ray charles: an annotated bibliography

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RayCharles:AnAnnotatedBibliographyThisbibliographyisdividedintosevencategories:non-fictionandacademicbooks,encyclopedias,children’sbooks,dissertations,musicfolios,journalandnewspaperarticles,andwebsites.Itoffersliteratureforscholarspursuingresearch,musicianslookingtolearnCharles’music,andthosewhoarejustgenerallyinterestedinCharles.Sourcesareannotatedifahardcopywasavailable.

Non-fictionandAcademicBooksAykroyd,DanandBenManilla.Elwood’sBlues:InterviewswiththeBluesLegendsand

Stars.SanFrancisco:Backbeat,2004.InterviewsofmusicianstakenfromtheHouseofBluesRadioHour.

Axton,MaeBoren.CountrySingersasIKnow‘Em.Austin,TX:Sweet,1973.Balliett,Whitney.AmericanSingers:Twenty-SevenPortraitsinSong.Jackson,MS:

UniversityPressofMississippi,2006.ExaminestwelveAmerican“non-academic”vocalists,includingRayCharles.

Brackett,David,ed.ThePop,Rock,andSoulReader:HistoriesandDebates.NewYork:

OxfordUniversityPress,2005.Investigatesthehistoryofrockandpopmusicbylookingatindividualmusician’shistories.IncludesapartofRayCharlesandDavidRitz’sBrotherRayautobiography.

Broven,John.RhythmandBluesinNewOrleans.Gretna,LA:Pelican,1978.Busnar,Gene.It’sRock‘n’Roll.NewYork:Wanderer,1979.Examinesthe1950sandthe

beginningsofrockandroll.Campbell,Michael.PopularMusicinAmerica:TheBeatGoesOn,FourthEdition.Boston:

SchirmerCengageLearning,2013.Acomprehensivehistoryofmusicthatincludesachaptertitled,“What’dISay:RayCharles.”

Cambridge,VibertC.,ed.BlackPraxis:SpecialEdition,WritingsonGuyaneseMusic,2003-

2004.Athens,Ohio:DepartmentofAfricanAmericanStudies-OhioUniversity,2004.ContainsachapteronhowRayCharlesinfluencedGuyanesemusic.

Campos,Randy.RayCharles126SuccessFacts:EverythingYouNeedtoKnowaboutRay

Charles.n.p.:Emereo,2014.Contains126factsaboutRayCharlesthataredividedchronological.

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Charles,RayandDavidRitz.BrotherRay:RayCharles’OwnStory.NewYork:Dial,1978.

AnautobiographyofRayCharlesupto1978thatcoversCharles’childhood,addictions,music,racism,andblindness.

Chase,Gilbert.America’sMusic:FromthePilgrimstothePresent,Revised3rdedition.

Urbana,IL:UniversityofIllinoisPress,1992.Cohn,Nik.RockfromtheBeginning.NewYork:SteinandDay,1969.Conte,Bob.PortraitofAmericanMusic:GreatTwentieth-CenturyMusicians.Portland,

ME:J.WestonWalch,1989.Examinesthebiographyoftwentymusicians,includingCharles.

Cumming,Robert,ed.TheyTalkAboutMusic.RockvilleCentre,NY:Belwin/Mills,1971.

Essaysbymusiciansformusictherapy;includesanessaybyCharlescalled“IDon’tNeedtoSee.”

Dalton,DavidandLennyKaye.Rock100.NewYork:Grosset&Dunlap,1977.Biographies

ofrockandrollmusiciansandthehistoryofthegenre.Dawson,JimandStevePropes.WhatwastheFirstRock‘N’RollRecord?Boston:Faber

andFaber,1992.Examinesmusicians’firstsonghitsandthestorybehindit,likeI’veGotaWomanwithRayCharles.

DeBarros,Paul.JacksonStreetAfterHours:TheRootsofJazzinSeattle.Seattle:

SasquatchBooks,1993.LooksatCharles’earlyyearsinSeattlewithQuincyJonesandCharles’trio.

Decker,ToddR.WhoShouldSingOl’ManRiver?:TheLivesofanAmericanSong.New

York:OxfordUniversityPress,2015.ExaminesthehistoryofthesongOl’ManRiver,whohassungit,andthechargedracialcontent.LooksatRayCharles’renditionofthesong.

DeMain,Bill.InTheirOwnWords:SongwritersTalkabouttheCreativeProcess.Westport,

CT:Praeger,2004.Emery,RalphwithPatsiBaleCox.TheViewofNashville.NewYork:W.Morrow,1998.

Countrymusicdiscjockey,RalphEmery,sharesanecdotesoncountrymusicstars,includingCharlesinachaptertitled,“RayCharles:Country’sImprobableHero.”

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Evans,Mike.RayCharles:TheBirthofSoul.London:Omnibus,2005.ContainsinformationonCharles’entirelife,basedonthemusician’sownautobiography.Italsoincludesadiscographyandvideography.

Ewen,David.AlltheYearsofAmericanPopularMusic.EnglewoodCliffs,NJ:Prentice-

Hall,1977.SurveysofAmericanpopularmusic;Charlesisincludedinthechapteronsoulmusic.

Feather,Leonard.FromSatchmotoMiles.London:Quartet,1975.Biographiesofjazz

musicians,includingachapteronCharles.Floyd,SamuelA,Jr.ThePowerofBlackMusic:InterpretingitsHistoryfromAfricatothe

UnitedStates.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,1995.ExaminesthetransformationsandhistoryofAfricanAmericanmusicfrompre-AmericaAfricatotoday.

Fong-Torres,Ben.NotFadeAway:ABackstagePassto20YearsofRockandRoll.San

Francisco:MillerFreeman,1999.AcollectionofinterviewsthatBenFong-TorresdidwhilewithRollingStone,includingonefromthe1970swithCharles.

Friedlander,PaulwithPeterMiller.Rock&Roll:ASocialHistory,2ndedition.Boulder,CO:

Westview,2006.Asurveyofrockandroll,examininggenres,decades,andartists,includingCharles.

Garland,Phyl.TheSoundofSoul.Chicago:H.Regnery,1969.George,Nelson.TheDeathofRhythm&Blues.NewYork:Pantheon,1988.Gillespie,DizzywithAlFraser.ToBe,orNot...toBop:Memoirs.GardenCity,NY:

Doubleday,1979.Gillett,Charlie.MakingTracks:AtlanticRecordsandtheGrowthofaMulti-BillionDollar

Industry.NewYork:E.P.Dutton,1974.Gillett,Charlie.TheSoundoftheCity:TheRiseofRockandRoll.NewYork:Outerbridge&

Dienstfrey,1970.Gioia,Ted.WestCoastJazz:ModernJazzinCalifornia,1945-1960.NewYork:Oxford

UniversityPress,1992.Greenfield,Robert.TheLastSultan:TheLifeandTimesofAhmetErtegun.NewYork:

Simon&Schuster,2011.BiographyofthefounderofAtlanticRecords,whichincludesstoriesonCharles.

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Gregory,Hugh.ACenturyofPop.Chicago:ACappella,1998.Surveysthehistoryofpopmusicfromthe1900stothelate1990s.RayCharlesisincludedinachapterondoo-woopinthe1950s.

Gregory,Hugh.SoulMusicA-Z,Revisededition.NewYork:DaCapo,1995.Greig,Charlotte.IconsofBlackMusic.SanDiego:ThunderBay,1999.Guralnick,Peter,ed.MartinScorsesePresentstheBlues:AMusicalJourney.NewYork:

Amistad,2003.AcompaniontoaPBSseries,thebooklooksatbluesmusiciansfromthelensofmoviedirectors.Itincludesanessaytitled“RayCharlesDiscoversthePiano.”

Guralnick,Peter.SweetSoulMusic:RhythmandBluesandtheSouthernDreamof

Freedom.NewYork:BackBay/LittleBrown,2012.FocusesmostlyonCharles’creationofsoulmusic.

Hajdu,David.HeroesandVillains:EssaysonMusic,Movies,Comics,andCulture.

Cambridge,MA:DaCapo,2009.Examinespopculturethrougharangeofcategories,butlookingatthegoodandbadofatopic.Includesanessaytitled“RayCharles.”

Heilbut,Anthony.TheGospelSound:GoodNewsandBadTimes,Revisedandupdated2nd

edition.NewYork:LimelightEditions,1987.Herbst,Peter,ed.TheRollingStoneInterviews:TalkingwiththeLegendsofRock&Roll,

1967-1980.NewYork:St.Martin’s/RollingStone,1981.IncludesaninterviewbetweenCharlesandBenFong-Torres.

Hildred,Roach.BlackAmericanMusic:PastandPresent.Boston:Crescendo,1973.Hirshey,Gerri.NowheretoRun:TheStoryofSoulMusic.NewYork:Time,1984.Examines

legendsofsoulmusicduringthe1960s.Hoare,Ian,ed.TheSoulBook.London:E.Methuen,1975.Hobsbawm,EricJ.TheJazzScene.NewYork:Pantheon,1993.Examinesthehistoryof

jazzinAmerica,andincludesachapteronmusicianslikeCharles.Holland,Ted.ThisDayinAfrican-AmericanMusic.SanFrancisco:Pomegranate,1993.Hoskyns,Barney.SayItOneTimefortheBrokenhearted:TheCountrysideofSouthern

Soul.London:Fontana,1987.

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Jarrett,Michael.ProducingCountry:TheInsideStoryoftheGreatRecordings.Middletown,CT:UniversityPressofNewEngland,2014.Theauthorinterviewscountrymusicproducerstohearstoriesaboutrecordandsongproductions.IncludesaninterviewwithSidFellerdiscussingRayCharles.

Jones,Quincy.Q:TheAutobiographyofQuincyJones.NewYork:Doubleday,2001.

IncludesachapteronCharles’influenceonQuincyJonesduringhischildhood.Jones,QuincywithBillGibson.QonProducing.Milwaukee,WI:HalLeonard,2010.

ExaminesQuincyJones’life,thoughtsonproducing,aswellsongandalbumdiscussions.

Klaasse,Piet,MarkGardner,andJ.Bernlef.Jamsession:PortraitsofJazzandBlues

MusiciansDrawnontheScene.NewYork:LimelightEditions,1985.Laine,Cleo.Cleo.NewYork:Simon&Schuster,1994.Anautobiographythatincludesa

storyofhowLaine,ajazzperformer,metRayCharles.Laird,TraceyE.W.andBrandonLaird.AustinCityLimits:AMonumenttoMusic.San

Rafael,CA:InsightEditions,2015.Spanningthefirst40yearsoftheconcertseries,AustinCityLimits,thebookincludesstoriesaboutRayCharles.

Landau,Jon.It’sTooLatetoStopNow:ARockandRollJournal.SanFrancisco:

StraightArrow,1972.Larkin,Rochelle.SoulMusic:TheSound,theStars,theStory.NewYork:Lancer,1970.Larson,Thomas.TheHistoryofRockandRoll.Dubuque,IA:Kendall/Hunt,2004.Leibovitz,Annie,etal.AmericanMusic.NewYork:RandomHouse,2003.Photographic

bookonmusicalicons,includingCharles.Lydon,Michael.BoogieLighting.NewYork:Dial,1974.BiographicalessaysonAfrican

Americanjazzmusicians,includingCharles.Lydon,Michael.RayCharles:ManandMusic.NewYork:Riverhead,1998.CoversCharles’

lifeupto1990s,butthereisalsoupdatedversionthatincludesthemusician’sdeath.Thebookfocusesmoreonmusicratherthanfamilylife.

Marshall,Jim.JimMarshall:Jazz.SanFrancisco:Chronicle,2005.Containsjazzportraits,

takenbyMarshall,aswellasstoriesofmusicianslikeCharles.McCarthy,Albert,etal.JazzonRecord:ACriticalGuidetotheFirst50Years,1917-1967.

London:Hanover,1968.

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Miller,Jim,ed.HistoryofRock&Roll.NewYork:RollingStone,1980.Describesstars,

fans,promoters,andproducersthatgrewuparoundrockmusic.IncludesachapteronCharles.

Miller,Zell.TheyHeardGeorgiaSinging.Macon,GA:MercerUniversityPress,1996.

ConcentratesonmusicianswholivedorsangaboutthestateofGeorgia,andincludesachapteronRayCharles.

Oseary,Guy.OntheRecord:Over150oftheMostTalentedPeopleinMusicSharethe

SecretsofTheirSuccess.NewYork:Penguin,2004.Includesinterviewsofmusicians,suchasWillieNelson’sthoughtsonRayCharlesandhiscountrymusic.

Othello,Jeffrey.TheSoulofRock‘NRoll.Cork,Ireland:BookBaby,2012.Ahistoryof

AfricanAmericansperformingrockmusic,whichincludesalookatCharles’workduringthe1950s.

Otis,Johnny.UpsideYourHead!RhythmandBluesonCentralAvenue.Hanover,NH:

UniversityPressofNewEngland,1993.Palmer,Robert.DeepBlues.NewYork:Penguin,1982.Palmer,Robert.Blues&Chaos:theMusicWritingofRobertPalmer.NewYork:Scribner,

2009.AcollectionofpreviouslypublishedarticlesbymusiccriticRobertPalmer.Pascall,JeremyandRobBurt.TheStars&SuperstarsofBlackMusic.Secaucus,NJ:

Chartwell,1977.BiographiesofAfricanAmericanmusicians,includingCharles,andtheirriseanddevelopmentoftheirmusic.

Petrie,Gavin,ed.BlackMusic.London:Hamlyn,1974.BiographiesonAfricanAmerican

musicians,includingCharles.Phinney,Kevin.SouledAmerican:HowBlackMusicTransformedWhiteCulture.New

York:Billboard,2005.Pleasants,Henry.TheGreatAmericanPopularSingers.NewYork:Simon&Schuster,

1974.Biographiesonvariousmusicians,includingCharles.Ramone,PhilwithCharlesGranata.MakingRecords:TheScenesBehindtheMusic.New

York:Hyperion,2007.MusicproducerPhilRamoneexplainsstoriesinvolvingthemakingofarecord.Includesachaptertitled:“RayCharles:GeniusLovesCompany.”

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Richardson,PerryC.,ed.“What’dISay?”:TheAtlanticStory;50YearsofMusic.NewYork:WelcomeRain,2001.LooksatthefounderofAtlanticRecords,AhmetErtegun,andthebehind-the-scenesstoryofRockandRollthroughacollectionofessays.

Ritz,David.“TheLastDaysofBrotherRay.”InDaCapoBestMusicWriting2005:The

Year’sFinestWritingonRock,Hip-Hop,Jazz,Pop,Country,&More,editedbyJ.T.LeroyandPaulBresnick.Cambridge,MA:DaCapo,2005.

RobinsonJr.,RayCharleswithMaryJaneRoss.YouDon’tKnowMe:ReflectionsofMy

Father,RayCharles.NewYork:Harmony,2010.AmemoirofRayCharlesbyhiseldestson.Theauthorrevealshisfamilylife,includingthedeathofoneofCharles’son,hisfather’saddictions,andhismother’sresilienceasasinglemother.

Rowden,Terry.TheSongsofBlindFolk:AfricanAmericanMusiciansandtheCulturesof

Blindness.AnnArbor,MI:UniversityofMichiganPress,2009.Examineshowblindness,likeblackness,hasaffectedthewaymusichasbeenproducedandreceived.ItincludesachapteronRayCharles.

Russell,Henry,ed.IconsofBlues&Soul.London:BrownReferenceGroup,2003.Sanjek,RussellandDavidSanjek.AmericanPopularMusicBusinessinthe20thCentury.

NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,1991.Santoro,Gene.Highway61Revisited:TheTangledRootsofAmericanJazz,Blues,Rock,

andCountryMusic.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,2004.ExamineshowjazzinfluencesallothertypesofAmericanmusic,throughartistslikeCharles.

Schloss,JosephGlenn,LarryStarr,ChristopherAlanWaterman.Rock:Music,Culture,and

Business.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,2012.Drawstogetherhistory,culture,andbusinesstodepictthefullstoryofmusic.Includeschaptertitled,“TheRiseofSoulMusic:RayCharlesandSamCooke.”

Shadwick,Keith.Blues:KeepingtheFaith.Edison,NJ:Chartwell,1998.Featuresahistory

ofbluesthroughoutliningsongsofbluesartists,likeCharles.Shaffer,PaulwithDavidRitz.We’llBeHerefortheRestofOurLives:ASwingin’Show-Biz

Saga.NewYork:Doubleday/FlyingDolphin,2009.Includesastoryofsinger,PaulShaffer,meetingCharles.

Shaw,Arnold.HonkersandShouters:TheGoldenYearsofRhythmandBlues.NewYork:

Macmillan,1978.Surveysthehistoryofrhythmandblues,divingthesubjectmatterbyregion.

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Shaw,Arnold.TheRockin’50s:TheDecadethatTransformedthePopMusicScene.New

York:DaCapo,1987.Surveys1950srockandroll,itsroots,itsvariousstyles,andsocialhistory.Charlesisincludedinachaptertitled,“WhataDifferenceaDecadeMakes.”

Shaw,Arnold.TheWorldofSoul:BlackAmerica’sContributiontothePopMusicScene.

NewYork:Cowles,1970.Stewart,EarlL.TheArtofSoulMusicfrom1960to1980:AMusicologicalPerspective.

Durbuque,IA:KendallHunt,2012.Alookatthesocialcommentaryandhistoryofsoulmusic.Includesachaptercalled“OtherGreatArtistsofSoulMusic,”whichdiscussesRayCharles.

Uslan,MichaelandBruceSolomonwithDickClark.DickClark’sTheFirst25YearsofRock

&Roll.NewYork:Dell,1981.Biographiesofrockstarsarrangedbyyear.Veloso,Caetano.TropicalTruth:AStoryofMusicandRevolutioninBrazil,translatedby

IsabeldeSena.NewYork:DaCapo,2003.Includesachaptercalled“BethaniaandRayCharles.”

Wade,DorothyandJustinePicardie.MusicMan:AhmetErtegun,AtlanticRecords,and

theTriumphofRock‘n’Roll.NewYork:W.W.Norton,1990.Warner,Jay.OnThisDayinBlackMusicHistory.Milwaukee,WI:HalLeonard,2006.Trivia

andfactsonAfricanAmericanmusiciansbasedondates.Waterman,J.Douglas,ed.Song:TheWorld’sBestSongwritersonCreatingtheMusic

thatMovesUs.Cincinnati,OH:Writer’sDigest/F+W,2007.Acollectionofinterviews,includingCharles,offeringadviceonhowtocreatemusic.

Waterman,Dick.BetweenMidnightandDay:TheLastUnpublishedBluesArchives.New

York:Thunder’sMouth,2003.PhotosofbluessingersaswellasstoriesaboutAvalonProductions,thefirstagencydevotedtomanagingbluesmusicians.

Weisbard,Eric,ed.Pop:WhentheWorldFallsApart:MusicintheShadowofDoubt.Durham,NC:DukeUniversityPress,2012.Examinesmusicduringtimesofdistress.IncludesanessaybyDavidRitzonhisghostwritingformusicians,likeCharles.

Wenner,JannandJoeLevy,eds.TheRollingStoneInterviews.NewYork:BackBay,2007.

IncludesinterviewsfrompastRollingStonemagazines,includingacouplewithCharles.

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Wexler,JerryandDavidRitz.RhythmandBlues:ALifeinAmericanMusic.NewYork:Knopf,1993.ExaminesstoriesfromAtlanticRecordersproducer,JerryWexler.

White,Timothy.RockLives:Profiles&Interviews.NewYork:Holt,1990.Acollectionof

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Wilson,JohnS.Jazz:TheTransitionYears,1940-1960.NewYork:Appleton-Century-

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Bowman,JohnStewart,ed.TheCambridgeDictionaryofAmericanBiography.Cambridge,UK:CambridgeUniversityPress,1995.

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ReaganWilsonandWilliamR.Ferris,1049-1050.ChapelHill:UniversityofNorthCarolinePress,1989.

Buskin,RichardandMichaelHeatley,eds.TheDefinitiveIllustratedEncyclopediaofRock.

London:FlameTree,2006.Looksatthehistoryofrock,beginninginthe1950s;thechapteronthe50sincludesasectiononCharles.

Carlin,Richard.TheBigBookofCountryMusic:ABiographicalEncyclopedia.NewYork:

Penguin,1995.Carr,Ian,DigbyFairweather,andBrianPriestly.Jazz:TheRoughGuide.NewYork:The

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AnnArbor,MI:PopularCulture,1989.Curtis,Kurt.Florida’sFamous&Forgotten,anIllustratedEncyclopedia:Historyof

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Dimery,RobertandBrunoMacDonald.Rock&RollHeaven:AFascinatingGuideto

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culture,1920-1974.”PhDdiss.,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,2006.FeaturesRayCharlesinthefourthchapteronAfricanAmericaninterventionsoncountrymusicandhowtheyfailedtochangethisgenre’sracialconnotations.

Rischar,RichardAllan.“OneSweetDay:VocalOrnamentationandStyleintheAfrican-

AmericanPopularBallad,1991-1995.”PhDdiss.,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,2000.AddressesthevocalstylesusedinAfricanAmericanballadsduringthe1990s,andincludesachapteronRayCharles.

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12.Boehm,Mike.“RayCharlesatCrazyHorseFreer,MorePhysicalThanatArtsCenter.”Los

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27.Bryant,John.“WorkingforaGenius:MyTimewithRayCharles.”ModernDrummer29,

no.4(April2005):122-125.Campos,Paco.“Walkin’andTalkin’:BrotherRay.”SoloBluesno.5(1986):15-17.Charles,Ray.“IDon’tNeedtoSee.”MusicJournal28(January1970):30-31.Charles,Ray.“I’dLovetoWorkwithaSmallComboAgain.”Crescendo10(November

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1976):229-230.Cooke,Jack.“RayCharlesinPerson.”JazzMonthly9,no.5(July1963):6-8.Cooper,B.Lee.“RayCharles(1930-2004):ReflectionsonLegends.“PopularMusicand

Society28,no1(February2005):111-112.AnobituarythatreflectsonCharles’musicandhiseffectsonothermusicians.

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2004):97-98.DeMain,Bill.“5MinuteswithRayCharles.”PerformingSongwriter10,no.66(December

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Maker(March30,1963):11.Feather,Leonard.“AMessagefromRay.”MelodyMaker(July15,1972):49.Feather,Leonard.“PianoGiantsofJazz:RayCharles.”ContemporaryKeyboard6,no.7

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(January18,1973):28-36.AbriefbiographyaswellasaninterviewthatdiscussesCharles’childhood,blindness,music,productions,friends,andrace.

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62.Hutchinson,Lydia.“HappyBirthday,RayCharles—WeMissYou!”PerformingSongwriter

86(September23,2012):http://performingsongwriter.com/raycharles-interview/Takenfromanolderinterview,Charlesdiscussessongwritingandsongs.

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http://entertainmentmagazine.net/celebrities/charles/myworld.htmlCharlesdiscussesinthisinterviewtoday’smusic,performing,commercial

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11(October2004):130,132.Jackson,Milt.“RayCharles,MiltJackson.”JazzTimes20,no.6(June1990):40-49.Jones,Max.“BackstagewithRay,‘TheGenius.’”MelodyMaker43(September28,1968)”

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67-68.Kahn,Hamilton.“ILivetoSing,SaysRayCharles.”MelodyMaker(July28,1962):8.Katz,Robin.“BrotherRay.”TheHistoryofRock2,no.5(c.1981):323-329.Kimberley,Nick.“TheGeniusofBrotherRay.”TheWireno.17(July1985):27-29.King,George.“BeingBlackandBlindHelpedMe!:InterviewwithRayCharles.”Melody

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(January1989):16-19.

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2000):48-53.Mitchell,Gail.“RayCharles:TheBillboardInterview.”Billboard114(June22,2002):22,

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11-14.Pareles,JonandBernardWeinraub.“RayCharles,BluesyEssenceofSoul,IsDeadat73.”

NewYorkTimes(June11,2004):A1.AlongobituarythatincludesmanyquotesfromRayCharlesfromanearlierinterview.

Paxton,Joshua.“TheGospelStyleofRayCharles.”PianoToday18,no.2(Spring1998):

33-37.

Perlberg,R.“BlindWorldofRayCharles.”Sepia11(February1962):24-26.Quinn,Bill.“PlayboyInterview:RayCharles.“Playboyno.195(March1970).“RayCharles:RememberingRay.”RollingStoneno.952/953(July8-22,2004):102,104,

132-133.

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“RayCharlesSpeaksFactsandInsights.”Sepia11(February1962):23.“RayCharles:WideningtheRange.”JazzPodium43(September1994):10-12.Reggero,John.“CelebrityQ&A:RayCharles.”USMagazine(July30,1984).Ritz,David.“BeingwithRay.”Essence(August1979).Ritz,David.“LastWordsofBrotherRay.”RollingStoneno.952/953(July8-22,2004):98-

100.“TheRockandRollHallofFame:Rock’sTopTen.”RollingStonesno.467(February13

1986):33-35,37,41-42,44,46.Roberts,Chris.“RayCharles:TheSingerWhoSellsSoul.”MelodyMaker(June30,1962):

8-9.Robinson,Louie.“EnduringGeniusofRayCharles:FromFolktoRock,MostArtistsOwea

DebttoMulti-TalentedMusicians.”Ebony29(October1974):125-128.DiscussesCharles’childhood,educationalandmusicalbackground,aswellasmusicalinfluences.

Robinson,RuthAdkins.“RayCharles:PublicGenius,PrivateMan.”PerformingSongwriter

6,no.29(March/April1999):40-46.Rusch,Bob.“RappingwithRayCharles.”Cadence1(October1976):3-4,9.Salvo,PatrickandB.Salvo.“RayCharlesonSoul,DopeandBlindness.”Sepia24(July

1975):44-50.Siders,Harvey.“ARayCharlesInterview.”Shoutno.30(August31,1968):41-44.Silver,Marc.“StillSoulfulafterAllTheseYears.”U.S.NewsandWorldReport123,no.11

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(1985):44-48.“TheSoulofRayCharles.”Ebony15(September1960):99-107.ExplainsCharles’

personalbackground,musicalbeginnings,andfamily.Stewart-Baxter,Derrick.“BluesforToday:APortraitofRayCharles.”JazzJournal11,no.

12(December1958):33.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1954799 InterviewwithRayCharlesfrom1998,aswellasothermusicianswhoworked

closelywithCharles.NPR.“RayCharlesOnPianoJazz.”MarianMcPartland’sPianoJazz.

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“RayCharlesInterviewPart1-TheEdBernsteinShow.”YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ4ixUaqf8s&list=RDTn1ufYuIxcc&index=3FromaMarch18,1999interviewfromtheEdBernsteinShow

“RayCharlesInterviewPart2-TheEdBernsteinShow.”YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYvL7nNu5b0&list=RDTn1ufYuIxcc&index=8FromaMarch18,1999interviewfromtheEdBernsteinShow

“RayCharlesonArtTatum,OscarPeterson&NatKingCole.”YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=716GbRD--IUClintEastwoodinterviewsCharlesabouthismusicalheroes,takenfromEastwood’s2003documentary,PianoBlues.

“RayCharlesTalksaboutAirplanes&HisChildhood.”YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpnUTg1wH-8&index=4&list=RDTn1ufYuIxccPartoneofinterviewfromtheDickCavattShowairedonSeptember18,1972

“RayCharlesTalksaboutDrugs.”YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0QWBoBzMN4&list=RDTn1ufYuIxcc&index=2PartthreeofinterviewfromtheDickCavattShowairedonSeptember18,1972

“RayCharlesTalksaboutHisMusicalPreferences.”YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnoTekm60RA&index=6&list=RDTn1ufYuIxccSecondpartofinterviewfromtheDickCavattShowairedonSeptember18,1973.

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