Uh huh! : the story of Ray Charles
Record details
- ISBN: 9781931798655
- ISBN: 1931798656
- ISBN: 1931798656
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Physical Description:
160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., ©2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-156) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Roots in Florida Clay -- Into the darkness -- Jammin' -- Chitlin circuit -- Hallelujah! The big time -- The hits keep coming -- Under the rainbow -- He's the right one, baby! -- Final verse. |
Summary, etc.: | This timely biography does a credible job exploring the complex personality of musical legend Ray Charles. Using chronological structure and many color photographs, Duggleby gives equal time to Charles' impoverished Florida childhood, his early career imitating jazz and blues artists, and his later successes as a pianist, singer, composer, and as the father of the musical genre soul. Text boxes explore related topics such as Braille and the Grammies. The book is current through 2005, when Charles won posthumously eight Grammies for his album Genius Loves Company. To his credit, Duggleby does not whitewash Charles' lifestyle, including information about Charles s extramarital affairs and his heroin addiction. Furthermore he builds a convincing case for the significant contributions Charles made to twentieth-century music, influencing the Beatles, Elvis, and other musical icons. Overall the book reads smoothly, a quick pick for biography and music lovers, as well as an appealing selection for African American biography assignments. |
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Subject: | Charles, Ray 1930-2004 Singers United States Biography Singers Biography |
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Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | jB CHARLES, RAY (Text) | 34000074618596 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | jB CHARLES (Text) | 34000074622119 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | J BIO CHARLES Duggleby (Text) | 31953001578924 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | B C4767dug (Text) | 34000074618307 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | JB CHARLES, R DUG (Text) | 34005099162918 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Electronic resources
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005001287.html
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