Ray Charles - America,The Beautiful (LIVE) HD
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2010
- The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind
James L.Knight Center in Miami,Florida,1999
Composer : Samuel A. Ward , Katharine Lee Bates
Lyrics :
Oh beautiful, for heroes proved,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self, their country loved,
And mercy more than life,
I'm singing about United
This America,sweet America, may God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain devined.
And you know when I was a little boy,
I remember we always sing it like this :
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties,
Above the fruited plain,
America,America,
God done shed his grace on thee,
Oh yes He did,He did
He crowned thy good,oh don't you remember?
In a brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.
You know, I wish I had somebody
to help me sing this
America, I love you America, you see,
My God he done shed his grace on thee,
And you oughta love him for it,
He, he, he, he, crowned thy good,
He told me he would, with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea
Oh,yea Jesus, I want to thank you Lord.
RAY CHARLES!!!
RAY CHARLES!!!
RAY CHARLES!!! 
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Makes me cry when hear this. So lucky to be born in the USA. So proud to be an American. Makes me sick to see people call our country racist and disrespect our national anthem. No country has accumulated more power and used it to do good and spread freedom more than the USA.
Well said,but it's falling apart month by month way it's going,so sad
Should be our National Anthem with a recorded Ray Charles playing it around every event.
Only Ray could sing this song with grace and real feeling. Miss this man with the beautiful voice. Thank u Ray. The world has changed so much. And not for the best.
He saw how beautiful America was and he knew Jesus as a modern American blind man
hello friend, how are you doing today
if a blind man can imagine how beautiful is America.why can't we love what we see and stop hating
It is because we CAN see. We look at colors, height, skinny and fat, rich and poor, ugly and beautiful. He has never seen those differences in people, and must believe that we are all alike, and he is pleased with his receptions and believes that people are good. Blind were his eyes, but not ours. We know exactly what hate, greed and other such shit exists. It is because we CAN SEE and chose to create differences of color, power and beauty. Most people enjoy separating them, making fun and and finding reasons not to look in the mirror... which Ray Charles did not have to do. He just believed that people were good, and all were beautiful. How mistaken he was.to listen to man... the biggest criminals, liars and greedy thibgs that have been known in the universe since the beginning.
Well said!
Jonathan: The story goes deeper that i Explained. I am a seeing pianist, and tried to each m 3 sister older that me. They could NOT LEARN to this day. I tried to teach them Ray Charles songs, but it was of NO USE. The in 1961, one sister married a Detroit talent scout that introduced me to 1,000 open doors to rare and undiscovered talent. At 13 years old, I was helping bands to carry musical equipment into night clubs. I would use my sisters mascara to create fake beards, sideburns and other such fakes to get into clubs. Though I have never me Ray Charles. I have sat with the Temptations, Gladys Knight, BB King, Etta James, The Impressions, Otis Redding, Pattil Laberlle The Funkadelics, Jacki Wilson, George Benson. Lonnie Smith, James Brown. and many more. Some would come to my sisters house and have dinner and stay the night. I was always there to learn. by the age of about 14, a few of us got together as formed a small band or Junior high school. I played the piano, but the major player was Gregory Reeves, who quit school at 15 to be a bass player with the temptations. He was stolen from the Temptations at about !8 by Crosby Stills and Nash. His picture is in my yearbook, but he never received his diploma... he left town for the money. I last heard from hi, in 1972 when he said the drugs had taken him over, and later died.
Yes I still have a polished black piano in the living room... I do no play it. I am now almost 63 years old. Gregory started at about age 9 with a wind up Mattel plastic guitar. He took out the wind up gear and played it by hand. The next year his mother bought him a used electric Fender guitar, The Next year he wanted a Fender Bass guitar and that was it. I miss my friend and his family that are all gone now.
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+SUKABAZ thanks
Isaac Cliff WELL SAID
This is my favorite version of this song. He does it best. RIP Mr. Charles. Legend.
I Love this song, it has a special place in my heart❤. Can I ask you a question please?@jennifer
The greatest country .....remembered by the greatest singer ...... Our country has been challenged .....as has Ray....but both persevered to greatness.
I saw Brother Ray with The San Antonio Pops and when the drum first started, the crowd went wild because we KNEW what was coming.... To hear him do this song was something I will never forget. RIP Ray Charles and thank you for the music you left us to remember you by.....
Where is our America now?????
Do not let them separate us. United we stand and UNITED WE WILL FALL!!!!!
God bless you ! God bless America 🇺🇲
(divided we fall)
I play this song everyday America the beutiful Ray charles
NO ONE CAN SING AMERICA LIKE RAY CHARLES.I WAS AT THIS CONCERT AND I CRIED MY EYES OUT.LOVE YOU RAY CHARLES.NOW YOU CAN SING AMERICA IN HEVEN.R.I.P.
True🌸🧡❤️
No one!!!!❤️💯🙏🏽
The vibe is incredible- and yes tears
@@larsgsanger3105 🌸🧡❤️ Amen
True ,I Love this song, it has a special place in my heart❤. Can I ask you a question please?@Marianna
Every American living thru these difficult times might want to listen to this outstanding version of a song that expresses what this country can truly be. This isn't red or blue, it isn't right or left, it isn't waving a freaking confederate flag or hating for hates sakes,
Thank you God for letting us borrow Ray Charles for what time we had him. What a talent, what a voice and what a patriot. I have never yet heard anyone do this song as well as Ray Charles and I don't think I ever will.
How could anyone dislike this???
The 300+ people who disliked this song have NO HEART and will forever walk in darkness. But there's still time left, but not much. Come to the light...remove the "dis" from your "dislike" turning it into LIKE. (This should be our national anthem).
Ray Charles knew that even in the midst of all the craziness happening in America 🇺🇸 that God’s Grace is what is keeping America standing. At the end of his song, he called upon and thanked the only one who is worthy of all praise and glory, Jesus.
America we need to remember what Ray Charles is singing about! We have forgotten how good we have it in the USA!! I have traveled and lived in 3rd world countries. Even the poorest person in the USA has it better than most people in the 3rd world.
America was never more beautiful......then when Ray sang this song ..lets all stop the hate and get along. The country will be more beautiful.
Sir Charles Jones
B b king
Me
Sir Charles jones
Rodney King....cant we all just get along
He still brought it so hard to the audience even at this point in his career.
At 43 years of age, I miss the old days. I’m thinking of being a little boy again. My time I spent in the Air Force as a young man. When we were a country. Not what we have now
I love Ray Charles. He says thank you Jesus. I say thank you Jesus for bringing us Ray Chsrls. He is playing piano in Heaven now
Today we need to hear these words maybe more than ever before.
yes, yes.
TONITE TOO!! what happened today to that lady ,,,, and the Traitors,,,,,,,,, and GEORGIA!!!! delivering!!
Amen🌸🇺🇸❤️
The voice of America, always.
Oh we do and we will! Even though we are going through a rough time at the moment, we are going to be the nation God wanted us to be. Truth is coming, and there’s nothing our enemies can do to keep us down. “We The People” are on the verge of taking our country back.
This is a man thats a credit to his race, HUMAN!
Mr. Charles belted this out better than anyone. Fight me on this point
That's a blessing that he had that capability. It was a gift to play the piano without being able to see.
Since some have asked -- THIS is a moment America was GREAT
IAM FROM UAE DUBAI ARABIC AND I LOVE ALL RAY CHARLES SONGS
Ray Charles was put through so much during his time on Earth. Heart ache, drugs, racism, blindness . And still loved America!!
America may not be beautiful right now but it's still one of the best countries in the world!!
I was born in Mexico,but was brought to the U.S when I was 1 year old.I love this country and I belong here.
This is the most beautiful, soulful rendition I have ever heard. God bless America!
she is being destroyed... a trillion spent on illegal immigrants but no money for the wall; interest rates, crime, wokeness, ungodlessness..... America will break is this doesn't stop soon
Agreed
The best rendition of America I've ever heard!
You could never appreciate nothing until you're deprived of it. 😘💕
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else."
- Theodore Roosevelt
God shed his grace on thee god bless America 48 years of my life I thank Jesus for being my savior protector thank you lord love Jesus
No one will ever sing this song any better than Ray Charles !!
I tear up every time I hear this great man sing this song.
Well said,beautiful patriotic song and person,like Elvis singing a very patriotic song called American trilogy
Learned something in the nasty street. The true team is Amazing and all that Matters.
With all his life's experience including racism and disability he sings of America the Beautiful and means it. A humble and grateful man. Today's Black should be ashamed of their self pity.
This man can sing about roaches in mud and we'd stand and clap. I am no acoustical engineer, but many of us fail to appreciate what singers like him can do. Listening anyone live would delight anyone cause there are no real distortion between our ear and the music. But to listen to a recorded music from a man who left us more than 10 years ago, and to be still overwhelmed by his voice....well....do I really need to say more? He may be gone, but we never let him die. We never did.
MY SON TOOK ME TO SEE RAY CHARLES IN CONCERT.I LOVE HIM.SOME PEOPLE DON'T NO GOOD MUSIC AND THE SINGERS OF MY TIME.
I'm English, and I loved this. I wish Donald Trump could watch and listen to this he could have learned so much from a truly great American like Ray Charles - humility, charm, manners, class - and the difference between true patriotism, and jingoist bigotry. Let's not worry too much - there are millions of Americans who do understand this who'll be taking over before too long
I will be president for all Americans' - transcript of Donald Trump's election night victory speech www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-election-night-speech-20161108-story.html
I love Ray Charles version the most
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This is what a LEGEND looks like! One of the greatest of all time. ❤
Really no words for this.
Sing it my brother, U S Marine here. God bless America and God bless your memory Mr. Charles! Oohrah
Got nothing against Francis Scott Key but this is your national anthem right here. And only Ray can sing it.
hello paul
NO ONE WILL SING THAT SONG LIKE RAY CHARLES.THANK YOU MR CHARLES. JOSEPH JOHN KENNEDY.I GROW UP WITH YOUR SONGS.THANKYOU SO MUCH.YOU HAD TO BE HERE TO SEE IT.THANKYOU AGAIN.
Damn we need this now!
No one do it like Ray the best America the beautiful has and will ever sing. This man is the beat I love him.
Even I am not an American, I love the world history, esp the WW1 and WW2, how the Americans sacrifice so much in order to liberate the people of worldwide; and everytime I hear this so nice and soulful puitic song, perfectly done by Ray Charles, I never intend to cry, but alas, it always come to accompany...
Thanks America!
When I was 10 years old I stood on a stage in school and tried to play this by myself in front of the crowd of parents and other students. My first time to play on stage. I was so nervous. Shaking. I had just started to learn to play flute. I still have that flute. That was in 1964 I played my first solo. A 53 year old flute still sits. Lots of miles on it. Thank you Ray.
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He died exactly two months before I was born. To think that I was so close to walking the earth at the same time as him makes me really sad 🙏
@@linus3662 You might not have "walked" with him, but you were sharing the same planet. Close enough!
Absolutely beautiful
His last performance? I was asking myself, aren't these people going to stand? Thankfully, they came to their senses. They were so fortunate to be able to hear him live. RIP Mr. Charles!
I remember when they started playing this in school every morning after 9-11. I had to try really hard to stop myself from crying.
How is this song not our National Anthem? Wake up Americans, this is what we are about, not politics!
I ain't cryin' that there's 100% pure American Freedom Water flowing from my eyes!
There's no stronger force than the power of the soul
Same here brother
That's alright
I have never once been able to finish this song... For some reason my throat closes up, and it starts raining.... Bad luck and allergies I guess... No I ain't crying.... I swear, i got something in my eye... Im catching a cold.... Its just really hot in here, right around my eyes!
The World is lost without America🌖🦋🧡❤️🇸🇪
I'm 58 and a white raised man..BUT I BELIEVE THIS MAN AND SONG ,, should be the national song and anthem worldwide...GOD LOVES US ALL...PEACE..
I am 23 years old merried Indian boy and I love this song u r genius sir love this song love America life of stlyle
With all the manufactured division we have in this country nowadays its so refreshing to go back in time and see an absolute legend sing a gem and give me some hope for the future.
I miss this American ICON !
GOD BLESS EVERYBODY LOVE Y'ALL
Nobody, absolutely NOBODY could sing America like Mr. Ray Charles. Then again he was unique, a true American treasure.
When I got back from my tour in S. Korea my wife kids took me to a Ray Charles concert here in Atlanta. I was the first to stand in the audience, tears in my eyes. The WHOLE place stood thereafter. A very touching for me. As a vet, it meant alot, and still does ! Tearing up as I watch this video.
BORN IN EL SALVADOR
BRED IN THE U.S
I'D DIE FOR THIS COUNTRY
GOD BLESS AMERICA
And the rest of Us along side you if it come to that.
thank you..
Thank you patriot brother
I’m with you. Proud Navy vet and I fought for ALL Americans.
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This man was born with rythem and soul. A true legend!
Hearing MR. CHARLES sing this in 2020 was a BEAUTIFUL GIFT!!!
It is shame though that the UNITED STATES 🇺🇸 OF AMERICA is being ruined by the trump card!!! TOO MUCH HATE & DIVERSITY IS BEING TAKEN!!! 😤
Such a beautiful song and it has a special place in my heart ❤️ , can I please ask you a question?@Kristina
The man testified that the devine hand is truly the best hope for all mankind with this song...don't ever bet against AMERICA!!
This should be the National Anthem.
America the Beautiful infused with the purity of Gospel Music. Ray could take any song and make it his own. Pure musicality.
Amen, my friend. Ray is one of the GOATs just being himself! His passion is unrivaled and his love for this great nation was pure. Ray reminds of of all that was good once, and can be again!
No one is less than any other in this great country. If you take up an idea that you are a part of a group that needs recognition, you are a giving up on yourself and the promise of this land.
This is how this song was meant to be performed
So very important that we all appreciate the country that is OURS and who could express that simple concept better than a blind black man!!! ✌️❤️✊🏾🇺🇸
Another American legend that we greatly miss!
Nobody sang this song like Ray Charles. Now he’s singing for God and all the angels.
I man who started with less than most. Then worked harder than most and achieved more than most.
Would have to do it with people who looked down on him and disrespected him while he did it.
There’s a lesson in here for us all.
I have much respect for Mr. Ray Charles
the greatest rendition RAY CHARLES unbelievable, I hope this country comes together sooner rather than later
This song is America. Love Ray Charles. An American treasure.
True🌸
They broke the mold with him
He did a country record in the early 60's. Everyone in the business tried to talk him out of it
One of the biggest selling albums of all time. It's still selling
The Master
American song through the heart of a true American not knowing the racism and such evil of others with such disrespectul hearts never knowing the beauty that binds our nation together with brotherly love for one another. God bless and keep you safe for all eternal peace Mr. Ray Charles truly an American icon for all the ages. My only regret is you died the same time as President Reagan and never getting the praise you so richly deserved but you did with me sir
This is always astonishing. A black man, born in the deep south to an impoverished mother, blinded as a child, who experienced real racism, not the crap they claim today. Yet he loved the country enough to write this, through hard work he became not just an artist, but an icon in not just the music industry, but the history of music, he performed for royalty, his music is in the library of congress. He's a testament that racism isn't a cause, it's an excuse. That disability isn't a reason, it's an obstacle to be overcome. After all this man had to endure, he not only wrote the most amazing music, but the greatest anthem to the country as well.
hello friend, how are you doing today
In the mid-60s, our B-52 bomber crew was stationed at Turner AFB, GA during the height of the cold war. Each evening, as WALB-TV went off the air in Albany, GA, they played a video of one of our B-52s turning into the setting sun as Ray Charles sang America the Beautiful. There were almost no dry eyes amongst the aircrew members in the alert facility. It was OUR song, sung by our very own Ray Charles! I've never forgotten those many evenings with Ray.
May America be blessed to one day live up to its highest ideals. 🙏
Imagine... Just imagine... Playing this song in the background and showing all the riots and protests and all the injustice that our nation is going thru right now...
What a reality check it would be... Maybe it would make us think and reflect on how we can come back to being... America, The Beautiful...
2 Chronicles 7:14....
No one before and no one since sings this song better than Ray Charles. America the Beautiful is Ray's Song. PERIOD
First time I heard this voice in the 60s growing up in Samoa when he sung "CRYING TIME AGAIN" made me tear up as I've never heard anyone sing with such emotion speaking to my soul. Been a fan ever since and read his biography incredible story and a legendary spirit of courage and hard work to become and icon of the music world. He has influenced Elvis Presley and so many others and his name shall live forever in mankind's folklore. Faafetai Sir Ray Charles. Manuia lau malaga. God Bless you champ.
hello John, how are you doing today
It really hit me, the comment Isaac Cliff made 4 years ago. Even more true today in June 2020 than it was when he made that remark. What a gift Ray Charles has given to our country! Another of those free gifts that will sadly go by ignored by far too many.
Bringing tears to my sorry, weary eyes, Mr. Charles, when America finds herself in such horrible way. May God bless you this day and forever.
It was an absolute privelidge listening to the Great Ray Charles' version of America the Beautiful!! God bless him and the USA. Semper Fi
Crying . What a wonderful, heartfelt version of the most beautiful song on earth. God bless the USA
God thank you for giving us ray Charles for a little while great Lovings songs made beautiful touching heartiness rip ray Charles I know heaven blasting all the music from the latest
Tears in my eyes every time I hear this song and Kate Smith’s God Bless America. I thank god for this country, it stands for all the good in the world and it gives me hope for my children. Thank you America for giving me a new life this past 40 years.
In my 33 years of life, this is still the only rendition of any song that has brought me to tears. Were no longer the country that his words speak about. Its still there. Hidden deep in each and everyone of us. Its masked with political cultism, hatred, bigotry, greed and laziness, but it IS still there. It would do our nation good to hear this man sing this once a day, everyday, for the rest of our lives. Long live the Republic
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|There never will be another land like this one. Long live the USA! God has indeed, shed His Grace on Thee.
wishinifishin517 this should be the National Anthem.
wishinifishin517 amen to you sir
The song always brings tears to my eyes. But, so too, do these words you've just written.
The absolute best, no one else could sing this song like Ray Charles, REST IN PEACE RAY. Thank God that his performances were recorded so that millions can enjoy them for years to come.
THE ONE....the ONLY....the RAY !!!!! Most beautiful singing of AMERICA Of ALL times ......Thank You Ray ...
Such a beautiful song and it has a special place in my heart ❤️ , can I please ask you a question?@Marilyn
Brotherhood! Why can’t we just stop the hate and work in peace in America! Violence and hate will not bring us together 🙏🇺🇸✝️
American Treasure.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROTHER RAY
(September 23rd, 1930)
I sure miss this talented man. After September 11th a local radio station played this song every day for weeks. It was so comforting
yes, it was being played everywhere after 9/11.
Mr. Charles songs this song better than ANYONE! There is something about the soul, pain, and passion is his voice that is like no other. He is the best!
After all he went through born and raised in America and still loved his Country, and just knowing that politicians and some American's don't respect our BEAUTIFUL nation
This is the absolutely best version that exists of this beautiful song
Only Ray can sing it with such love . Goose bumps and tears took over. I love you my sweet America. Like no other on earth!!!!! May God shed his grace on thee.
How ironic and sweet that a black man is singing the beauty of America.
There is no doubt in my mind that this should be our national anthem. Why? Well, as you read in the comments, there is division and splits and factions among us. But it is still "us". Like a family where these things exist. It's still a family. This song doesn't ignore the issues that cause our division(s), but it speaks to our potential. It speaks to the best parts of who we can be. It's uplifting, inspiring, emotional, noble, regal, and purposeful. Perfect for an anthem IMO.
If this was our National Anthem, Maybe our country would be great again.
No
Exactly
If you’re saying that you missed the point
@@i_am_thebatman maybe but.... No
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