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Michael Lydon
Ray Charles [PDF ebook]
Man and Music, Updated Commemorative Edition

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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.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 472 ● ISBN 9780203498323 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2004 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2293875 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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