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Ray Charles: man and music

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Ray Charles: man and music

by Lydon, Michael

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ISBN 10
1573221325
ISBN 13
9781573221320
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USA: Riverhead Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1573221325 . Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is lightly rubbed at the edges otherwise appears little used. xii + 436 pages, photos on plates, notes, bibliography, discography, index .

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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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
54136
Title
Ray Charles: man and music
Author
Lydon, Michael
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
1573221325
ISBN 13
9781573221320
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Place of Publication
USA
Date Published
1998
Keywords
1573221325, Atlantic Records, Jerry Wexler, Soul music
Bookseller catalogs
Music / Jazz & Blues;

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