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Ray Charles: America the Beautiful Ray Charles possessed one of the most recognizable voices in American music. In the words of musicologist Henry Pleasants: "Sinatra, and Bing Crosby before him, had been masters of words. Ray Charles is a master of sounds. His records disclose an extraordinary assortment of slurs, glides, turns, shrieks, wails, breaks, shouts, screams and hollers, all wonderfully controlled, disciplined by inspired musicianship, and harnessed to ingenious subtleties of harmony, dynamics and rhythm... "It is either the singing of a man whose vocabulary is inadequate to express what is in his heart and mind or of one whose feelings are too intense for satisfactory verbal or conventionally melodic articulation. He can't tell it to you. He can't even sing it to you. He has to cry out to you, or shout to you, in tones eloquent of despair—or exaltation. The voice alone, with little assistance from the text or the notated music, conveys the message." Happy Fourth of July! Running Time 4 mins P.S. The Forbidden Knowledge TV newsletter aims to remain a free subscription. Except for a handful of angels who help me with monthly donations of $5, $10 and $20 per month, the only way this newsletter is supported is through the advertising banners you see within the newsletter and on the website. MailChimp de-platformed me on June 18th, giving me a serious financial beating and if it weren't for my new sponsor Life Science International, things would be even tougher. If you like this blog and the information I share, please get something from Life Science International. All profits go straight to me and keep this blog moving.

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