WATCH: Ray Charles Delivers Stunning Rendition Of "America, The Beautiful"

October 28th, 2001, just over a month after the 9/11 attacks, Ray Charles performs "America the Beautiful" before Game 2 of the World Series. "I remember standing up and hearin' the people cheer. Hell, I've heard people cheer for me in my life, but that's not what this was. It felt like people were cheering for America again. We were all cheering for America." | Genesis Gold Group America

America The Beautiful | Ray Charles 10/28/01: Ray Charles performs “America the Beautiful” prior to Game 2 of the World Series. Oh, 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 ‘Til all success be nobleness And every gain divined And you know when I was in school We used to sing it something like this, listen here Oh beautiful, for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple moun

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