Ward. The combination of Ward's melody and Bates's poem was first entitled "America the Beautiful" in 1910. One of the most notable modern-day performances of the song was by Ray Charles ...

But Ray Charles was the one to steal the show with his rendition of “America the Beautiful”. Charles was greeted with loud cheers from the crowd as Sinatra helped him walk to the piano.

Ward. The combination of Ward's melody and Bates's poem was first entitled "America the Beautiful" in 1910. One of the most notable modern-day performances of the song was by Ray Charles, whose ...

Prior to the game, Trombone and Lauren paid tribute to the Grammy Award-winning singer Ray Charles by giving a jazzy spin to his hit 1972 song America the Beautiful. A video of the duo singing the ...