Ray Charles
By: Janet Hubbard-Brown
Series: Black Americans of achievement, legacy edition; Black Americans of achievement, legacy edition
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781604130010
Subjects: Singers; Blind musicians; African American singers; Biography
Description: A biography of blind musician Ray Charles, one of the first performers of soul music, who overcame racism and drug addiction to play 10,000 concerts and win 12 Grammy Awards.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101) and index.
Table of contents: title: Two crossover songs; title: A tragic beginning; title: On the road, age 16; title: Breakthrough; title: Song by song; title: Fame; title: The roller-coaster years; title: Learning to diversify; title: Legacy.