Brother Ray
About this book
Ray Charles has led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the prevailing racism of the time, by the age of thirty-two Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius. By combining the influences of gospel, jazz, blues, and even country music, he invented, almost single-handed, what became know as soul.
Subjects
BiographySingersSingers, united statesSingers, biographyJazz musicians, biographyCharles, ray, 1930-2004Children's fictionFairy talesFolklore, germanyJazz musiciansFolkloreJuvenile literatureJazz singers