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"I Can't Stop Loving You" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter, and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December 3, 1957, for RCA Victor Records. It was released in 1958 as the B-side of " Oh, Lonesome Me ", becoming a double-sided country hit single .
"America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. [ 1 ]
The song was written by all members of Van Halen and pays homage to Ray Charles' song "I Can't Stop Loving You", particularly in the line where Sammy Hagar sings "Hey Ray, what you said is true..." The song was Van Halen's most successful single from Balance in the United States, being the only single that reached the top 40 of the Billboard ...
His biggest hit, "I Can't Stop Loving You", spent five weeks at No. 1 in 1962. He also topped the Hot 100 with the singles " Hit the Road Jack " and " Georgia on My Mind ". [ 3 ] Among all acts, he charted the third-most singles on the Hot 100; only Elvis Presley (with 108) and James Brown (91) had more.
[9] Ebony praised Charles's ability to give "wholly new dynamics to those patriotic vintages 'Lift Every Voice And Sing' and 'America The Beautiful'." [12] The New York Times deemed the album "not one of his more memorable outings," writing that "the miracle of Ray Charles’ music is his constant ability to survive his material."
Charles was often criticized for his version of "America the Beautiful" because it was very drastically changed from the song's original version. On July 14, 1973, Margie Hendrix , the mother of Ray's son Charles Wayne Hendrix, died at 38 years old, which led to Ray having to care for the child.
I Can't Stop Loving You" was ranked number 49 on Country Music Television's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music. [ citation needed ] In November 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 104 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , [ 40 ] and 105 in a 2012 revised list, [ 41 ] and 127 in a 2020 revised list. [ 42 ]
Ray Charles (born Charles Raymond Offenberg; September 13, 1918 – April 6, 2015) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor who was best known as organizer and leader of the Ray Charles Singers, who were featured on Perry Como's records and television shows for 35 years [1] [2] and were also known for a series of 30 choral record albums produced in the 1950s ...