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Ray Charles: Man and Music
by Michael Lydon
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1573221325
- ISBN 13
- 9781573221320
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SAINT CHARLES , Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Good. Hardcover with good dust jacket
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
- Paddyme Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014-27JUE17-UNE
- Title
- Ray Charles: Man and Music
- Author
- Michael Lydon
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1573221325
- ISBN 13
- 9781573221320
- Publisher
- Riverhead Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1999-01-11
- X weight
- 0 oz
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Located in St Charles Illinois in the Chicago land area. We have been in business for over 26 years. We take a great deal of pride on our collection of books. We strive to provide excellent customer service . We have many first editions books and some collectible golf books
Located in St Charles Illinois in the Chicago land area. We have been in business for over 26 years. We take a great deal of pride on our collection of books. We strive to provide excellent customer service . We have many first editions books and some collectible golf books
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