For A Message From the People, Ray chose some of the world's finest musicians including Freddie Hubbard, Ray Brown and Jean "Toots" Thielemans. The charts were written by his old friends Quincy Jones and Sid Feller, plus TV soundtrack meister Mike Post.
The songs Ray selected include "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as the Black National Anthem; Dion DiMucci's hit, "Abraham, Martin and John"; "Stevie Wonder's plea for brotherly love, "Heaven Help Us All"; "John Denver's loving ode to America's heartland, "Take Me Home, Country Roads"; and Melanie's "Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma," which was also a hit single for Ray.
Ray even came up with the idea for the album's cover featuring the faces of Abe Lincoln, Dr. Martin Luther King and Jack and Bobby Kennedy, and commissioned artist Al Willis to bring it to fruition.
As of April 7, the entire post-1960 catalog of Ray Charles classic recordings became available for digital download for the first time ever. These are some of America's most cherished and requested recordings by America's greatest artist of the second half of the 20th century. Included are such iconic tracks as the #1 hits "Georgia on My Mind," "Hit the Road Jack," "One Mint Julep," "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Unchain My Heart," "You Are My Sunshine," "Let's Go Get Stoned," as well as "Busted," "You Don't Know Me," "Together Again," and many more.
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