America the Beautiful

Name: America the Beautiful
Duration: 3 min 36 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.17	America the Beautiful	3:40	Ray Charles	Ultimate Hits Collection	Ray Charles	Album + Compilation	US1999-03-16	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 75644

producer:	Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
bass:	Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1972) Bob Cranshaw (in 1972) Chuck Rainey (American bassist) (in 1972)
drums (drum set):	Grady Tate (in 1972)
electric piano, organ and piano:	Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (in 1972)
guitar:	Eric Gale (in 1972) Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (in 1972) Jean "Toots" Thielemans (in 1972)
reeds:	Hubert Laws (in 1972) Jerome Richardson (in 1972)
strings:	[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1972)
trumpet:	Freddie Hubbard (in 1972) Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1972) Ernie Royal (in 1972)
background vocals:	The Raelettes (in 1972)
vocals:	Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (in 1972)
conductor:	Sid Feller (in 1972)
arranger:	Quincy Jones

recording of:	America the Beautiful (in 1972: cover)

lyricist:	Katharine Lee Bates
composer:	Samuel Augustus Ward

referred to in medleys:	American Pageant An American Anthem
is the basis for:	America the Beautiful (Buffy Sainte-Marie version) America the Beautiful America the Beautiful Equestria, The Land I Love (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, “The Mane Attraction”) Hail to Thee, Fat Person Washington Peace: America: America the Beautiful (Sid Meier’s Civilization V) Washington War: America: America the Beautiful
arrangements:	America the Beautiful (for band, Dragon) America the Beautiful (arr. Kahil El’Zabar) America the Beautiful (arr. Daniel Powers) America the Beautiful (Carla Bley arrangement)