Ray Charles’ version of america the Beautiful is the best!! The most reverent tune I may have ever heard. It makes me wish for his version to be our National Anthem.
I'm not a Whitney Houston fan, but her rendition of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl was incredible as well, probably in large part because it happened during the Gulf War. I was in a combat unit, so we didn't see or hear it or the game, but we did hear about it. And when we finally boarded the planes to come home after the War, that's the first thing they popped up on the scream -- her singing the National Anthem.
Yesh, I cried.
Yeah, I miss him every 4th of July when I watch the specials on TV.
He wasn't just singing the song. He meant every word of what he sang.