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Ray Charles
by Michael Lydon
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1573221325
- ISBN 13
- 9781573221320
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
Item Price
A$12.35A$9.27
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About This Item
Riverhead Hardcover, 1998. First edition. . Paperback. As New/Near Fine. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Nice! Sec 49C
Synopsis
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-1950s. 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.Lydon begins with Charles's impoverished childhood in Greenville, Florida, where tragedy struck early when the young Charles went blind at age 6 and was orphaned at age 14. Driven by his enormous talent and determination, Charles landed work playing some of the toughest juke joints in the state, fought heroin addiction, and finally landed a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Unlike other R&B singers, Charles took control of his career with its earliest days, moving on from his gospel-soul stylings of the mid-'50s to break through musical barriers, recording two country albums in the late '50s (at a time when the black presence in country music was barely felt), pure jazz, and then the powerful pop hits of the '60s. A living legend, Charles continues to tour and record, and has become an icon in American popular music.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biblio Pursuit
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55252
- Title
- Ray Charles
- Author
- Michael Lydon
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1573221325
- ISBN 13
- 9781573221320
- Publisher
- Riverhead Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY / MUSIC
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Strong runs in literature, mystery fiction, vintage paperbacks from 40's, 50's and 60's. Partial to scholarly non=fiction but also nice runs on the Civil War and the Two Word Wars.
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