Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story book cover

Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story

Paperback – October 1, 2003

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Price
$44.05
Format
Paperback
Pages
368
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0306813351
Dimensions
5.51 x 0.75 x 8.27 inches
Weight
15.2 ounces

Description

About the Author David Ritz is the author of Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye , and many other books with or about Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and B.B. King. He is a three-time winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He lives in Los Angeles.

Features & Highlights

  • Ray Charles is one of the most gifted and influential musicians of our century. By combining gospel, jazz, blues, and country, he helped invent what would become known as soul. An "unsparingly personal document that bears a striking resemblance to Ray Charles sitting around with close friends rapping" (
  • L.A. Times
  • ),
  • Brother Ray
  • is as engaging, frank, and soulful as Charles' music.

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a MUST read for any Ray Charles fan

This is the book I may start getting after I finish reading Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye and many other books I'm reading at this moment. Yes this a great book to read if u wanna hear the real story of Ray Charles. It's very interesting to see about this man life and how became a stardom in the music world and the pop industry. Ray gotta lot to give to us. He's such a power and mastered Genius. We all know we miss him but he definitely lives on in this fantasic autobiography. MAY THE LEGACY OF BROTHER RAY ROCK ON!!!
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Good book

Father liked this book. Read it in 2 days. The story is very similar to his movie. Good print!

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