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A very popular and family-friendly entertainer throughout the '60s, 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 explained, "I needed a very special song for the program. I went down in my basement for about three days. I had crumpled paper all over the place. And suddenly the idea for the song came to me. I wrote it in maybe 45 minutes. It was a very special song and one that a lot of people still remember and sing along when I do it in shows. In 2019, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. (source) Lyrics to Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful" All the children of the world Pretty yellow black and white They are precious in his sight Jesus loves the little children of the world Everything is beautiful In it's own way Like a starry summer night On a snow covered winter's day And everybody's beautiful In their own way Under God's heaven The world's gonna find a way There is none so blind As he who will not see We must not close our minds We must let our thoughts be free For every hour that passes by You know the world gets a little bit older It's time to realize that people lies In the eyes of the beholder And everything is beautiful In it's own way Like a starry summer night On a snow covered winter's day, ah sing it children In their own way Under God's heaven The world's gonna find a way We shouldn't care about the length of his hair Of the color of his skin Don't worry about what shows from without But the love that lives within We're gonna get old again now Everything is gonna work out fine Just take a little time to the calm good side my friend And spittle in out in your mind And everything is beautiful In it's own way Like a starry summer night On a snow covered winter's day, ah sing it children And everybody's beautiful In their own way Under God's heaven The world's gonna find a way, one more time Everything is beautiful In it's own way Like a starry summer night On a snow covered winter's day Here is a recent performance of Ray! And finally, here's a comedy clip from Ray's short-lived, but enjoyed variety show! RELATED: 11 Fantastic Old Game Shows We Wish Were Still On The Air Today