Charles  

• Don Cerulli, Ray Charles; Big Man In Blues (Down Beat 23, 28 Nov. 1956, p. 54). 
• Mimi Clar, [Review of] Ray Charles [aka Hallelujah I Love Her So](The Jazz Review, vol. 2, nr 1; February 1959).
• Joe Goldenburg, [Reviews of] Ray Charles [aka Hallelujah I Love Her So]; Yes Indeed!; Ray Charles At Newport; Harry Belafonte Sings The Blues. (The Jazz Review, vol. 2, nr 1; February 1959).
• Mimi Clar, [Reviews of] Ray Charles: At Newport […and…] Yes Indeed […] (The Jazz Review, vol. 2, nr 2; February 1959).
• Bill Crow, [Review of]Ray Charles: At Newport […]. (The Jazz Review, vol. 2, nr 2; February 1959).
• H.A. Woodfin, [Reviews of] What’d I Say; The Genius Of Ray Charles (The Jazz Review, vol. 3, nr 3, March – April 1960.
• Barbara Gardner, The Bright Night World Of Ray Charles(DownBeat, 7 July 1960).
• Mimi Clar, [Review of] Ray Charles In Person (The Jazz Review, vol. 3, nr 9, November 1960. 
• The Soul Of Ray Charles (Ebony, 1960). 

• Allan Morrison, How Ray Charles earns $2 million singing blues (Jet, 1 February 1962). 
• Ray Charles moest in zijn jeugd kiezen: bedelen of carrière maken. (Leidsch Dagblad, 17 February 1962 – in Dutch).
• Dan Morgenstern, The Impact Of Ray Charles (Jazz, October 1962). 
• Blues Becomes Big Business – Singer Ray Charles parlays voice into multi-million dollar, national enterprise (Ebony, 1963).
• Singers: That’s All Right(Time, 10 May 1963).
• Kenneth Allsop, The blind cat with a monkey on his back (The Straits Times, 14 May 1963).
• Leonard Feather, Free Flow: A Conversation With Ray Charles (Downbeat, 12 September 1963). 
• Norval Perkins, One More Chorus (Washington Afro-American, 12 November 1963). 
• Val Wilmer, Genius plus soul equals – what? A Personal View of Ray Charles(JazzBeat, August 1964).
• Charles E. Brown, Medic Says Ray Charles has kicked dope; wife is happy (Jet, 9 December 1965).
• Charles E. Brown, The new Ray Charles returns to his public(Jet, 16 December 1965).
• Leonard Feather, Ray Charles – Clean. An unprecedented interview with the genius of soul. (Cavalier, July 1966).
• Carolyn Jones, An Interview With Ray Charles (KFXM, 29 July 1966). 
• The Ray Charles Story (Billboard, 1966; 16 page insert on his 20th anniversary in show business).
• Music Souring(Life, 1966).
• Eliot Tiegel,[Jazz Beat Column](Billboard, 24 June 1967). 
• Harvey Siders, Subject: Ray Charles; an open letter to future interviewers (Downbeat, 30 November 1967).
• Leonard Feather, Ray Charles: Musician And Business Tycoon (The Des Moines Register, 23 August 1969). 
• Whitny Balliett, It’s Detestable When You Live It – Ray Charles (first published in The New Yorker, 1970; repr. in: American Singers; Twenty-seven Portraits in Song, Oxford University Press, 1988).
• Bill Quinn, Playboy Interview: Ray Charles (Playboy, 1970).
• Les Tomkins, Ray Charles; Rags To Riches (JazzProfessional, 1971).
• Ben Fong-Torres, Ray Charles (Rolling Stone, 18 January 1973).
• Ben Fong-Torres Ray Charles (Humo, 1 February 1973 – in Dutch). 
• Michael Lydon, Boogie Lightning. [Contains an interesting 1972 concert report and interview with Brother Ray, later only hinted at in Man And Music] (Dial Press, 1974).
• Black Music.[Contains exciting interview with Ray Charles, who was obviously eager to talk about his then new record label, Crossover] (Hamlyn, 1974).
• Mary Campbell, He Just Wanted to Be Great (Schenectady Gazette, 29 June 1974). 
• Louie Robinson, The enduring genius of Ray Charles (Ebony, October 1974).
• Don Rhodes, Lest We Forget: Ray Charles (Indiana Evening Gazette, 21 December 1974).
• Stephen Rhodes, Ray Charles Interview [in 1976](Blog, 14 January 2010).
• Dan Warfield, Ray Charles wears his fame with humility (S&S, 5 October 1976). 
• Spencer Leigh, The Genius hits the road, An appreciation of Ray Charles (Blues & Soul 211, 19 October 1976).
• Pete Welding, Ray Charles: Senior Diplomat of Soul (Downbeat, May 5, 1977). 
• Peter GaraFola, Music’s ‘Ray’ of hope (The Herald Statesman, 29 May 1978).
• Ray Charles and David Ritz, Brother Ray: Ray Charles’ Own Story. [Reprint with added materials; great – intentionally subjective, but generally honest – life story from Ray’s perspective; omissions are as interesting as what’s in it] (Da Capo Press, 6 October 2004; 1st ed. 1978).
• Fred Schruers, What’d I Say? – Elvis Costello puts his foot in his mouth (Rolling Stone, 27 May 1979).
• Francesco Fornai, Ray Charles, come vive un divo in tournée; Una giornata con il grande cantante negro, in giro per l’Italia (La Stampa, 28 July 1979 – in Italian).
• Paul Krueger, Ray Charles is treated as royalty(Merced Sun-Star, 16 October 1979). 
• Interview with Ray Charles (1983).
• Ray Charles Reveals ‘Bombs Put Under Bandstand’ For His Anti-Racism Role (Jet, 9 December 1985).
• Lawrence Christson, Ray Charles Proud To Be A Legend (LA Times, 1986).  
• Mike Boehm, Ray Charles at Crazy Horse Freer, More Physical Than at Arts Center(LA Times , 1988).
• Jeff Levenson, What’d I Say – A Conversation With Ray Charles, in Downbeat, January 1989, p. 17 – 19 (quotedhere, p. 37 – 38).
• Lawrence Christson, Ray Charles Keeps On Keepin’ On – At age 58, the blues king is touring again (LA Times, 1989).
• Olivier Gillissen, Ray Charles. [In French; NOT available online; factually not a very good biography – but a great story, with many details on Ray’s French adventures, and many great photos by Jean-Pierre Leloir] (Jazz Hot/L’Instant, 1989). 
• David Grogan, Ray Charles (People, 19 November 1990).  
• Bernard Holland, The Opposing Styles Of Pain and Solitude Versus Boisterousness(New York Times, 29 June 1992). 
• Fran Fried, The Modest Genius[…]. (FranoramaWorld,  24 February 2011 [first published in: New Haven Register, 29 October 1993]).
• Michael Lydon, Ray Charles: Man and Music, Updated Commemorative Edition. [Only very  partially available online; a good biography with disputable major focus on Ray’s recording career; good timeline research, based on many interviews with – not always the right – people around Ray] (Routledge, 26 February 2004; 1st edition 1995). 
• Ability Magazine Charles Interview. (Ability Magazin, [1995])
• Josh Alan Friedman, House of David (on David Fathead Newman, 1996).
• Thomas Hüetli, Wer ist hier der King? Entertainer Ray Charles über seinen Blues, die Frauen und seinen Durchblick in Rassenfragen (Der Spiegel, 6 May 1996).    
• Jean-Pierre Allaux, Ray, Mi, Fa, Soul (LaVie, 16 May 1996).
• Ilze Biggs, Ray Charles, A psychobiographical study. (Rhodes University, 11 February 1997).
• Bill Dahl, The Saxmen (liner notes to “Ray Charles: Genius & Soul – The 50th Anniversary Collection”; Rhino Records, September 1997).
• Don Heckman, Bebop on His Mind(LA Times, 1998).
• Don Heckman, Last Of the Old Masters (The Nation, 12 November 1998).
• Ray Charles Inducts Billy Joel (18 March 1999).
• Billy Joel Accepts His Induction (18 March 1999).
• Pat Kane, Ray’s lord; The man with the greatest blues voice ever is coming to [Glasgow] (The Sunday Herald, 23 May 1999).
• Michèle Leloup, Les fausses notes me font mal (L’Express, 24 June 1999).
• Giovanna Grassi, Ray Charles torna a Sanremo (Corriere della Sera, 2 November 1999 – in Italian).
• Billy Vera, Ray Charles (Doo Wop Café, 2000).
• Gail Mitchell, Ray Charles – The Billboard Interview (Billboard, 22 June 2002). 
• Don Waller, Ray Charles – Six Decades Of Hits (Billboard, 22 June 2002). 
• Bill DeMain, Ray Charles Launches A New Label(Performing Songwriter, December 2002). 
• William R. Bauer, Open The Door – The Life And Music Of Betty Carter (University of Michigan, 2002). 
• Lisa Verrico, Life & Soul (Scotland on Sunday, 12 January 2003). 
• Al Aronowitz, Aretha Live At Filmore West (2003).
• Rome Neal, Ray Charles: Music Is His Life – After Early Hardships, Ray Charles Continues To Make Beautiful Music (2003).
• [Interview transcript]. (VH1.com, S.a.). 
• Mike Sager, What I’ve Learned: Ray Charles (Esquire, 1 August 2003). 
•  Ben Greenberg, Ray Charles Helped Integrate Birmingham (2004); also read this.
• The Genius Of Soul – Hail and farewell to Ray Charles (Ebony, 2004).
• Al Aronowitz, The Great Ray Charles Needed No Justifying (2004).
• Stanley Crouch, It’s a Shame About Ray; The passing of an American musical icon (2004).
• Michael Lydon, Ray Charles: Man And Music, Updated Commemorative Edition (Routledge, 22 January 2004). 
• Rheta Grimsley Johnson, I have singer Ray Charles on my mind (Gadsden Times, 8 June 2004).
• Tom Ashbrook (with guests Michael Lydon, Al Kooper, Roy Haynes), WBUR Notes of Appreciation for Ray Charles (WBUR, 10 June 2004).
• Richard Corliss, The Genie (Time, 10 June 2004).
• Ashley Kahn, Ray Charles: A Musical Genius for All Genres (NPR, radio documentary, 11 June 2004).
• Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay was home turf(St Petersburg Times, 11 June 2004).
• Donald Fagen, Ray Charles: 1930 – 2004.
• Richard Harrington, The Soul of a Genius; For More Than 50 Years, Ray Charles’s Musical Vision Knew No Limits (Washington Post, 11 June 2004).
• Jon Pareles and Bernard Weinraub, Ray Charles, Bluesy Essence of Soul, Is Dead at 73 (New York Times, 11 June 2004).
• Charles Taylor, The genius hits the road(Salon, 11 June 2004). 
• Zev Chafets, Hit the road, Elvis The King was only a pretender to the crown worn by Ray Charles (New York Daily News, 13 June 2004).
• Barry Willis, Ray Charles 1930 – 2004 (Stereophile, 14 June 2004). 
• Julian Bond, Soul’s everyman (15 June 2004).
• David Hinckley, Ray did it all, his way(New York Daily News, 16 June 2004). 
• Sarah Hepola, Odd & Ends (Dallas Observer, 17 June 2004). 
•  Brian Ascenzo, I Met A Genius Once (Pegwood Arts, c 2004).  
• Star-Studded Funeral Service for Ray Charles(NPR, radio documentary, 18 June 2004).
• William Booth, Heavenly Choir – Through the Voices of His Many Friends, Ray Charles Is Still Singing (Washington Post, 19 June 2004). 
• Tom Sinclair, Ray Charles 1930 – 2004(Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2004).
• [Interview with Ray about Genius Loves Company + quotes from co-performers](Ray-Charles.co.uk, 26 June 2004).
• Don Rhodes, Ray Charles gave country music his own touch (The Augusta Chronicle, 1 July 2004).
• [Tributes from friends, producers, bandmates and disciples](Yahoo Groups, July 2004).   
• Ray Charles duets on posthumous album; Genius Loves Company features B.B. King, Elton John and more (MSNBC Today, 30 August 2004).
• Blair Jackson, Ray Charles, The Genius and friends at the end of the road (Mix, 1 October 2004).
• Blair Jackson, Classic Tracks: Ray Charles’ What’d I Say (Mix, 1 October 2004). 
• Richard Corliss,The Genie (Time, 6 October 2004).
• David Ritz, It’s A Shame About Ray (Slate, 22 October 2004).
• Paul de Barros, A look at how movie fiction holds up to reality (Seattle Times, 24 October 2004).
• Rebecca Leung, The Genius Of Ray Charles; 60 Minutes Looks Back At The Life And Loves Of A True Original (NBC, 26 December 2004).
• Ray Charles (TheSoulGuy).
• Paula Edelstein, Phil Ramone Discusses The Making of Genius Loves Company – The last recording of Ray Charles (JazzUSA, s.d.).  
• Jean-Pierre Grosz, Ray, mon ami (Paris, 2005 – in French). 
• David Hoffman, My take on the movie “Ray”(2005).
• Spencer Leigh, Ray Charles Was A Genius: An Interview with Jerry Wexler (BBC, March 2005).
• Adam Higginbotham, 33 Things You Should Know About Ray Charles (Blender.com, March 2005). 
• Jeff Fitzgerald, What I Say (Allaboutjazz, 18 May 2005).
• Ron Netsky, Ray Charles on his mind; David Fathead Newman pays tribute to a friend (Rochester City News, 25 May 2005).
• Brian D. Holland, Guitar Shorty Interview (Modern Guitars, 29 July 2005). 
• Phil Gallo, 100 Icons Of The Century – Ray Charles (Variety, 16 October 2005).
• Bobby Reed, Examining the color of country music (Chicago Sun-Times, 2 July 2006). 
• Mike Levine, Recording the Genius (interview with engineer Terry Howard, 2006).  
• Interview with Paul Shaffer On Bonnie Hunt Show (on playing behind Ray on SNL). [VID]  
• Bernard Lortat-Jacob, L’image musicale du souvenir – Georgia On My Mind de Ray Charles (L’Homme, 2006; No 177-8).  
• Peter Vacher, Send for the English cat (JazzUK, Nov.-Dec. 2006).
• Tavis Smiley, Quincy Jones [interview transcript]. PBS, 16 January 2007.
• Bobby Womack, Midnight Mover: The True Story of the Greatest Soul Singer in the World (John Blake, 1 March 2007).
• Dave Mosher, The Science of Ray Charles’s Swing(Discover, 3 April 2007).
• Mike Finbow, Drown In My Own Tears (SoulmusicHQ, 29 June 2007).
• Robin Heffler, Shepherding the Philanthropic Legacy Of Ray Charles (Catalyst, 2008).
• Omkar Deshmukh, Ray Charles (2008).
• Carl Jacobson, Remembering Brother Ray (IntegralLife, 10 June 2009). 
• Michael Gray [Ray Charles entry in Bob Dylan Encyclopedia] (Directory International, 22 September 2010). 
• Concord, Rhino Burnish Ray Charles Catalog (Billboard.biz, 2010).  
• Ray Charles’ Publishing Goldmine (Billboard.biz, 2010).
• Steve Stegman, Rock of Ages. Part ten: Ray Charles. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Vols. I & II(2010). 
• Ray Charles: Looking back (BackThen, 2010).
• Stephen Stegman, Rock of Ages. Part ten: Ray Charles. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vols. I & II(Examiner, 9 April 2010).
• Aaron Cohen, Ray’s Kind Of Jazz(Downbeat, October 2010).
• Josep Pedro, James Polk: Recipes from the Doctor (Allaboutjazz, 13 April 2011).
• Georgia Temple, Trumpeter to perform with MOSC[interview with Marcus Belgrave] (Mywesttexas, 12 May 2011).
• Ruth Robinson, [Remembering Ray Charles]. (Ruth’s Been Writing, 2009 – 2010).
• Preston Lauterbach, Ray Charles Desegregates NOLA, 1963 (20 July 2011).
• Jack Doyle, Ray Sings America – 1972 – 2011 (The Pop History Dig, 5 November 2011).
• Steven A. Cerra, David ‘Fathead’ Newman: Tough, Texas Tenor (Jazz Profiles, 2 February 2012). 
• Harley Payette, Ray Charles – “Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles” review (Classicpopicons, 25 February 2012).
• Sanifu Hall, My times with the Ray Charles Orchestra (AlHall blog, 29 August 2012).
• Don Manley, Marco resident[i.e. Renald Richard]served as Ray Charles’ band leader during the 1950s (News-Press, 28 February 2013).
• Sam Adams, Merry Clayton on 20 Feet From Stardom, Ray Charles, Lynryd Skynyrd, and “Gimme Shelter” (A.V. Club, 27 August 2013). 
• Gavin Edwards, ‘We Are the World’: A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown on Its 30th Anniversary(March 6, 2015).
• Ed Pavlić, But Amen is the Price: James Baldwin and Ray Charles in “The Hallelujah Chorus”(September 2015).
• Alan Swyer, How Ray Charles convinced me to be his stand-in (Narratively, 9 March 2017).
• Al Hunter, Busted — The 1961 Heroin Arrest of Ray Charles in Indianapolis(Weeklyview.net, 8 February 2018).
• Percy Mayfield: The poet of the Blues (JazzBluesNews.Space, 12 August 2018).
• Jonathan Powell, Wikispaces History Of Songs – Ray Charles (Wikispaces, S.a.).Celeste Day Moore, Ray Charles in Paris: Race, Protest, and the Soundscape of the Algerian War (American Quarterly Volume 71, Number 2, June 2019, p. 449-472).

Ray Charles biographies and biographic sketches 

• CelebrityGenius.
• FindADeath.
• Dipity.
• Ebony.
• It’s Detestable.
• Music Soaring. 
• NNDB.
• Ray Charles Foundation.

Wives & girlfriends, kids & family

• Madlyn F. and Jennifer Glover (with Azaan Kamau), The Memoirs of Madlyn F. Glover; A Love & Romance With Ray Charles Robinson (Glover Lane Publishing, 2008).
• Louie Robinson, Ray Charles loses paternity (Jet, 6 February 1964). 
• Blind singer pays to support; the patternity problems of Ray Charles (Jet, 3 June 1965). 
• Charles’ youngest son learns show business on road as stage hand (Jet, 26 June 1980).
• Charles’ stepmother buried as pauper? (Lodi news Sentinel, 19 December 1985). 
• Sheila Raye Charles, Ray Charles’ daughter on The Overnighter with Ewing Stevens (Audio, 2004).
• Raila Kinnunen, Raita Outinen ei itke Ray Charlesia [On Outinen’s book, Kasvoton morsian – Elämäni Ray Charlesin kanssa (“Faceless bride – My Life with Ray Charles”, 2003)] (APU, 24 January 2005).
• Jyrki Hämäläinen, Raita Outisen ja Ray Charlesin Sokea rakkaus (Danni, 25 June 2010).
• Eileen F. Michaels, Ray’s St. Louis Woman – Ray Charles made himself at home in Kirkwood—and nobody knew (St Louis Magazine, 2006).

 

• Clarence Waldron, Ray Charles’ Children, Ex-Manager Battle Over Singer’s Estate (Jet, 12 May 2008). 
• Michael A. Hiltzik, Ray Charles’ children battle over his legacy (Los Angeles Times, 20 August 2008).
• Ray Charles Jr., You Don’t Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles (New York, Crown Publishers, 2010).
• Felicia Pride, Ray Charles’ son reflects on living with a legendary dad (TheGrio, 2 July 2010).     
• Sheila Ray Charles (with Glenn Swanson), Behind the shades (Love Song Publishing, 2010).
• Marci Soto, Ray & Me (Monograph Publishing, 2010). 

The Raelettes 

• David Nathan, Stars Behind The Stars: The Raelets (1971).
• David Nathan, Ray Charles & The Raelets Live (Concert review, 1972).
• Mary Ann Lacey, An interview with The Raelettes (Montreal.com, 2003). 
• David Nathan, Mable John (Raelets) Remembers (2004).
• Ruby Rae Roberson, Ruby’s Early Life: Ray Charles My Memories As A Raelette (self-published, 2007). 
• StoryCorps Griot: ‘Ain’t That Love’ (NPR, 12 February 2008).
• Rita Graham In Conversation With Rob Jones (TheSoulGuy). 
• Liane Hansen, A Raelette On Ray Charles (NPR, 8 November 2009).  
• Liane Hansen Speaks With Three Of The Raelettes [Angela Workman, Kathryn Collie, Estella Yarbrough] (NPR, 8 November 2009).

• Former Raelette Cynthia Scott performing Shades Of Ray, from her album Dream For One Bright World:

Working with Ray Charles

• Bill Milkowski, Ray Charles & Steve Turre: After Midnight, in: JazzTimes (2000).

• Cecile Brown, The Collector – Harold Patton (SFGate, 10 December 2000).
• [Former band members reminiscensing working with the Ray Charles Orchestra on a discussion board].
• John Bryant, Playing Drums for Ray Charles (2004).
• Corey Levitan, Ray of hope – local students win chance to jam with music legend (2004). 
• Joe Helm, David “Fathead” Newman remembers Ray Charles (Washington Post, 10 June 2004).
• Oscar Peterson (CBC, 2004):

• John Bryant, Playing Drums for Ray Charles (MykesWeblog, 24 October 2004).
• Transcript of online chat with Valerie Ervin (office manager of Ray Charles Enterprises) and Susan Lacy (producer of American Masters series) (WashingtonPost.com, 2005). 
• Ray Charles And Terry Howard.
• Ray Charles Tracks With M-Audio. 
• Paul Adams, David Hoffman – Ray Charles trumpet soloist, arranger, and world traveler (interview).
• Nina Guilbeau, Being Non-Famous (21 June 2009).
• Backstage: Performing with Ray Charles a hard and fulfilling road (PJStar, 15 August 2010).  
• David Hoffman, A Personal Remembrance of Ray Charles.
• David Hoffman, What’s That Bus Doing On the Runway? The Antics and Absurdities of a Life on the Road (CreateSpace, 2010). 
• David Hoffman, Excerpts from… What’s That Bus Doing On the Runway? The Antics and Absurdities of a Life on the Road. (Peoria, Sep/Oct 2010). 
• David Hoffman, What’s That Bus Doing On the Runway? (2010).
• Paul Adams, David Hoffman, Ray Charles trumpet soloist, arranger, and world traveler.
• Steve Hoffman Forum. 1, 2, 3. 
• Terry Howard, Using Sonar to Restore Historic Ray Charles Recordings. 
• Anthony Layser, Late Show’s Paul Shaffer Orchestrates a Legendary Gig (2007). 
• Jean-michel Bernard, [Testimonial].
• John Fordham, David Fathead Newman Saxophonist, Played With Ray Charles (The Age, 31 January 2009).
• Susan Cross, Leroy Cooper leaves Ray Charles – the 1st time (8 November 2010). 
• Susan Cross, First gig in Vegas with Ray Charles(31 July 2009).
• [About Billy Preston:] Susan Cross, Before the Beatles were the Beatles and then there was Billy Preston (February 2011). 
• Ted Panken, For the 81st Anniversary of David “Fathead” Newman’s birth, A 1998 DownBeat Interview with him and Hank Crawford and a Liner Note (24 February 2014).
• [Don Peake on The Ray Charles School Of Music] (Video, 2010):

And in a video from 2017:

• Hank Crawford on working with Ray (Jan. 16, 1994): 

• Billy Preston on Ray Charles (from The Genius Of Soul, 1991):

• Watch the video with Smokey Robinson, in Live From Daryl’s House, episode #22 (July 2011)!
• Interview with Tony Gumina (Ray Charles Marketing Group; 2011):
• [About Jimmy Lewis:] Alan Swyer, Soul Brother (Easy Street, 27 March 2017).

Bibliographies

• Ray Charles (Real.com UK, file of articles).
• Blues Bibliography.

General jazz and r&b history

• Gramophone. [Archive of ‘the world’s authority on classical music since 1923′, an often hilarious source for early (1950s and 1960s) contemporary, often highly unappreciative, reviews of Ray Charles’ albums].

• Bill Crow, From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life (Oxford University Press, 9 September 1993). [Great anecdotes about the jazz scene, starting from the early 1950s, from a sideman-insider].
• Paul De Barros, Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle.[Not available online; quintessential reading for anyone with an interest in Ray Charles] (Sasquatch Books, October 1993).
• Ted Fox, Showtime At The Apollo (Da Capo Press, April 1993; updated 2003). [Not available online; excellently researched, well told history of the most famous theatre in the world].
• Lee Friedlander, American Musicians (D.A.P., 2 October 2001).[Not available online; absolutely gorgeous photo book; contains 2 pages devoted to Ray Charles, including some seldom seen shots].
• Joe Goldberg, Jazz Masters Of The 50s (Da Capo Press, 22 August 1983). [With an insightful chapter about the Genius, dealing with his music as well as his personal tribulations of the time; ”his expenses [on heroin] right now are $ 500 a day, and he’ll be dead in three years”]. 
• Alan B. Govenar, Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound (S.l., 2008). 
• Peter Guralnick, Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom (New York, Harper & Row, 1986; repr. Back Bay Books, 1999).
• Gerri Hirshey, Nowhere to Run – The Story of Soul Music (London 1984; repr. 2006). [Delicious ‘biography of Soul’, with a few fun facts & anecdotes about Ray].

• Franz Hoffmann, Jazz Advertised in the Negropress; 8 vols (Berlin, Private press, 1980 – 1989). [Not available online; advertisements for jazz events in the major black East Coast and Chicago newspapers between 1910 and 1967; with index].

• Franz Hoffmann, Jazz Reviewed 1910-1967 out of the New England Negro Press; Vol. 1, 1910 – 1950  (Berlin, Private press, 1995). [Not available online].
• Bill Holland, High Profile Music At Home In Bloomington (Billboard, 12 July 1997). 
• Bill Holland, Upgrading Labels’ Vaults No Easy Archival Task (Billboard, 19 July 1997). 
• Ashley Khan, The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records (New York, 2006).
• Daniell Wolff, Ernest C. Withers – The Memphis Blues Again: Six Decades of Memphis Music Photographs (Viking Studio, 25 October 2001). [Not available online; devoted to the photo s of Withers; contains 4 pictures of Brother Ray, including the famous early one with B.B. King)].
• Brian Ward, Just my soul responding; Rhythm and Blues, black consciousness and race relations. London, UCL Press, 1998.
  
• Jody Rosen, The Day the Music Burned (New York Times, 11 June 2019).