Download or read book Ray Charles Birth of Soul written by Mike Evans and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a generation of musicians and fans, the late Ray Charles provided the catalyst that fused the previously largely exclusive genres of jazz, blues and gospel music. In an era when jazz and pop music were seemingly poles apart, the impact of Charles' music was truly revolutionary in that it brought together these strands and fans for the first time.This critically acclaimed biography traces Ray Charles' amazing story from the abject disadvantage of being orphaned, black and blind in the South of the 1930s to the height of international success.With many quotes and exclusive interviews, including several with Ray Charles himself as well as from those who worked with, or were simply influenced by, the man who more than anyone else could truly be called the founding father of soul music.Mike Evans was a regular contributor to Sounds, Cream, and Melody Maker. He is also the author of books on The Beatles, Elvis Presley and the music in New York.Paperback edition.
Download or read book Soul written by Phil Cousineau and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1994 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, multicultural exploration of soul in all its diverse and elusive aspects--from creation myths to beat poetry, religion to rock-and-roll. The editor of The Soul of the World travels across the centuries to trace the evolving context of soulfulness in readings from Socrates to Carl Jung, Herman Melville to Ray Charles.
Download or read book The Fight Renewed written by Adam Woog and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the events of the civil rights movement.
Download or read book You Don t Know Me written by Pariya Rostami and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As humans, our names should remain in everyone’s minds as the real heroes in present in future generations. During a time when surrounding nations were looking into travelling to the moon and space, Pariya Rostami was looking for shelter to hide or a piece of bread for survival. Can people in countries where freedom reigns ever be aware of the hardships, suffering, and dreams buried below the earth that other people have to face? What do they think about the millions of poor and malnourished people that live in other countries? In a country like Iran, you can have the best and look forward to tomorrow, but still have no rights as a woman to live freely. But Rostami has become an angel of salvation to many through the knowledge she’s acquired through pain and suffering. She has a powerful touch that can heal many wounds and words to light a path to living free. She will continue to fight to defend humanity and her rights as a woman, even though writing these truths about her past could dig her own grave. About the Author Pariya Rostami has much love to give. She believes the world would be much more beautiful if we learned how to be kind and give happiness as a free gift to others without judgments or expectations. She learned to respect people’s beliefs and love them as a human first rather than rely on what they own, where they live, how much money they have, or what their race is. Her greatest desire is to put a smile on people’s faces who deserve it.
Download or read book Over the Top and Back written by Sir Tom Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited autobiography of legendary singer Tom Jones, following six decades of unparalleled experiences in the spotlight to coincide with his 75th birthday. Across six decades, Sir Tom Jones has maintained a vital career in a risky, unstable business notorious for the short lives of its artists. With a drive that comes from nothing but the love for what he does, he breaks through and then wrestles with the vagaries of the music industry, the nature of success and its inevitable consequences. Having recorded an expansive body of work and performed with fellow artists from across the spectrum and across every popular music genre, from rock, pop and dance to country, blues and soul, the one constant throughout has been his unique musical gifts and unmistakable voice. But how did a boy from a Welsh coal-mining family attain success across the globe? And how has he survived the twists and turns of fame and fortune to not only stay exciting, but actually become more credible and interesting with age? In this, his first ever autobiography, Tom revisits his past and tells the tale of his journey from wartime Pontypridd to LA and beyond. He reveals the stories behind the ups and downs of his fascinating and remarkable life, from the early heydays to the subsequent fallow years to his later period of artistic renaissance. It's the story nobody else knows or understands, told by the man who lived it, and written the only way he knows how: simply and from the heart. Raw, honest, funny and powerful, this is a memoir like no other from one of the world's greatest ever singing talents. This is Tom Jones and Over the Top and Back is his story.
Download or read book Brother Ray written by Ray Charles and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sweet Soul Music written by Peter Guralnick and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music.
Download or read book Ray Charles written by Michael Lydon and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Universally hailed as the definitive biography since its original publication, this new edition brings Charles's life up to date, covering the last decade of his life. It is must reading for any fan of American music and the unique career of one of its greatest stars."--Jacket.
Download or read book Ray Charles written by Mike Evans and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ray Charles written by Michael Lydon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray Charles: Man and Music is a complete biography of this seminal singer/pianist who has been active on the American music scene since the mid-'50s. Originally published in 1995 by Penguin Books, and universally hailed as the definitive biography, this new edition will bring Charles's life up to date, covering the last 7 years of his life.There are only a few legendary singers who have developed mass audiences while pursuing their own artistic visions: Sinatra is one; Ella Fitzgerald another. Ray Charles undoubtedly belongs in this pantheon of major musical stars. Ray Charles: Man and Music begins with Charles's impoverished childhood in Greenville, Florida, where tragedy struck early when the young Charles went blind at age 6 and was orphaned at age 14. Driven by his enormous talent and determination, Charles landed work playing some of the toughest juke joints in the state, fought heroin addiction, and finally landed a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Unlike other R&B singers, Charles took control of his career from its earliest days, moving on from his gospel-soul stylings of the mid-'50s to break through musical barriers, recording two country albums in the late '50s (at a time when the black presence in country music was barely felt), pure jazz, and then the powerful pop hits of the '60s. Famed music journalist Michael Lydon - a founding editor of Rolling Stone - is uniquely qualified to document Charles's career, having interviewed Charles and followed the star's performances since the 1960s. Originally published in 1995, and universally hailed as the definitive biography, this new edition brings Charles's life up to date, covering the last 7 years of his life. It coincides with the release of a made-for-TV movie starring Jamie Fox as Charles, currently in production by Taylor Hackford. Charles has also issued a new CD recently and remains active as a touring artist throughout the world.
Download or read book Nowhere to Run written by Gerri Hirshey and published by Southbank Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Times Books, 1984.
Download or read book Heart Soul written by Bob Merlis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Duke Ellington to the Jackson Five, here is a celebration of the unique and often outrageous style in music, dance and showmanship that shook, rattled, and rolled the whole wide world. More than 400 color illustrations.
Download or read book The Sound of Soul written by Phyl Garland and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes material on B. B. King, Nina Simone, and Aretha Franklin.
Download or read book 80th anniversary sheet music collection Ray 80 piano vocal guitar written by Ray Charles and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collectible songbook celebrates the enduring legacy of Ray Charles at the 80th anniversary of his birth. Each sheet music transcription accurately renders his signature piano riffs and solos, and provides lyrics, vocal melodies, and chord changes. Ray Charles had three simple words of advice for achieving success: "Practice, practice, practice." With 28 fun and challenging transcriptions of some of popular music's most enduring standards, this collection gives pianists the opportunity to practice the techniques of the "Genius" himself. Titles: * Ain't That Love * America the Beautiful * Busted * Christmas in My Heart * Come Rain or Come Shine * Crazy Love * Georgia on My Mind * Hallelujah I Love Her So * Here We Go Again * Hit the Road Jack * I Can't Stop Loving You * I've Got a Woman * Let the Good Times Roll * Let's Go Get Stoned * Mary Ann * Mess Around * Night Time Is the Right Time * One Mint Julep * Over the Rainbow * Ruby * Seven Spanish Angels * Sinner's Prayer * That Lucky Old Sun * That Spirit of Christmas * This Little Girl of Mine * Unchain My Heart * What'd I Say * You Don't Know Me.
Download or read book Contemporary World Musicians written by Clifford Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 3314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music lovers, researchers, students, librarians, and teachers can trace the personal and artistic influences behind music makers from Elton John to Leontyne Price. Individual entries on over 400 of the world's most renowned and accomplished living performers, composers, conductors, and band leaders in musical genres from opera to hip-hop. Also includes an in-depth Index covering musicians of all eras, so that readers can learn which artists, alive or dead, influenced the work of today's most important figures in the music industry.
Download or read book Uh Huh written by John Duggleby and published by Morgan Reynolds Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 140 photos and drawings show just how beautiful a vase can be. Ten talented designers demonstrate that they can be simple to make too: they’ve created 50 bold, playful, and striking designs that even a beginning crafter can handle. Wrap sheer lace over glass, découpage a skeletonized leaf onto ceramic, or add crimped sheet metal to a galvanized garden container. The results are fantastic.
Download or read book The Rolling Stone Album Guide written by Anthony DeCurtis and published by New York : Random House. This book was released on 1992 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely revised edition of the bestselling guide to popular recordings--featuring 2,500 entries and more than 12,500 album reviews. The definitive guide for the `90s.
