Album 2002 America
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November 11, 2014
God Bless America Again (With Billy Preston, Slash A.O. aka The American Rebels)
Read moreCompilation album: Ray Charles Sings for America, Rhino/WEA, 3 September 2002.[After the album release, the song was remixed for radio DJs; see below]. The weeks after the 9/11 attack the American airwaves were filled with patriotic songs. Ray’s America The Beautiful was probably the song that was most frequently played.A year later Rhino/WEA released a compiler, Ray Charles Sings for […]
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November 4, 2014
Imagine
Read moreIn 1998 the French bank Crédit Agricole continued their long running “Imagine” advertising campaign with a small series of commercials for which Ray Charles’ friend Jean-Pierre Grosz produced the soundtrack, with Ray’s special version of John Lennon’s Imagine. You can still watch some samples online: here and here. The complete song was first released in France as a CD […]
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October 21, 2014
Ray Reflects On America [Parlando]
Read moreCompilation album: Ray Charles Sings for America, Rhino/WEA, 3 September 2002. The weeks after the 9/11 attack the American airwaves were filled with patriotic songs. Ray’s America The Beautiful was probably the song that was most frequently played. The album was released a year after the 9/11 attack (read this for context). Only one song track, God Bless America Again, was […]