New York, New York, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 2000 436 pages. The pages are a little tanned and the cover is lightly worn around the edges and on the back cover. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paper Back. Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

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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.

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Bookseller: Goulds Book Arcade (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 39730
Title: Ray Charles: Man and Music
Author: Lydon, Michael
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
ISBN 10: 1573227803
ISBN 13: 9781573227803
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: [[510g Jpg Ray Charles man Music Biography
Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm)

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