Ray Charles - America The Beautiful (Official Audio)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- The official audio of Ray Charles' "America The Beautiful" from the TRUE GENIUS boxset
While many artists have recorded “America The Beautiful”, perhaps the most famous rendition is that by the great Ray Charles. Originally recoded as part of his 1972 album A Message To The People, Charles’ soulful version peaked at #98 on the US R&B Chart in 1976, while the United States celebrated its bicentennial. Subsequently, it has been traditionally played on New Year's Eve in Times Square following the ball drop.
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LYRICS:
Oh beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self, their country loved
And mercy more than life
America, America may God thy gold refine
'Til all success be nobleness
And every gain divined
And you know when I was in school
We used to sing it something like this, listen here
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain
But now wait a minute, I'm talking about
America, sweet America
You know, God done shed his grace on thee
He crowned thy good, yes he did, in brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this
(America, America, God shed his grace on thee)
America, I love you America, you see
My God he done shed his grace on thee
And you oughta love him for it
'Cause he, he, he, he crowned thy good
He told me he would, with brotherhood
(From sea to shining Sea)
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea)
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Best version of this song EVER.. ALWAYS makes me cry.
Makes me cry as well. God Bless America!!!
Me too .There is such wonderous inspiration , a special touch of heaven upon this God given song!
"You see, to us Baseball was just a game. But to Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, Baseball was life"
Thank you very much for write this 🫡❤️
I thought I was the only person to immediately picture the 4th of July home run in The Sand Lot. ❤
Who does not Love the sandlot. I think it's the greatest baseball movie of all time.
If you don’t subscribe, I’m just going to 0:14
The Jet
This song and this man's voice and version is BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you to the veterans that fought for our country🇺🇲
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Just graduated from air force basic training yesterday, and they played this song. Almost brought tears to my eyes🇺🇲
Still brings tears to mine. Graduated in 2019 and still remember that day like yesterday
@@tyreethompson4620 hell yeah man, i just got out after my 6 year enlistment, aircraft maintenance, E&E for the kc-135. I remember my BMT graduation like it was yesterday
Thank you for your service!
Thank you for serving our country!
I live in Greenville, FL. There's a boulevard dedicated to Mr. Charles. If it didn't bring tears, then for now, chalk it up to your stoic training. Thank you for your patriotism.
My father recently passed away and he loved Ray Charles, especially this song. I'm going to play it at my dad's service. My dad was a veteran who loved his country.
Im sorry for your loss. This song is a great way to honnor his memory.
Rip
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Sorry for your lost 💔🙏😥 I love this song too.
Your father had great taste in music
A black blind man born in the poor south. If he can love this country like this, than all of us should be able to. We are special, don't let anyone tell you different.
Amen Peace & Love
🙏
Amen. God bless America 🇺🇸
Those USA law enforcer should do better than telling people we are the (kkk)
Also saying (kkk)do what they want to you N ( Word's) that's what I Eddie X bishop was told by Shaff police
I'm a Canadian myself, but pulling up to liberty island on the ferry last year. I threw this song on my phone. Was a beautiful site to say the least. From a happy allie to the north. God bless our brothers and sisters to the south.
God bless my southern friends
American here. Thank you friend
This should be the National Anthem for America.
Absolutely. Not just the song, but this cut. No more awful celebrity mangling of the very hard-to-sing anthem we now have, written by an Englishman and set to the tune of an old English drinking song... just roll this track at every sporting event, etc. and I will happily stand with my hand on my heart. Ray pretty much nails it here.
It is!! America has more than one National Anthem!!
@@SlowlySailing-lc1csYesss!!
Nobody can sing this song but Ray Charles himself
ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html "i tried"
@@jap2757wow…this is fantastic
I heard this song in the film entitled The Sandlot. No one can sing this song like Ray Charles can. The song is filled with emotion --so much so --that you can't help but shed tears.
classic movie, benny the goat.
@@CJ-nu7dpJet
@@CJ-nu7dpbenny the jet
@@logicdiary3179Now pitch running for the Los Angeles Dodgers….
a true legend his voice and talent is truly a gift from GOD
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This is the most American song ever made...pure beauty, pure bliss, pure nostalgia
Yes.
now close your eyes and watch hi perform it
Disagree to agree, Toby Kieth's-american soldier was a greet song and Toby Kieth's- courtesy of the red, white, and blue us literally like the most American song you can get, I love this song but Toby Kieth showed more patriotic and American Pride so much more better
@@Itch405 No
@@Itch405 Only had to listen to that song a million times in BMT
This 4th of July I’m gonna have this song on repeat through my big ass speaker while I blow fireworks in my yard. I’ll make sure the whole block listens 🎉
I was invited by the Philadephia Phillies to sing it on 9/11/2018 & 2019 ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html
That's tomorrow! U do that shit homie! Wish I could b there. 💯
Say it again I'm so glad I came across this bed version def. Going in my playlist👊
That's what I do with this song and I am a real American, and living in America 👏🏼 🇺🇸
Doing just that right now . 4 July 2024 9pm LETTING FREEDOM RING!!
They played this during the coin ceremony when my son graduated from Air Force Basic training. It is the best version and needs some airtime on local FM stations around the country.
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“There was one night game a year. On the 4th of July, the whole sky would light up giving us just enough light for a game.
We played our best because I guess we felt like the big leaguers under the lights of some great stadium. Benny felt like that, we all know he was going to bigger and better games. Because when we watch those lights like regular kids, he was there to call us back.
See for us, baseball was a game. But for Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, baseball was life.
sandlot! best movie of all time! 🐐
That’s the movie I think of when I think of this song.
The beast
I listen to this song every Fourth of July and watch that movie ❤️🇺🇲⚾🎆
Sandlot legend
Sandlot memories flooding in me now lol
Remember hearing this during my basic training graduation. I tried hard not to let a tear out. Sent chills down my spine while I was standing there for hours. God I love this country 🇺🇸!
Thank you for your service
Рэспэк мэн!
❤Lord I love This Song Thanks To All The Veterans ❤❤❤❤
Thank you for your service 🫡🇺🇸
I am so grateful for this country. Free speech is above all other things in the pursuit of freedom.
I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one who is moved to tears by this rendition. It gives me hope that America is still a dream worth fighting for.
I have no comments. This man brings me to tears singing this song.
I listened today because it is 6/2/24 - D Day +80years
I'm a newer American. And nothing touches my heart more than the beauty of America's noblity. And this song captures it perfectly
New American, older American, still an American through and through !
:) 🇺🇸 💪
Thank you!
God bless you
Glad to have you brother 🇺🇸
Hands down the best version of this song happy Independence Day everybody God bless America🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏾
It's the only version to me🇺🇸 happy 4th!!
No question
Ain't that the truth!!
The very best and only acceptable version of the song.
Amen, sister. So much soul, and pure love poured out into every inflection of every note of every phrase. A timeless cover.
I am trying to hold back tears this is so beautiful
Me too.
Count me, too.
You people are not alone
I tried. I failed.
@@zombywoof1015 Me too!!
Only Ray Charles brings these words to life!!!
LONG LIVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND MAY IT FOREVER REMAIN A REPUBLIC 🇺🇸
Amen to that! ❤🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸
From Midland, TX. America the beautiful and God bless the USA!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Amen! God bless her and those who protect her
HOW I BE FEELING WHEN I HEAR THIS BANGER OF A SONG 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
From Chicago. United We Stand, Divided We Fall. We overcame and shall overcome once again.
This version of America the Beautiful by Ray Charles is EPIC! ❤
Bumped this watching fireworks tonight. I can see I’m not alone. Happy 4th of July folks
I was driving down 3rd Street in Los Angeles years ago and this song came on. By the time the song ended, I had tears streaming down my face. This song makes me want to cry every time I hear it.
Do you wanna know something that’ll REALLY kill ya? When he comes in on 1985’s “We Are The World”. I watched the video when it had its global premiere on MTV, and was doing OK, until that man started singing. Then I absolutely LOST MY SHIT, and was a blubbering mess until the song was done.
@@damonmusselman406 I totally understand. He sang with emotions.
I was invited by the Philadephia Phillies to sing it on 9/11/2018 & 2019 !! ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html
But for Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, baseball was life.
For Ray Charles Robinson, music, was life.
I love that movie and this song
Benny was there to call us back in the game
Omg yes!!
Smalls- for us, baseball was a game..
We knew that Benny would go on to bigger and better things.
Me and my friends in Scouts would light off fireworks and play baseball like in the Sandlot. When I became an Eagle Scout l, me and my other friends who are Eagles listened to this song, we took a moment to look at the sky glowing from the fireworks bursting in the sky and took time to appreciate it deeply
Man I was the only one in my patrol who got Eagle wish I had a moment like that. Good for you man
Today is D-Day + 80 years 6/6/2024. A good day to listen to THE greatest performance of this song. 7 yrs+'Nam
Welcome Home!
Only the great Ray Charles can really see how beautiful America really is 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This song is up there with the Mount Rushmore of American national anthems 🇺🇸
I know it’s a tad bit early, but Memorial Day just passed so I had to shoot off fireworks while listening to this song today.
It’s never too early to remember all the brave veterans who served/died for our country 🇺🇸 ❤️ 😢
Amen! All my brothers and sisters “Welcome Home”
God Bless America
Yassssssss AMERICA 🇺🇸!!!!!!! 🥰💯💐🎉🎆 BEST COUNTRY ON EARTH!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 LOVE YOU ALL MY FELLOW AMERICANS ♥ ❤ 💖 💕 💙 💗 ♥ ❤ 💖 💕 💙 💗 ♥ ❤ 💖 💕 💙
You gave me a heart attack with the emoji’s
People don’t know how much this song is something
Ray may have been blind but he saw America through a clear undistorted lens. Sure we have our flaws but god bless America. And each and everyone of you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Happy birthday America, bless sovereignty!!!
I make sure I come here to hear Ray sing this song every Memorial Day and 4th of July. Just an old Vet here,
Amen!!
God bless
Thank you for your service! Hooah
Thank you for your service sir
Thank you for your service 🇺🇸❤️
Oh beautiful for heroes proved,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self, our country loved,
And mercy more than life,
America, America may God thy gold refine,
Til all success be nobleness
And every gain devined.
And you know when I was in school,
We used to sing it something like this, listen here:
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple maountain majesties,
Above the fruited plain,
But now wait a minute, I'm talking about
America, sweet America
You know, God done shed his grace on thee,
He crowned thy good, yes he did, in brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.
You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this
(America, America, God shed his grace on thee)
America, I love you America, you see,
My God he done shed his grace on thee,
And you oughta love him for it,
Cause he, he, he ,he crowned thy good,
He told me he would, with brotherhood,
(From sea to shining Sea).
Oh lord, oh lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea).
Is it me or can ray Charles bring the emotion out of you?
Keaton, this song breaks grown men down.
It always brings happy tears to me eyes when he said," You know? When I was in school , we used to sing it something like this, listen here. Oh Beau-ti- fullll ".
That’s his soul my friend.
@@shotty2164 so true
He can most definitely ❤
The sandlot was one of the best movies ever 😢
Not was... IS!
@@nohatersallowd5709 ON *GOD* !!!
Why in the world isn't this our official national anthem?
It is
Not racist enough.
The only person that does this song justice. The great Ray Charles. R.I.P. Ray.
@@jamescummings6703waaaaaaaaaah wahhhhhh your oppression is showing.
NEVER fast forward this song. As I'm writing this comment, this is about the 3rd time it's played. America is exceptional...don't argue with me.
Ray didn't write this song, but boy can he deliver. The Genius.
Happy 4th everyone!!
It always brings happy tears to my eyes when Ray said , " You know? When I was in school , we used to sing it something like this, listen here, oh Beau-ti-fullll "...🙏👏
❤️❤️
Gets me every time too Friend.. Every time.
What a beautiful way to sing this song Ray Charles is a treasure !
I was invited by the Philadephia Phillies to sing it on 9/11/2018 & 2019 !! ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html
Emotional every time.
I think this the best song ever for 4th of July celebration. 🎉
This should be OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM!!!
I’m a firm believer that Ray’s version specifically should be the national anthem.
Agreed!!! 👍
FACTS
@Jermare it does, but this one does it MORE !!!
watch the national anthem at the Salt Lake olympics in 2002. Just a few months after 9/11 with the flag that was at the world trade center. that moment shows why the national anthem is our national anthem. through war, through threats, through death our flag stands and our nation will not fall.
This is so moving! Brings tears to my eyes when hearing this song by Ray Charles in the gospel, soulful way. No one sings this like Ray Charles does!
From Syria, Ba'al Bless America 🇺🇸❤🇸🇾
Currently bumping this happy birthday America 🇺🇸
Every Independence Day this is the first song I play first thing in the morning. 🇺🇸🦅
If this song doesn't cause a stir in your heart, and a tear in your eye, you might not have a soul. Ray Charles and this song will always be National Treasures. Happy Birthday to the Greatest Country in the World. Love ya, but hate the entirety of those who are "Running" you right now.
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Totally agree 👍.
People need to run it for it to be rite
Second that.
What if , a person doesn't know English ?😊
@@davinder106 the music and the melody can cause a stir and a tear. That's the beauty of music. You don't need to understand it, to be moved by it. Nor does it necessarily need words. Beethoven's 5th creates a feeling of tension, and there isn't a single word. Mozart's Requiem creates a feeling of sorrow, and the words are all Latin. I don't know many people who speak Latin, and yet, without know what the lyrics are, are still moved by Classical music.
This rendition is the best by far, or ever.
God bless America!
Our nation maybe going through a storm, but I love my homeland dearly. God bless America, i wish love for my fellow Americans.
From the oilfields of West Texas, America the Beautiful. God Bless the USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Sing it, Ray! It sends chills through my body, and brings tears to my eyes.
Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸
You're Killing Me Smalls
If you was thinking you wouldn't have thought that 😂
Happy 4th brothers 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅
A song that never fails to give me goosebumps
Never fails
Same here
me too
@@msjudah.1 The Sandlot
Happy Independence Day! So proud and blessed to be an American! 🇺🇸
This is one of my favorite pieces he performed. I remember my father getting to work with Mr. Charles years ago. He hadn't been feeling well and they wanted to be sure and have a pianist available to cover for him if need be. I was pretty young and can't remember it very well, I just remember Mr. Charles people handing my dad the music and telling him to learn it so well that if no one could see him playing, they would think it was RC on the piano. Fortunately he was well enough to play all his shows, so my father ended up just playing some duets and couple dualing piano numbers. He had an amazing work ethic. Getting to work with Mr. Charles was one of my fathers fondest memories. He and his talents are sorely missed.
Beautiful story thanks for sharing Rosie
Wow I love this story so much brother!
how lucky. i always imagine myself playing the saxophone for him in a show but your dad almost got the chance! how cool dude!
@@bluefemme163 It wasn't too long after this, Mr. Charles hired full time keyboard players to work with him in his show full time. I think his health was starting to get frail. He was a lovely man and my father was grateful to get to play with him on stage, even if it was only one time. I was just very small girl, but I remember the impact it had on everyone getting to meet him. Thanks for your reply, God bless.
@@bolkanox9849 It was one of my fathers fondest memories, even though he worked with so many in the business, my mom in particular was most fond of Mr. Charles. Thanks for your reply, God Bless.
Stand Your Ground Fellow Patriots
--God Bless--
**America**
United We Stand
Divided We Fall 🗽
Divided God Gets us Reunited Amen 🙏🏼
Happy 4th yall
God bless America!
This song will always remind me of The Sandlot when they play the night game. Best patriotic song for 7/4.
God Bless America!! 7.4.24. 10:21pm CST
God Bless Ray Charles. This man unequivocally sang the best most American version of America the Beautiful in existence. There is no other. Ray Charles personified this great land and that personification is Ray Charles. RIP.
We all hear this version sung above the bangs and lights of the fireworks as the banner waves.
I was invited by the Philadephia Phillies to sing it on 9/11/2018 & 2019 !! ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html
1:56 Somebody else see the firework in your mind when hear this part??? 🥲🎆❤️
This song makes me weep for what we've lost. I'm praying it will be restored.
Whenever I feel like this countrys goin to shit, or breaking apart, but I come back to this song. It really makes me proud to be in a country trying to move forward, not haunted by its deplorable past. Even if there are big, very serious issues at hand, and we arent always perfect, (as the Constitution so eloquently put it:) we the people to form a more perfect union.
My father served in the Marine Corps as I and my brother did. America the beautiful!!!
God bless you sir, Semper fi 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you all for your service! Semper Fi!
I was invited by the Philadephia Phillies to sing it on 9/11/2018 & 2019 !! ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html
Heaven is real sea to shining sea
Fourth of July 2024 anyone?
God bless America!
Yes! God bless America! Greatest country on earth!
One nation, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for ALL!
Hell yeah
Happy 4th of July 🎆🎉
Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸 ❤️
And God Bless all my brothers and sisters who live here. I love 😍 you all ✨️🎆🎉🎂❤️🙏🇺🇲
My grandson just passed his Air Force Test and we are so very proud that he wants to follow in his grandfather's decision to serve his country! God bless America!
Congratulations, sir! 😎👍🇺🇸
Thank you for your service
I shed tears for this beautiful country going through so much because of crooked people drunken on a corrupt desire for power.
I was invited by the Philadephia Phillies to sing it on 9/11/2018 & 2019 !! ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html
This version hits deep. Favorite by FAR. Happy 4th everyone.
Who doesn’t think about the movie “The Sandlot” when they hear this song! Stevie Wonder= extremely talented
Not Stevie wonder my bad😮 Ray Charles!!
We all know why we’re here today. Long may she wave. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Amen bro. God bless America. Land of the free, home of the brave. Liberty and justice for all. The best country 💪
No
Corona 👑 me the father of creation I wasn't coming from the sky
Sandlot forever
everytime i hear this version of god bless america I get the chills and thank god i grew up in this country! I am romanian and we escaped the wrath of communism in 1989. We love this land and everything it represents! Know your place in history! We are lucky
to be here!
Man, who’s cutting onions?
Going forward can we just play this song before every sporting event. It’s the best version of ANY patriotic song.
I was invited by the Philadephia Phillies to sing it on 9/11/2018 & 2019 !! ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html
This has always been my favorite version of America the Beautiful. Man, the way Mr Charles sings this song, it just gives me goosebumps. Every time.
This should be the American national anthem in my opinion.
It breaks my heart that we are losing the Great Country this Great Singer is singing about......
Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸 God bless the States From south Korea US Army Hooah 🇺🇸 ❤️
Thank you for your service
The heart and soul that this one Man possessed was above all others. There wasn't another that came even close, and that's why no one ever asked "Is this Ray Charles singing this song" If they had, I hope they were directed back to the rock from which they came. Mr. Ray Charles The Beautiful! There will never be another. R.I.P. Brother Ray! Thank You for all that you gave us.
I was invited by the Philadephia Phillies to sing it on 9/11/2018 & 2019 !! ruclips.net/video/tqAy4nxHf2I/видео.html
Happy Independence Day, everyone!
Ray sees and sings with his heart and soul. When he sings America The Beautiful I feel every word.
He took us to church with this one. Smh. Nobody and I mean NOBODY can sing this song like Ray Charles. Listening to this will make you feel patriotic. Even if it's just for that moment.
God Bless us All.
Everyone can live in peace and respect of our unique individualness. Let each other Live their own lives. Stop trying to let them divide us.
Sounds like Ray loved America.
I love this version. Almost forgot about it til I heard it again on 9/11. No one can top Ray Charles singing it.
You can hear the love ❤️ for country in this beautiful rendition of the song 🎶 it brings me to tears - God Bless Ray
America will be greater than ever! GOD has not forgotten us🇺🇸✝️❤️
@peter scott thank you for your kind wishes🙏
Thank you Ray Charles for this wonderful rendition about our blessed America.
Ray's version doesn't need to be fixed. Excellent!
Sing it Ray! Loud and proud, now more than ever!