The National Football League announced yesterday (January 13) that Alicia Keys will sing "America the Beautiful" at Super Bowl XXXIX (39). The song has long been associated with legendary singer Ray Charles--a Jacksonville native--who sang the song at the Super Bowl in 2001. Keys said, "I'm very excited to be playing at the Super Bowl for the first time especially because I will be singing a song made famous by an artist I admire, miss and respect--Ray Charles--along with the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
I know that this is going to be a very touching and memorable moment."
Keys will be accompanied by 150 students of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, which Charles first attended as a child in 1937. The school children will do the lyrics in sign language while singing along with Keys' performance.
This year's Super Bowl Half-Time show will feature a performance by Paul McCartney (news).
The game will air on FOX at 6 p.m. ET, on February 6.
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