...Ray Charles gets credit for turning gospel into soul music in the early 1950s, but Winston-Salem’s “5” Royales beat him to the top of the R&B charts by a couple of years. The Royales were a key transitional act in soul’s evolution, with a particular gift for bawdiness. They also contributed...

... Hamechdal Ray Charles settler movement West Bank American Evangelicals Jerry Falwell the Jerusalem Law Six-Day War First Intifada On Monday, May 8, 1978, the ABC television network presented The Stars Salute Israel at 30, a two-hour, prime-time special celebrating...