Brother Ray
Ray Charles' Own Story
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 October 2004
Summary
Ray Charles (1930-2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he tells his story in an inimitable and unsparing voice, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius by the age of thirty-two. By combining the influences of gospel, jazz, blues, and country musi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780306814310 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0306814315 |
| Author: | Ray Charles, David Ritz |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books |
| Imprint: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 26 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 487g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 143mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Barnes & Noble Review, 2/17/12 “ One of David Ritz’s finest r&b as-told-tos…Rich in insight as well as incident.”
Barnes & Noble Review, 2/17/12 “One of David Ritz’s finest r&b as-told-tos…Rich in insight as well as incident.”
About The Author
Ray Charles
David Ritz is the author of Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, and many other books with or about Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and B.B. King. He is a three-time winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He lives in Los Angeles.
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