Ray Charles
Musician
Will be published approx. on 30. August 2008
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-1-60413-001-0 (ISBN)
Description
Pioneering musician Ray Charles was one of the first performers of soul music - a combination of gospel, jazz, country, and rhythm and blues. Born into poverty to a single mother, he overcame blindness, racism, and the deaths of his bother and mother to play 10,000 concerts and win 12 Grammy Awards over a 58-year career.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 12 to 17 years
Illustrations
full-colour & black-&-white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
235 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60413-001-0 (9781604130010)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Sidebars.; Chronology.; Further reading and web sites.; Index.