Single:
Everything is Beautiful entered the Australian singles chart* on 27 April 1970 and peaked at #1. The song ranked #20 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on Ray Stevens’ 1970 album Everything Is Beautiful.
Songwriter:
Ray Stevens
Producer:
Ray Stevens
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
A very popular and family-friendly entertainer throughout the 1960s, Ray Stevens was given his own TV variety show in 1970 called The Ray Stevens Show, which lasted just one season as a summer replacement. He wrote the uplifting Everything Is Beautiful as the theme for the show.
Stevens was backed on this track by his two daughters, Suzi and Timi, and a second-grade class from Oak Hill Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee. The song opens with the children’s chorus singing the first two lines of a popular childrens’ hymn, Jesus Loves the Little Children.
This is a rare hit for Stevens, as it was not a novelty recording. He was better known for comedy songs like Gitarzan and The Streak.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/ray-stevens/everything-is-beautiful
Lyrics:
Everything is beautiful in its own way
Like a starry summer night or a snow covered winter’s day
Everybody’s beautiful in their own way
Under God’s heaven, the world’s gonna find a way
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