Squints getting to kiss Wendy Peffercorn, the lights of the carnival tuned to Ray Charles' "America the Beautiful," and finding a very valuable baseball autographed by legends. The Sandlot is a ...

When Ray Charles released A Message ... as One” preached that message clearly, but it was Charles’ reinterpretation of “America the Beautiful” that packed the biggest punch.

Ray Charles' music has been used in a political ... a video on Twitter featuring scenes across the U.S. with Charles' "America the Beautiful" as its soundtrack. The video opens with the message ...

Most of us probably know the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" by heart ... there is no better way than listening to the great Ray Charles, who shuffles the verses and adds his own commentary.

I am proposing, instead, that some group (the NFL, MLB, Congress, ESPN) offer the Ray Charles version of America the Beautiful as our hymn of national unity and racial reconciliation. Documentary ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Concord Music Group today announced that it will digitally release Ray Charles’ signature rendition of “America the Beautiful” on January 20, Inauguration Day in America. The ...

No Sandlot fan can forget Smalls ... year as the fireworks light up the sky on Independence Day. Ray Charles sings “America the Beautiful” while narrator David M. Evans says, “We played ...

Scotty catching the ball in The Sandlot Benny Hitting The ... and the scene is set to Ray Charles’s version of “America the Beautiful,” as the kids play ball at night while fireworks explode ...

I'll know that today is the "Fourth of July" (no matter what the calendar insists) when I hear my friend's stereo pulsing out "America the Beautiful." The Ray Charles version, of course.