Brother Ray : Ray Charles' own story / Ray Charles and David Ritz.
| Author/creator | Charles, Ray |
| Other author | Ritz, David. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Dial Press, ©1978. |
| Description | xii, 340 pages : illustrations, [4] leaves of plates ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Home -- Going blind -- First year at school -- Summertime in Greensville -- Back to school -- Summers in Tallahassee -- Making out -- Suffering -- Scuffling in Jacksonville -- Hungry in Orlando -- Floppin' round Tampa -- Moving cross-country -- Fooling with drugs -- Down to L.A. -- The road -- Struggling as a single -- Texas -- Roughing it -- Family dreams -- Leading -- The girls -- Fooling, drowning, hallelujahing -- Whiskey and watermelon -- Widening the range -- Busted again -- Keeping track of the change -- Too close for comfort -- Back to the country -- For the love of women -- Loosening up -- Wising up -- The bad bust -- Kicking -- Sentencing -- Coming back -- Following a leader -- The scene abroad -- B and me -- Working on the building -- Living and dying -- Nothing new -- Little bit of soul -- Discography and notes / David Ritz : pt. I. Pre-Atlantic ; pt. II. Atlantic ; pt. III. ABC ; pt. IV. Tangerine/Crossover and miscellaneous. |
| Abstract | Ray Charles has led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the prevailing racism of the time, by the age of thirty-two Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius. By combining the influences of gospel, jazz, blues, and even country music, he invented, almost single-handed, what became know as soul. |
| Local note | Little-112175 --3051300973884 |
| Bibliography note | Discography: pages 318-340. |
| LCCN | 78008472 |
| ISBN | 0803708289 : |