~ America The Beautiful
Views: 348453 |  |  |  |  | **HATE WILL BE DELETED**
This is a movie I made for 4th of July in 2006 to Ray Charles' version of America The Beautiful.
If you would like to link this video to your site, please send me an email first.
I'm a vetern from OIF III and created this v ...More ideo for my first 4th of July back in the US in 2006. Please do not post hateful messages. They will be deleted.
Wow, 300k Hits. Thanks :P |
|
|
|
~ Ray Charles - America the Beautiful
Views: 167124 |  |  |  |  | Thank you, Mark Levin!
Thank you, Laura Ingraham!
Ray Charles America the Beautiful...
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html
***
In Honor of Sgt. Eddie Jeffers
http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-honor-of-sgt-eddie-jef ...More fers-rip.html
***
1984 - Republican National Convention
Ray Charles was hired by the Committee to Re-Elect the President to perform at the Republican National Convention. His televised rendition of "America The Beautiful", first recorded on the ABC records label in his "A Message from the People" LP, was both inspirational and electrifying. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
~ America, The Beautiful! (Fireworks)
Views: 6177 |  |  |  |  | Every year our little town in Nevada puts up an amazing display of fireworks in celebration of the 4th of July. We bring blankets to the town park and lie down under the desert sky to enjoy this astounding spectacle. It never desapoints!
Happy Fourth of ...More July! May God Bless America!
America, The Beautiful as performed by Ray Charles and Alicia Keys. |
|
|
~ America The Beautiful (Sir Ray Version)
Views: 40791 |  |  |  |  | This song is simply beautiful. Just because there are imperfections in America doesn't mean we all have to be haters and unpatriotic.
"One day some of the other teachers and I decided to go on a trip to 14,000-foot Pikes Peak. We hired a prairie wagon. ...More Near the top we had to leave the wagon and go the rest of the way on mules. I was very tired. But when I saw the view, I felt great joy. All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse." 1893 Kathyryn Lee Bates |
|
~ Ray Charles - Crying Time
Views: 24839 |  |  |  |  | Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 -- June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an American pianist and singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "A ...More merica the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sung it."
Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business." And in 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Charles #10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Ray Charles began to go blind when he was five. He became totally blind by the age of seven.[7] Charles never knew exactly why he lost his sight,[1] though there are sources which suggest his blindness was due to glaucoma, and some other sources suggest that Ray began to lose his sight from an infection caused by soapy water to his eyes which was left untreated. He attended school at the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida.[7] He also learned how to write music and play various musical instruments.[7] While he was there, his mother died followed by his father two years later.
Before he left school, Charles began working as a musician in many bands that played in various styles, including jazz and, in Tampa "with a hillbilly band called The Florida Playboys." This is where Charles began his reputation of always wearing sunglasses.[8]
Charles moved to Seattle in 1947.[7] He soon started recording, first for the label Swingtime Records, achieving his first hit with "Confession Blues", recorded in 1949. The song hit #2 on the R&B charts. He followed his first recording with his only other hit with Swingtime, "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand" in 1951. It hit #5 on the R&B charts. He then signed with Ahmet Ertegün at Atlantic Records a year later.[7] When he entered show business, his name was shortened to Ray Charles to avoid confusion with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.[6]
[edit] Success years
Almost immediately after signing with Atlantic, Charles scored his first hit singles with the label with "It Should Have Been Me" and the Ertegun-composed "Mess Around", both making the charts in 1953. But it was Charles' "I Got A Woman" (composed with band mate Renald Richard [9]) that brought the musician to national prominence. The song reached the top of Billboard's R&B singles chart in 1955 and from there until 1959, Charles would have a series of R&B chart-toppers including "This Little Girl of Mine", "Lonely Avenue", "Mary Ann", "Drown in My Own Tears" and "The Night Time (Is the Right Time)", which were compiled on his Atlantic releases Hallelujah, I Love Her So, Yes Indeed!, and The Genius Sings the Blues. During this time of transition, he recruited a young girl group from Philadelphia named the Cookies as his background singing group, recording with them in New York and changing their name to the Raelettes in the process. In 1959, Charles crossed over to top 40 radio with the release of his impromptu blues number, "What'd I Say", which was initially conceived while Charles was in concert. The song would reach number 1 on the R&B list and would become Charles' first top ten single on the pop charts, peaking at number 6. Charles would also record The Genius of Ray Charles, before leaving Atlantic for a more lucrative deal with ABC in 1959. Hit songs such as "Georgia On My Mind", "Hit the Road Jack" and "Unchain My Heart" helped him transition to pop success and his landmark 1962 album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music and its sequel Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2, helped to bring country into the mainstream of music.
In 1965, Charles was arrested for possession of heroin, a drug to which he had been addicted for nearly 20 years.[6] It was his third arrest for the offence, but he avoided jail time after kicking the habit in a clinic in Los Angeles.[1] He spent a year on parole in 1966, when his single "Crying Time" reached #6 on the charts.
During the late 1960s and into the 1970s, Charles' releases were hit-or-miss,[7] with some big hits and critically acclaimed work. His version of "Georgia On My Mind" was proclaimed the state song of Georgia on April 24, 1979, with Charles performing it on the floor of the state legislature. He also had success with his unique version of "America the Beautiful." |
|
|
|
|
|
~ Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind - Live [1986]
Views: 8583 |  | ![Ray Charles Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind - Live [1986]](http://img2.everyvideoevermade.com/img.ashx?src=Btm4WnwoRoI_1) | ![Ray Charles Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind - Live [1986]](http://img3.everyvideoevermade.com/img.ashx?src=Btm4WnwoRoI_2) | ![Ray Charles Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind - Live [1986]](http://img4.everyvideoevermade.com/img.ashx?src=Btm4WnwoRoI_3) | "Georgia on My Mind" is a song written in 1930 by Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) and Hoagy Carmichael (music). It is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia. Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael. However, the lyrics of th ...More e song are ambiguous enough to be referring either to the state or to a woman named "Georgia." Carmichael's 1965 autobiography, Sometimes I Wonder, records the origin: a friend suggested: "Why don't you write a song called 'Georgia?' Nobody lost much writing about the South."
The song is best known as sung by Ray Charles, who recorded the song in 1960 on the album The Genius Hits the Road. It became Georgia's state song in 1979.
The song has been covered by many artists, significant among them: Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford, Gladys Knight, James Brown, Fats Waller, Andrzej Zaucha, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Nat Gonella and his Georgians, The Band, Django Reinhardt, Mina, Wes Montgomery,Offenbach, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson, The Righteous Brothers, Michael Bolton, Widespread Panic, David Bromberg, Kurt Hartel, Van Morrison, and the British groups Coldplay and the Spencer Davis Group (with Steve Winwood on vocals) among others.....
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 -- June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an American pianist and singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sung it."
Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business" and in 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Charles #10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Ray Charles Robinson was born in Albany, Georgia on September 23, 1930(1930-09-23). He was the son of Aretha Williams, who stacked boards in a sawmill, and Bailey Robinson, a railroad repair man, mechanic and handyman. The two were never married. The family moved to Greenville, Florida, when Ray was an infant. Bailey had three more families, leaving Aretha to raise the family on her own. When Charles was five, he witnessed his younger brother, George, drown in a large portable laundry tub.
Ray Charles began to go blind when he was five. He became totally blind by the age of seven.....
Charles was married twice and fathered 12 children by 9 different women. His first marriage to Eileen Williams was brief: July 31, 1951 to 1952. He has three children from his second marriage to Della Beatrice Howard Robinson from April 5, 1955 to 1977. His long term girlfriend and partner at the time of his death was Norma Pinella.
Charles died in his home in Beverly Hills, California from complications of liver disease, surrounded by his family on June 10, 2004 at 11:35A.M. His body is interred in Inglewood Park Cemetery, located in the Sunset Mission Mausoleum in wall crypt A32 in the Sancutary of Eternal Love......
.....Besides winning dozens of Grammy Awards in his career, Charles was also honored in many other ways. In 1979, he was one of the first honorees of the Georgia State Music Hall of Fame being recognized for being a musician born in the state. Ray's version of "Georgia On My Mind" was made into the official state song for Georgia. In 1981, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was one of the first inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony in 1986. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986. In 1987, he was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1991, he was inducted to the Rhythm & Blues Foundation. In 1998 he was awarded the Polar Music Prize together with Ravi Shankar in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2004 he was inducted to the Jazz Hall of Fame, and inducted to the National Black Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame. Also in 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
The Grammy Awards of 2005 were dedicated to Charles.
On December 7, 2007, Ray Charles Plaza was opened in Albany, Georgia, with a revolving, lighted bronze sculpture of Charles seated at a piano.
On December 26, 2007, Ray Charles was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.......
[Wikipedia] |
|
|
|