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Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story by David Ritz; Ray Charles is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story about?

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."ISBN : 9780786728039

Who reads Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
David Ritz; Ray Charles
Publisher
Hachette Books
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780306813313
Category
history
Subjects
Memoir, Reference, Fiction
Rating
4.1 / 5 (483 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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