The Star-Spangled Banner is ... the history and lyrics to the well-known anthem below. The music was written by British composer and early musicologist John Stafford Smith around 1773, but remained ...

Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner ... Music Foundation. Marc Leepson is an American ...

But it all begins with the performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner ... is a great American tradition that has been carried out by some of the greatest voices in pop music history.

Jon Batiste released his latest studio album of original music, World Music Radio, in August 2023. Last year, he shared ...

Batiste's national anthem performance also featured an American Sign ... will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime ...

At an NFL game on Christmas Day, which saw the Baltimore Ravens go up against the Houston Texans, music was – as is custom at any sporting showdown – central to the occasion. Before the game began, ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... the word “slave.” To an American of 2017, the word is likely ...

Batiste’s emotional delivery of the national anthem followed Lady Gaga’s performance of the Top Gun: Maverick anthem “Hold My Hand,” the Southern University Human Jukebox Marching Band and Master P, ...