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Ray Charles: Man and Music Mass market paperbound - 2000

by Michael Lydon


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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.

From the publisher

Michael Lydon was a founding editor at Rolling Stone and has been a pop-culture critic for thirty years. The author of Rock Folk, Boogie Lightning, and Writing and Life, he has also written for numerous publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Village Voice. He is also a professional musician and lives in New York City.

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  • Title Ray Charles: Man and Music
  • Author Michael Lydon
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 436
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Riverhead Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date January 10, 2000
  • ISBN 9781573227803 / 1573227803
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.97 x 5.99 x 1.01 in (22.78 x 15.21 x 2.57 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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