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Ray Charles has the distinction of being both a national treasure and an international phenomenon. He started out from no where; years later finds him a global entity. Hundreds of thousands of fingers have hit typewriter and word processor keyboards telling and retelling his story because it is uniquely American, an example of what we like to think is the best in us and of our way of life. The Ray Charles story is full of paradoxes, part and parcel of the American Dream.Rags to riches. Triumph overcoming tragedy. Light transcending darkness. The name Ray Charles is on a Star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame. His bronze bust is enshrined in the Playboy Hall of Fame. There is the bronze medallion cast and presented to him by the French Republic on behalf of More... (Submit New Ray Charles Lyrics) (Submit New Ray Charles Lyrics) awsome!! | Reviewer: alyssa ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles i sang this song like 5 months ago and im in fourth grade. for the performance all the parents come and i painted my toenails red white and blue. ohhh this brings back SOOOOOOOO many memories. even of the person i like. i think he was head singer OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Reviewer: Private ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I have to memerize this song for my culmination! it is kind of nerve wrecking because of all the states. i mean i know all my states but these are tounge twisters when you have to sing them real fast infront of 200 people! what am i going to do??????????????????????????? aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Memories | Reviewer: Annette ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I remember singing this song in elementry school! We had a concert and all the parents and families were invited. This was the song to end the show, and for every state name we sang we raised a banner that said the state's name! I always got this song stuck in my head when I was little ... and then i forgot it, until this day I saw the title "Fifty Nifty United States" on the internet! This brings me great memories! Memories | Reviewer: Annette ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I remember singing this song in elementry school! We had a concert and all the parents and families were invited. This was the song to end the show, and for every state name we sang we raised a banner that said the state's name! I always got this song stuck in my head when I was little ... and then i forgot it, until this day I saw the title "Fifty Nifty United States" on the internet! This brings me great memories! luv it! | Reviewer: sophia ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I love this song! I'm in 4th grade and tonight I'm performing it in front of the whole school with my classmates. I can't wait! It was really hard to memorize, but after a few run-throughs with my friends, (we sang it on the 3 hour bus ride to our field trip) I had memorized it! It's great! Still remember the song 30 years later | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles This song has come in handy so many times during my lifetime. I'm one of the few people who can always think of the name of a state because I know them all alphabetically. One of the best things I ever learned in school. I still remember the song after 35 years and teach it to my daughter. | Reviewer: Danielle ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I learned this song in 5th grade. I tell my daughter, who is now in 2nd grade, the story of how when I was taking a test in junior high which required us to list all 50 state, the teacher acused me of cheating because I listed them in alpha order. I was asked to stay after class to explain myself. Well, after singing the 50 Nifty United States song to the teacher, I was given an A. Info. about the songwriter | Reviewer: Don Ness ------ About the song I Love You So Much It Hurts performed by Ray Charles Bob & Bert: My 85 year old mother informed me that my dad came up with the melody and lyrics to this song, while in the army airforce during world war II. He said he'd given it to fellow soldier Johnny Desmond, a popular singer of the day, and asked him to try to do something with it after the war. My dad was completely an amateur, with zero show biz saavy. They apparently never talked again about the song. He died, at age 45, in 1967. She started hearing the song on the radio in the 1980's....and remembered it. I just started researching the song on the internet. Apparently, it was first recorded in about 1948. There are one or two songs with this title, but a different melody & lyrics. My dad's version has been recorded by Ray Charles, The Mills Bros., Merle Haggard,Floyd Tillman,etc. Anyway, this news is rather fun. I have a son, Jamie, who is a 33 year old singer/songwriter, who writes songs in this vein. Also, my Dad's name was Don Ness & my 34 year old son, Don Ness, is the current mayor of Duluth, Minnesota (my dad's home town)--if that gives me any credibility?! Would enjoy hearing from you. Don Ness Very Helpful | Reviewer: Stephanie ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I remember when I first learned this song. I heard this song in class or something and so I searched for the lyrics. After 10-15 minutes of memorizing, I had the song perfecly stuck in my head. This really helps! cool song | Reviewer: carter ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles i really think this song is cool i have to sing this song for a school thing and i think anybody who learns it will be how suprised at the good lyrics and i thank mr.Ray Charles for taking his time to write this song and i say it could be a five star song definetly awesome | Reviewer: nithya ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles omg. i cant believe i actually found this song! i sang it in third grade and it was so fun and also help me win the geo bee in 5th grade! im from ga(and its the best) and im so happy and thankful to mi music teacher for teaching our class this song! it brings tears to mi eyes because i just moved to texas and it reminds me of home... and its an awesome way to learn the states so yeah. ok im done fifty nifty states | Reviewer: alexandria ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I think it is a good way for kids to know the fifty states instead of making it boring for them,it is so fun my sister taught it to me when I just turned nine. I sang it to my music teacher one day and she told me I did it correctly and she was proud of me because we haven't learned about it yet and I told her if she remembered my sister and she said yes!!!!!!!The VERY bright one! fifty nifty states, 25 years later. | Reviewer: Bonnie Akers ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I am a 37 year old who learned this in grammer school. I now am teaching it to my kids. My fifth grader knows it by heart and my second grader just learned the states. His teacher is so impressed, I wanted to find the music to it so I can spare her from my singing. Anyone know where to find them. Bonnie in Arizona cool | Reviewer: Elizabetrh Kennedy ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles this song is really cool ,i think that it is bc it just helps children understand the importance of our states.this is a educational song that everyone can learn!!!!!and i think everyone should learn just the importance of our state is special u should think so to, not bc were free its bc someone made that happen!!!! GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Amazing | Reviewer: Elizabeth ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles This song is amazing. Who knew it was by Ray Charles? All I knew was that it was some cheesy song we learned in fourth grade. We loved. I'm an eighth grader now and this song randomly pops into my head whenever someone says the states name just right.... as if it belong in the song. So I guess it's not that random. But this is one of the few things I learned in elementary that I can rember vividly and still use even now. wierrrrrrd | Reviewer: sarah blank ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles This song is wieeeerd. I live in Georgia so at my elementery school, we at the end of the list of songs we go but Georgia is the best of the fifty nifty united states... Iit's also shorter.Don't you guy's love I mean love nick jonas? lol.Sorry I love Him.Anyways Ya'll gotta go! Story of my life :-) | Reviewer: Pausefunei ------ About the song Unchain My Heart performed by Ray Charles I first heard this song when I was finally able to see the movie "Ray". It's a shame I didn't have my DVR back then because I would have rewound it over and over again. This song reminds me of so many people it ain't even funny. Thank you Ray for such a great song!!!! This song is amazing. | Reviewer: Brittany ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles My little brother is just now learning this song and he's so adorable trying to remember it i remember when i had to learn it in 2nd grade and then i totally forgot it and had to learn it again when i was a freshman in high school. Looking backk it was an amazing song that helped me on half of my tests in us studies.lol. timeless | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Georgia on My Mind performed by Ray Charles Im 15 and I love this song. Its good to get away from the hardcore things our generation plays and get back to the jazzy sounds that Ray Charles created. Its beautiful. LOVE THIS SONG | Reviewer: Andrew ------ About the song Fifty Nifty United States performed by Ray Charles I was in 2nd grade when we learned this song. Now that I have grad. I can still remember it. My cousin is in 2nd grade and she has to learn all of the States... So now I am on a wild goose chase to find the sing and download it. (Legally Of Course) You could review the artist/band Ray Charles in Biography page You could review Ray Charles album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Ray Charles song by clicking the song which you like | | ||||||||||
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