Ray Charles
Author | : Mike Evans |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : African American singers |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Mike Evans |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : African American singers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mike Evans |
Publisher | : Omnibus Press |
Total Pages | : 475 |
Release | : 2009-11-11 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0857120514 |
For a generation of musicians and fans, the late Ray Charles provided the catalyst that fused the previously largely exclusive genres of jazz, blues and gospel music. In an era when jazz and pop music were seemingly poles apart, the impact of Charles' music was truly revolutionary in that it brought together these strands and fans for the first time.This critically acclaimed biography traces Ray Charles' amazing story from the abject disadvantage of being orphaned, black and blind in the South of the 1930s to the height of international success.With many quotes and exclusive interviews, including several with Ray Charles himself as well as from those who worked with, or were simply influenced by, the man who more than anyone else could truly be called the founding father of soul music.Mike Evans was a regular contributor to Sounds, Cream, and Melody Maker. He is also the author of books on The Beatles, Elvis Presley and the music in New York.Paperback edition.
Author | : Adam Woog |
Publisher | : Lucent Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : African American singers |
ISBN | : 9781590188446 |
Ray Charles wasn't called "The Genius" for nothing. Charles profoundly influenced the history of black music by fusing secular and church music into the electrifying style called soul. He also overcame astonishing obstacles -- both personal and social -- to become a beloved singer-musician and a genuine American icon.
Author | : David Ritz |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2009-03-17 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0786728035 |
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 music, he invented, almost single-handedly, what became known as soul. And throughout a career spanning more than a half century, Ray Charles remained in complete control of his life and his music, allowing nobody to tell him what he could and couldn't do.As the Chicago Sun-Times put it, Brother Ray is "candid, explicit, sometimes embarrassing, often hilarious, always warm, touching and deeply human-just like his music."
Author | : Pariya Rostami |
Publisher | : Dorrance Publishing |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2024-04-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
As humans, our names should remain in everyone’s minds as the real heroes in present in future generations. During a time when surrounding nations were looking into travelling to the moon and space, Pariya Rostami was looking for shelter to hide or a piece of bread for survival. Can people in countries where freedom reigns ever be aware of the hardships, suffering, and dreams buried below the earth that other people have to face? What do they think about the millions of poor and malnourished people that live in other countries? In a country like Iran, you can have the best and look forward to tomorrow, but still have no rights as a woman to live freely. But Rostami has become an angel of salvation to many through the knowledge she’s acquired through pain and suffering. She has a powerful touch that can heal many wounds and words to light a path to living free. She will continue to fight to defend humanity and her rights as a woman, even though writing these truths about her past could dig her own grave. About the Author Pariya Rostami has much love to give. She believes the world would be much more beautiful if we learned how to be kind and give happiness as a free gift to others without judgments or expectations. She learned to respect people’s beliefs and love them as a human first rather than rely on what they own, where they live, how much money they have, or what their race is. Her greatest desire is to put a smile on people’s faces who deserve it.
Author | : Adam Woog |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 9781590187012 |
Examines the events of the civil rights movement.
Author | : David Ritz |
Publisher | : Chelsea House Pub |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780791020937 |
Traces the life and career of the popular singer, describes his difficult childhood, and assesses his impact on popular music