Wow! I wasn't expecting that! RAY STEVENS Everything is beautiful REACTION - First time hearing

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  • @ericanderson8886
    @ericanderson8886 4 месяца назад +105

    Number 1 hit for Ray and got him a grammy in '71.

  • @rubroken
    @rubroken 4 месяца назад +83

    My favorite Ray Stevens, and Harri, you might be the first to react to this great song!!!!❤

    • @DoctorVell
      @DoctorVell 4 месяца назад +3

      Others have but always love it when someone does.

    • @rubroken
      @rubroken 4 месяца назад +2

      @@DoctorVell I guess,I should've said is, all the reactors I listen to haven't.......I AM glad others have tho

  • @pncombies
    @pncombies 4 месяца назад +68

    Don't judge a book by it's cover when you see a Ray Stephens song. Comedy - which he is very good at -- is his side gig. This man is a musician first and after this song rose to the top of the charts in the early 70's, a lot of people - including me - were surprised when he went in the direction of comedy albums and videos. Great song, selection and reaction -- thank you, Imadrummin and Harri!

    • @garyarnett1220
      @garyarnett1220 4 месяца назад +6

      He'd already been doing comedy songs for years along with songs like this.

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад +3

      Thanks for your great comment my brother. Spot on!!

    • @bengilbert7655
      @bengilbert7655 4 месяца назад +4

      He's been singing humor and novelty songs along with "straight" songs since the '50s. His novelty song Ahab the Arab reached #5 on the Billboard charts in 1961.

    • @garyarnett1220
      @garyarnett1220 4 месяца назад +3

      @@bengilbert7655 I didn't realize it was that early !! I remember / heard them all in the mid to late 60s.

    • @patriciakeith6755
      @patriciakeith6755 4 месяца назад +3

      @pncombies, the first Ray Stevens song I ever heard was his Ahab the Arab that came out in 1962. A good one for Harri to react to.

  • @dedehe7582
    @dedehe7582 4 месяца назад +50

    Its the “ WE ARE THE WORLD “ for those of us 60 and older.

    • @drdr76
      @drdr76 4 месяца назад +6

      As well as "I'd like to teach the world to sing".

    • @Hildred6
      @Hildred6 4 месяца назад +1

      Didn’t that come out in the 1980’s, people in their 60’s were only in their 20’s

  • @susanliltz3875
    @susanliltz3875 4 месяца назад +43

    Thank you for this one!!
    Oops sorry not a comedy song!
    Just beautiful!!

  • @hope24ful1
    @hope24ful1 4 месяца назад +44

    Amazing song! One that everyone needs to listen to!! ❤

  • @raystevensmusic
    @raystevensmusic Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for checking out my song!

  • @garyarnett1220
    @garyarnett1220 4 месяца назад +23

    Imadrummin' pulled a fast one on you, great song, won him a Grammy.

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад +2

      😀 I did leave Harri a quick note this was the artist side of Ray. 👍

    • @garyarnett1220
      @garyarnett1220 4 месяца назад

      @@Imadrummin 👍

  • @DaTo-k1o
    @DaTo-k1o 4 месяца назад +2

    I remember when this came out. Yes, I'm that old. EVERYONE sang this song EVERYWHERE. And most people actually lived by it as well. It was the hippie era......

  • @wayneclendenen2036
    @wayneclendenen2036 4 месяца назад +1

    Well Harri, here is your gotcha moment for today...A very talented man 😜

  • @luchorios5663
    @luchorios5663 4 месяца назад +19

    This could only exist in the 70 s when things were beautiful....

  • @dsusan17
    @dsusan17 4 месяца назад +20

    Imadrummin great choice. Wasn't this a great surprise Harri?! What a wonderful song

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад +4

      My pleasure and thank you. 😀

  • @ronwatson4135
    @ronwatson4135 3 месяца назад +1

    Listen to Ray's version of *" MISTY "* and *" Turn Your Radio On "*

  • @jamestaylor3429
    @jamestaylor3429 4 месяца назад +23

    Ray Stevens has multiple facets, and all are a wonder to behold! A man of many talents. He has lasted over five decades and is still singing.

  • @ericzeichert511
    @ericzeichert511 4 месяца назад +3

    Ray is nothing if not full of surprises, Enjpy the rabbit warren, For another straight song, try his cover of the classic song Misty

  • @LoisChisholm
    @LoisChisholm 4 месяца назад +7

    The King of Novelty Songs created one of the best "serious" songs of the early 70s. What a fabulous message. Now, back to the laughs... 😄

  • @destinyreelly2974
    @destinyreelly2974 4 месяца назад +14

    I haven’t heard this song in years!!!! 😂

  • @sallyphillips9175
    @sallyphillips9175 4 месяца назад +7

    You need to listen to his version of "Misty" if you haven't! It's also not a comedy song, but it's great!

  • @catherinehodges2018
    @catherinehodges2018 4 месяца назад +18

    We used to sing this song at church when I was a kid.

  • @jvsmith7888
    @jvsmith7888 4 месяца назад +1

    Ray Stevens had many hits with serious songs, as well as funny songs. This song actually went to #1 on the Billboard charts and is actually Ray's biggest hit. If you would like to hear another serious song, check out his remake of "Misty" which was also a big hit for him. If you would like to hear another funny hit song from him, check out one called "Guitarzan." I can't believe no one has reacted to this one yet.

  • @robertferguson4773
    @robertferguson4773 2 месяца назад +1

    I would love to see you react to Tom T. Hall singing "Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine. I think you will like it.

  • @billr686
    @billr686 4 месяца назад +14

    Have you seen Ray Steven’s “Gitarzan”…I think it’s his best, you will be on the floor laughing.

    • @mandarinlearner
      @mandarinlearner 4 месяца назад +3

      And then there's The Streak

    • @DM-hf9nh
      @DM-hf9nh 4 месяца назад +2

      On Saturday night they need some excitement,
      Jane gets right and the monkey gets tight,
      And their voices unite, in the pale moon light,
      And it sounds alright, yeah, it's dynamite,

    • @larrywright6214
      @larrywright6214 4 месяца назад +2

      I was in the audience at a taping of the Crook and Chase show when Ray did Guitarzan and the gorilla sat in my lap! May of 1995.

  • @lmdashley6725
    @lmdashley6725 4 месяца назад +20

    You just raised the frequency of the world by listening to this song!❤❤❤

  • @chab1rd155
    @chab1rd155 4 месяца назад +27

    Love it! GREAT classic

  • @steveyaworsky6170
    @steveyaworsky6170 4 месяца назад +7

    Yeah, this is as much a part of Ray Stevens as the humorous stuff. He's a great artist, and I remember this one well from back in the day. 👍

  • @jobill8487
    @jobill8487 4 месяца назад +12

    He had another "serious" song in 1968-"Unwind" that you should listen to. Thanks.

  • @cindyphifer970
    @cindyphifer970 4 месяца назад +10

    He won a Grammy for this. Well deserved. Such a nice man

  • @Rebel9668
    @Rebel9668 4 месяца назад +1

    This song always makes me smile and usually makes me cry. If I want to laugh all I have to do is listen to his "Shriner's Convention" or "Ahab, The Arab". :)

  • @drdr76
    @drdr76 4 месяца назад +7

    A huge hit when I was 13...on the radio constantly. A real Christian ethic unlike those claiming to be.

  • @jenniferwright8675
    @jenniferwright8675 4 месяца назад +2

    You just have to do guitarzan! Definitely funny!

  • @tammymontgomery7195
    @tammymontgomery7195 3 месяца назад

    This came out when i was 13. And the Vietnam War was raging...it always makes me cry

  • @ValliDavis
    @ValliDavis 4 месяца назад +1

    For a similar twist on a ‘comic’ singer try Jerry Reed singing ‘A Thing Called Love’

  • @denisearmbruster7478
    @denisearmbruster7478 4 месяца назад +16

    I was so lucky to see Ray Stevens in 1971 at "Atlanta's Tops of the Pops" at the Atlanta Civic Center. He was from Atlanta, Georgia and we were proud of this fine artist! Check out his song "Mr. Businessman"! Thank you for playing this great song!!😊❤

    • @academyofshem
      @academyofshem 4 месяца назад +1

      I went to the same high school as Ray: Druid Hills.

    • @denisearmbruster7478
      @denisearmbruster7478 4 месяца назад +1

      @@academyofshem WOW!! Very cool!! Druid Hills had a great reputation as a good school. I am proud of the fine musicians who came out of Atlanta and "Papa" Bill Lowery nurturing their talents and "The Atlanta Sound"!

  • @dagmar.6954
    @dagmar.6954 4 месяца назад +8

    Ray Stevens is a country & pop singer-songwriter & comedian mostly known for his novelty hits such as "Gitarzan", "Ahab The Arab", "Along Came Jones", "The Streak" and others. But he also did a few serious songs such as "Misty" & "Everything Is Beautiful" which he won a Grammy for in 1970.

  • @brianadams4630
    @brianadams4630 4 месяца назад +3

    Check out Mr. Businessman by Ray Stevens. It's another more serious side to him. For fun you should hear his Taylor Swift is stalking me.

  • @merlinathrawes746
    @merlinathrawes746 2 месяца назад +4

    Ray is so well known for his comedic music many people don't know or remember his beautiful and serious music. Another good song is Misty.

  • @lindseybrewer888
    @lindseybrewer888 4 месяца назад +8

    Another great reaction Harri. You also need to listen to Misty

  • @Keedeeg
    @Keedeeg 4 месяца назад +4

    Ray Stevens had a TV show in the late 60s. I was pretty young but I always enjoyed his music. This was always a favorite. It's different from most. My other favorite is his rendition of "Misty". He has a GREAT voice!!!

  • @llschnitz
    @llschnitz 4 месяца назад +3

    This song was HUGE when I was a small boy of seven. It was all over the radio. There was a lot of racial tension going on when this was out, so it was a much needed message. Was wondering when someone was going to get you to do a reaction.

  • @JK_Clarke
    @JK_Clarke 4 месяца назад +11

    Great change of pace request Imadrummin! So many great songs came out of the 60's n early 70's; you've touched on another nearly forgotten gem. Thx Harri. Your reaction was beautiful, in its own way.

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад +3

      I agree JK. I wanted Harri to know Ray Stevens was more than a laugh, he was a true artist and entertainer both. Thanks for your nice comments my friend.👍

  • @alexbirch1412
    @alexbirch1412 4 месяца назад

    I love Ray Stevens version of Misty.

  • @MarkBurkenbine
    @MarkBurkenbine 4 месяца назад +10

    A laugh gets you through a moment, but a smile can be forever.

  • @rhiahlMT
    @rhiahlMT 4 месяца назад +1

    The man is legendary. 85 years old now. Still coming up with songs. I like the one he did about 10 years or so ago. "Grandpa Voted Democrat". You don't want to go there on this channel though. 😂😂

  • @mermaid3363
    @mermaid3363 4 месяца назад +5

    For another non-comedy great try Ray's version of "Misty."

  • @paulhuggett7503
    @paulhuggett7503 3 месяца назад +3

    Ray Stevens wrote a brillianrt song for Sir Cliff Richard which Cliff only sang 'live' and featured on the album 'Help It Along'. It's called 'Mr Business Man'.😀

  • @tootsie5052
    @tootsie5052 3 месяца назад +3

    Ray is an American icon.

  • @tegg.7958
    @tegg.7958 2 месяца назад +1

    I suggested this as an additional song to be used by the Harris/Walz campaign.

    • @Sandyg1961
      @Sandyg1961 2 месяца назад

      Gosh, it would be a great addition…I actually thought of this song watching some of the videos…..

  • @debbiechang5781
    @debbiechang5781 4 месяца назад +3

    How could anyone not like this song? It’s been way too long since I’ve heard this. Thanks for reminding me. We really need optimism like this these days. Thanks Harri and Imadrummin 🌺✌️

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад +1

      Agreed Debbie. My pleasure. 😀👍

  • @scottchapin2323
    @scottchapin2323 4 месяца назад +7

    My favorite Ray Stevens song. I've loved it ever since I first heard it as a child when it came out. Great song, Greater message

  • @debzvideos
    @debzvideos 4 месяца назад +9

    My favorite Ray Stevens song.

  • @rainersar3910
    @rainersar3910 4 месяца назад +1

    I had forgotten how good this song is

  • @kategoley9601
    @kategoley9601 3 месяца назад +2

    This was a big hit at the time, he's a very versatile proformer. I've always loved this song.

  • @videoinformer
    @videoinformer 4 месяца назад +1

    I haven't heard this beautiful, inspirational song in decades, and never saw the fantastically appropriate video till now with you, Harri, but I remember hearing it on the radio when it first came out when I was about 6 years old.

  • @TruthIsNotTemporary
    @TruthIsNotTemporary 4 месяца назад +2

    Ray Stevens - Jeremiah Peabodys Green and Purple Pills (for a laugh) 😏

  • @AppalachiaRRlover
    @AppalachiaRRlover 4 месяца назад +3

    You got to listen to his song Misty!!! Another non comedy song of his!

  • @juliewhite7469
    @juliewhite7469 4 месяца назад +4

    Love this song ❤😊❤

  • @chab1rd155
    @chab1rd155 4 месяца назад +17

    I must say however, the studio version is better, IMO

  • @juliewhite7469
    @juliewhite7469 4 месяца назад +2

    Check out Jim Stafford's "Wildwood Flower (Weed)" for a funny song.

  • @dlmullins9054
    @dlmullins9054 4 месяца назад +2

    I loved it when he first sang it and still do even til the end of time.

  • @memorylane7068
    @memorylane7068 4 месяца назад +2

    My favorite of his as well! It was his daughter's second grade class that sang the children's chorus parts. I believe this video is from the later 80's video era.

  • @warrengee-f9l
    @warrengee-f9l 4 месяца назад +3

    was reading today Ray is on his retirement tour this year

    • @ericzeichert511
      @ericzeichert511 4 месяца назад +1

      I hope it's like the Eagles, who have been on their farewell tour since the mid 80's

  • @M_ondo
    @M_ondo 4 месяца назад +1

    I believe this may be the most serious song by him in 70. Big hit!

  • @johnbarker8239
    @johnbarker8239 4 месяца назад +1

    I wish people still felt like that in these times. There's to much hate in the world. I pray for all.

  • @mikematusek4233
    @mikematusek4233 4 месяца назад +1

    Try his version of Misty.

  • @davebzen795
    @davebzen795 4 месяца назад +2

    Ima, I have never seen or heard this one from Ray. He was a very talented and generally upbeat singer who had some noteworthy hits. As always, this was a very good submission from you. Harri, I enjoyed your surprise reaction.

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Dave. Lots of respect for Ray Stevens. 👍👍👍

  • @halidenenberg1449
    @halidenenberg1449 4 месяца назад +4

    I was lucky enough to see Ray Stevens live back in December. He is an amazing musician and singer.
    Ray Stevens covers a broad spectrum of music. Not just comedy. He does some gospel and also covers the standards. He also did a whole album of Frank Sinatra songs.
    Since 4th of July is coming up, you might look up some of his patriotic songs.

  • @lynlucas5573
    @lynlucas5573 4 месяца назад +9

    Beautiful ❤❤

  • @cog4life
    @cog4life 4 месяца назад +5

    It’s one of my favorite songs by Ray! This is just beautiful! 😊❤

  • @bobpat56
    @bobpat56 4 месяца назад +1

    For a change of pace, try out Ray's version of "In The Mood" with the Henhouse 5+2.

  • @jdw5678
    @jdw5678 4 месяца назад +1

    One of the many "love and harmony" songs that graced the land and the airwaves in the late '60s/early '70s. I miss those songs and those times. If you want another funny one by Ray Stevens, try "Gitarzan" from 1969. It's a hilarious tune that hit the U.S. Top 10 that summer.

  • @JulieS261
    @JulieS261 4 месяца назад +2

    Now you have to listen to his other Grammy Award winning song - "Misty"...you will enjoy that one too.

  • @pcno2832
    @pcno2832 4 месяца назад

    Hearing "The Streak", one would never guess that he was capable of this. He had the perfect voice for a preacher. This was actually the first Ray Stevens record I'd ever heard, coming out when I was in 3rd grade. Listening to the radio on and off in those years, I'd missed all of his '60s novelty records.

  • @Ida-qc5rd
    @Ida-qc5rd 4 месяца назад

    You should listen to Ray Stevens sing Misty then. It's a love song.

  • @MrRenelarue
    @MrRenelarue 4 месяца назад

    Laughing over grave 45s Nice 45s
    Ray Stevens thanks bro

  • @dillodefense
    @dillodefense 4 месяца назад +1

    I have always loved this one.

  • @maryswanson9982
    @maryswanson9982 4 месяца назад +1

    I saw Ray when he fronted for Tom Jones. Joan Rivers performed, too.

  • @hymnplayer
    @hymnplayer 3 месяца назад +1

    He is also known as a great studio recording musician and record producer. Very well respected in the recording industry in his day.
    Love your channel.

  • @danapb
    @danapb 4 месяца назад

    I remember singing this when it came out ( I was 5 years old). I really believed this entirely and proclaimed “I love everyone!!”.
    Oh- the naivety, innocence and pureness of children. My family protected me so I could believe in this for a short while.
    Everyone does have a beauty to them, but unfortunately the ugliness can come out and overtake the beauty.

  • @brianmiller6055
    @brianmiller6055 4 месяца назад +3

    You should really hear his version of Let It Be.

  • @TracyfromNC
    @TracyfromNC 4 месяца назад

    Thank goodness you saw this before you put Ray Stevens in a box...what a lovely song and idea...just hope everyone can belive and live this idea .

  • @robbiem9293
    @robbiem9293 4 месяца назад +4

    One of my favorites!

  • @b.dwaynearmstrong577
    @b.dwaynearmstrong577 13 дней назад

    You love the bass singer. I was fortunate to be able to call him, Harold Reid, my uncle. He has passed away now.

  • @anneschreck5136
    @anneschreck5136 4 месяца назад +2

    Gosh I haven't heard this one in years. I had to smile a bit you said you were prepared to laugh Harri. Thank you and Imadrummin.

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад

      You're welcome Anne!!😀

  • @craigreid7178
    @craigreid7178 4 месяца назад +3

    This has always been my favorite Ray Stevens song. Uplifting, joyful, happy.

  • @wandaortmann2208
    @wandaortmann2208 4 месяца назад +3

    Love Ray Stevens...grew up listening to him, Funny AND Serious. When you started to play this one, I literally remembered all the words to it. And THIS is the message we had all the time growing up. It is one of the reasons we get so frustrated at the narrative the media & the government is trying to make the American public to believe, that everyone is racist. THIS message was the message everywhere when I was growing up in the US from the late 60's and onward. This was my reality. Thank you for bringing this one back to life for me! Loved it.

  • @annettemoore7264
    @annettemoore7264 4 месяца назад +2

    I LOVED Ray Harri, back then, you had to be UBER good to break into the British charts mate, we had the Prog rock groups in full swing..Ray, Dolly, and. the other fella (my mam loved him)...Glenn Campbell 😏 he, (Ray that is) is HILARIOUS actually.. you should listen to his Camping song 🤣🤣🤣

  • @gpxo11
    @gpxo11 4 месяца назад +2

    Another great classic song by Ray is Turn Your Radio On-a hit with another spiritual message-which may or may not have inspired the Manhattan Transfer song Operator which was a hit in 1975.

  • @Cynthia...
    @Cynthia... 4 месяца назад +2

    Oh, I love this song. It’s fantastic and has great memories attached, thank you Imadrummin and Harri.

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад +1

      My pleasure Cynthia.. 👍

  • @RoryVanucchi
    @RoryVanucchi 4 месяца назад +4

    It's a classic

  • @DM-hf9nh
    @DM-hf9nh 4 месяца назад

    My favorite Ray Steven's song has always been "Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band)" It just always makes me laugh

  • @susanowen1709
    @susanowen1709 4 месяца назад

    You were expecting something like "The Streak" and got a lovely hymn instead. I remember this one playing on the radio when I was a kid, and even after all these years it's hard to wrap my brain around the fact that it's the same guy singing both. So glad you did this one,

  • @CindyCowan-w7z
    @CindyCowan-w7z 4 месяца назад +2

    Always loved this song

  • @flash1660
    @flash1660 4 месяца назад

    This is a beautiful song and another one is Mr. businessman another great one😂😂

  • @allanlangdon7237
    @allanlangdon7237 4 месяца назад +1

    This is great. The studio version is better I think. Yes, before he started pumping out comedy music, he offered up some beautiful tunes: UNWIND, MR BUSINESS MAN, MISTY . . . check them out!! Thanks for your reactions!

  • @martyemmons1859
    @martyemmons1859 4 месяца назад

    I never knew that Ray Stevens made "Everything Is Beautiful".
    I'll never forget this song, Harri.

  • @rhondaserges5136
    @rhondaserges5136 4 месяца назад +2

    Just shows the heart of Ray Stevens. The man truly did his part in cheering us up.

  • @mariaportengen2959
    @mariaportengen2959 4 месяца назад

    Haven't heard this in a long time. I was about 14 years old when this was a hit. How time flies. 🎶🎶🎶👍

  • @juliewhite7469
    @juliewhite7469 4 месяца назад +2

    This is the America I remember ❤. Thanks Harri and imadrummin ❤😊❤

    • @Imadrummin
      @Imadrummin 4 месяца назад +1

      So true Julie. It's my pleasure. 👍👍👍

  • @debbers
    @debbers 4 месяца назад +1

    Please react to "Juanita and the Kids" a very funny song by Ray Stevens! I think this is one of his funniest songs!

  • @ronniecarter266
    @ronniecarter266 3 месяца назад +1

    Check out Misty and The Shriners Convention by Ray Stevens.