Billy Gilman's Oklahoma

Some background first: American has a program on our video equipped aircraft called CBS Eye on American. One of the features of that program used to be a music video. Several years ago when I was flying domestic for AA the featured song/video was Billy Gilman's "Oklahoma." It was strange when it first appeared because we'd be walking through the aisle doing the service and see everyone with tears in their eyes. We weren't quite sure why... we could see the video, but we couldn't hear it so we didn't know exactly what was going on. So, when it came on one day I stopped, put on some ear phones and watched the video. Of course, I was no exception and had tears streaming down my face.

I was recently reminded of this video and searched for it on YouTube. I have found it and I thought I'd share it. It's a great song and story, but I warn you, it's sad. Happy sad, though. You'll have tears of joy. Enjoy it and share it.



BTW, if you want to know more about Billy go here and here. Billy is now 19 years old, but was 12 when he recorded Oklahoma (it wasn't until he was 13 that Oklahoma was released as a single and the video produced). Oklahoma is on Billy's 2000 album release One Voice.