Ray Charles

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.

subjects: Blind,  Juvenile literature,  People with disabilities,  Musicians,  Singers,  African Americans,  Biography,  Musicians, united states

People: Ray Charles (1930-2004)

Places: United States