Ray Charles
By: Sharon Bell Mathis ; illustrated by George Ford
Contributors: Ford, George, 1936- ill
Edition: 1st Lee & Low ed.
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781584300175; 9781584300182
Subjects: Blind; People with disabilities; Musicians; Singers; African Americans; Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: As a young boy he fell in love with music, and as a man, the world fell in love with his music. Ray Charles and his soulful, passionate rhythms and melodies have been embraced around the world for decades. Now, in this beautiful new edition of an award-winning biography, readers can follow Charles from his boyhood, when he lost his sight and learned to read and write music in Braille, until the age of 40, when he had become a world-renowned jazz and blues musician packing auditoriums and stadiums.