Learn about the life of this talented and inspiring performer.
Narrates the life of Ray Charles from his childhood, when he became blind and learned how to read and write music in Braille, to his extraordinary success as a jazz and blues musician.
Getting a divorce meant moving back to Houston. her legal place of residence. for thirty days. She was afraid because I was on the way, for she didn't want her estranged husband to find her. A friend recommended a lawyer, ...
Ray Charles: Man and Music is a complete biography of this seminal singer/pianist who has been active on the American music scene since the mid-'50s. Originally published in 1995 by...
In the first-ever full-length biography of Ray Charles, Michael Lydon introduces us to this giant of American music as we've never seen him before. Beginning with his Depression-era childhood in...
Traces the personal life and musical career of the blind singer, musician, and composer, Ray Charles.
A biography of the popular singer, who became blind as a young boy.
Michael Ray Charles is the most comprehensive presentation yet of the work of an artist who rose to prominence in the 1990s for works that engaged American stereotypes of African Americans.
Originally published in 1995 by Penguin Books, and universally hailed as the definitive biography, this new edition will bring Charles's life up to date, covering the last 7 years of his life.There are only a few legendary singers who have ...
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Ray Charles: A Man and His Soul