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* "Seven Spanish Angels" with Music/WillieNelson.
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* "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles.

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* "I Can't Stop Loving You" You," written by Don Gibson, of which Ray Charles.masterfully nailed down.
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* RealLife example: He saw his brother drown in a bathtub when he was only four. (This was a year before he started to go blind.)
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**and "Georgia on My Mind" becoming the official state song and performing it at the State House years after he allegedly was banned from performing in the state.
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* His rendition of "America the Beautiful", especially after growing up in the Jim Crow South and fighting for Civil Rights
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* His rendition of "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye". The lyrics themselves were already bad enough....
--> "Ev'ry time\\
We say goodbye\\
I wonder why a little\\
Why the Gods above me\\
Who must be in the know\\
Think so little of me\\
They allow you to go...."
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* RealLife example: He saw his brother drown in a bathtub when he was only four. (This was a year before he started to go blind.)
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[[Music/RayCharles This versatile singer and musician]] [[TearJerker has some very moving songs]].
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* "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles.
-->"They say that time heals a broken heart\\
But time has stood still since we've been apart..."
* "Georgia on My Mind".
* "Drown In My Own Tears".
* "A Fool For You".
* "You Don't Know Me".
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