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Ray Charles: The Birth of SoulDiane GrossApril 21, 2025April 29, 2025

Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul

$24.99

This is the amazing story of a true innovator and his impact on popular music. Acknowledged as a inspiration by everyone from Elvis Presley and Stevie Wonder to the Beatles and Norah Jones, Ray Charles changed the face of popular music. The book traces Charles’ life from his troubled childhood to the pinnacle of international success. He broke many musical boundaries, influencing jazz, country music, and rock and roll.

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Description

For a generation of musicians and fans, the late Ray Charles provided the catalyst that fused the genres of jazz, blues and gospel music. This book traces Ray Charles’s story from the abject disadvantage of being orphaned, black and blind in the South of the 1930s to the height of international success. It includes quotes and interviews, including several with Ray Charles himself and is the definitive account of the live and legacy of a musician for whom the word genius can be the only apt description.

 

AUTHOR: Mike Evans
PUBLICATION: 2007
COVER: Soft cover
DIMENSIONS (W x L): 6.35 x  9.17 inches
PAGE COUNT: 362
ISBN: 9781846093418

Additional information

Weight 1.4 lbs
Dimensions 9.2 × 6.4 in

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