I have been listening to this song for 65 years, since i was five. My mom was a big fan.

Ray Charles is the King of Soul Music; he invented modern soul music. Known as The Genius, he was blind and one of the best soul, blues, and jazz musicians ever. There will never be another Ray Charles.

Ray and Stevie wonder, two musical geniuses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Genius of Ray Charles.

Love this song by Ray!!

🤣 You guys are wonderful! A Ray Charles song for Dominika "Hit the Road Jack" ☮❤🎶

Oh, those were the best daze of my life! So blessed to have been brought up in simpler times..

Ya'll are so much fun to watch. You have a lot to discover with Ray Charles. He was an American treasure.

Ray Charles was one of the first to take gospel music and add secular lyrics and subject matter creating Soul Music. He in fact took a lot of heat from the churches at the time saying he was playing "The Devil's Music". Turning gospel music into a sexy song was pretty bold!

THE GENIUS HE SINGS ROCK SOUL COUNTRY ALL THE STYLES

Just one of the best feel good recordings of all time. Ray was a true musical genius.

You need to watch a video, even better to see him play

I know you peeked at the lyrics prior but I don’t believe you could have imagined his delivery. Awesome

Ray Charles music never fails to make me feel good.

Oh my gosh, I swear I thought you two were gonna get up and dance! That would have been everything!! Love the connection between you two❤

@michaelasay8587

23 күн бұрын

I wish a lot of reactors would get up n dance!!😢😢😢😢

@MerchantOfAlba

23 күн бұрын

Maybe next time! 😁💚

Lyrics? Ray Charles is all about that voice and the music. He could sing the phone book and make it sound soulful.

The video of Ray Charles and Willie Nelson of “Seven Spanish Angels”is one you will never forget. Every time it pops in my head I have to watch it again. As always I love your reactions. Cheers from Texas!🇨🇱🤘🏻😎

Ray Charles was inspired by gospel music, Southern black church music. See: "Call and response."

Hit the Road Jack...next please, on your journey of Ray Charles. ❤

Simplesmente fantástico!!!!!!

This would be considered Rocking Blues!

Loved the delight on your faces..Ray had teenagers worldwide shakin their thang' to this, much to the dismay of their parents.

@dianaspears571

21 күн бұрын

My parents, Aunts and Uncles, all of us used to shake a leg to this.

Yea...makes you stomp your feet. Move it baby..... Great stuff. All the best. Cheers.

What the World , needs now, is a dance, from the Merchants , of Alba! ❤️

Ray is a gem in the music industry!

Careful Andre!!!! It's a Family Show!!!!!🤪

For a different side of Ray, check out his heart breaking rendition of the country music classic "You Don't Know Me"

Billy Joel wrote Baby Grand specifically for a duet with Ray Charles and got to perform it with him on his The Bridge album. Ray Charles in the late 80’s was still great. Also had a collaboration with Willy Nelson, Seven Spanish Angels that was a hit.

A true legend!!❤ love Ray!! ❤❤

You guys are so cute. Don't know if you realized it when you reacted to Billy Joel's NY State of Mind that he was performing it in a style that was a nod to Ray Charles.

Before Little Richard,, Elvis, Bill Haley, Big Mama Thornton and the rest, Ray Charles started creating what we know as ROCK AND ROLL (a mix of gospel, blues, country blues, and big band musics.) Ray is the originator of rock.

@mikefetterman6782

20 күн бұрын

Check out NIGHT TIME (is the right time), Drown in my own Tears, Roll around heaven all day, and You Don't know me. Georgia on my mind, Can't stop loving you, and America the beautiful.

Georgia on My Mind and Crazy Love with Van Morrison.

The wonderful, incomparable Ray Charles. Margie Hendrix at the lead of the Raelettes.

Ray Charles was a great singer, songwriter, pianist & composer. He pioneered the soul music genre during the 50's by combining blues, jazz, R&B & gospel styles. He had so many great songs such as "Hit The Road Jack", "Georgia On My Mind", "Mess Around", "It Should've Been Me", "Don't You Know", "Midnight Hour", "Sinner's Prayer", "I've Got A Woman", "This Little Girl Of Mine", "A Fool For You", "Busted", "Take These Chains From My Heart", "Crying Time" etc.

@MerchantOfAlba

23 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing ☺️

Congratulations, Andrei and Domenika--you've just been baptized by the High Priest of Soul.

Awesome jam, you guys. 😎

Oh that was great. Thank you ❤

Great reaction guys , so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you and Saor Alba!

@MerchantOfAlba

23 күн бұрын

Many thanks and warm wishes from Alba ❤️

You can never go wrong with the Blues. I had the original 45 to this song when it first came out. On the flip side was Oop Poo pa doo.

It took Ray quite a while to find his own voice. In his early recordings he is closer to the vocal style/sounds of Nat King Cole and Charles Brown

"I Can't Stop Loving You", "Georgia On My Mind" (that states official song), "America the Beautiful" all fantastic!

I'd love to see you two dance together 😃

You must MUST (😁) listen to Come Rain or Come Shine, the 7 minute live from Paris version. Soul wrenching.

I remember this song from the age of 7 or 8. My mom was a big fan.

Gotta be one of the first popular electric piano songs. Recommend Billy Preston for some great electric piano, most notably with the Beatles on the roof.

You have to listen to Geogia On My Mind, I Can't Stop Loving You and America The Beautiful. All American Classics! I fact go out and listen to Georgia RIGHT NOW. Your life is not complete until you've heard that song.

I clicked right on. 😎

The story is that Ray Charles improvised this song one night at a show when they had extra time to fill. (If you actually listen to the lyrics, they don't really make any sense. LOL.) That night was re-created in the movie "Ray": kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6mpm8RvobqZibg.htmlsi=Im3Nx-2Jjbeye7-e

El video de franco de Vita acompañado con gloria trevi

⁸9😢😢I have been watching you ⁹nnn d for quite a while now and I LOVE YOU BOTH. You are kind, funny, thoughtful ..... and theblessings

@MerchantOfAlba

22 күн бұрын

Thank you and much love from both of us 💚

Stevie Winwood? Joe Cocker? Gary Brooker? Guess what they have in common?

Watch the movie Ray. I think you would like it.

🇬🇧 "Hit The Road Jack" by Ray Charles is a MUST listen. Do yourselves a favour and LISTEN 🙏❤🔥 This is 🔥 too. 🎼🎵🎙

Hey, love your reactions. How about another Rammstein song?

@MerchantOfAlba

23 күн бұрын

Hoping soon 😁🤘

Didn't they use this in Viva Los Vegas to.

Hola.les escribo desde Italia. Soy venezolano y le pido por favor a la reacción de: Te pienso sin querer (Vuelve en primera fila-live versión) franco de Vita. VEVO este video tiene 337 Min visualizaciones. Muchas gracias

I think you guys should get up and dance. Your likes and subscriptions would go through the roof.😅

@MerchantOfAlba

23 күн бұрын

Or down 😉 Warm greetings from Romania 💚

It's church music, but about sinning.