Tuesday, May 26, 2009

An IBA Favorite

And nobody does it better than Ray.

O 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
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
Ray Charles
America the Beautiful

3 comments:

Carlos Echevarria said...

awesome, Ray Charles...still remember him in Dallas, '84 at the RNC Convention.

He was a Republican!

midnight rider said...

;>)

I didn't know that.

Pastorius said...

I have long believed we ought to get rid of the Star Spangled Banner and replace it with

RAY CHARLES VERSION OF AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.

i think we should no longer let anyone else sing the song in any official public capacity. We should just play Ray.

His version is definitive, and no Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Whitney Houston, or Josh Groban version could ever be better.