Several professional singers have flubbed the national anthem over the years. July 11, 2012— -- intro: Is our national anthem just too hard to sing? Singing "The Star Spangled Banner" has become ...
“The Star-Spangled Banner” is played at sports games, school events, and military ceremonies, but do you know the meaning of our national anthem? The song’s centuries-old history makes it worth ...
Latin-R&B singer Nezza made a stand at Saturday’s Los Angeles Dodgers game, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in Spanish, even though she said she had been warned not to, going into the performance.
Jimi Hendrix playing his guitar during his set at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Playing with Jimi Hendrix is Billy Cox. Photo by Henry Diltz/Corbis via Getty By the time Jimi Hendrix took the ...
Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...
Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion of the ...
On March 3, 1931, Francis Scott Key's poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" was officially recognized as the United States' national anthem. Key first wrote his iconic poem after the battle at Fort McHenry ...
Star-Spangled Fest returns July 3–4 with expanded programming and live performances leading up to the 48th Annual Austin Symphony Orchestra July Fourth Concert and Fireworks, presented by H-E-B ...
I enjoyed Rohan Preston’s article about the challenges singers face when performing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” (“O say can you sing the national anthem?” July 4.) The wide vocal range can be a ...
A Latin-R&B musician says she’s “proud of herself” for choosing defiance. Dominican American singer Nezza belted out an emotional rendition of “El Pendón Estrellado,” the official Spanish-language ...
Repeat offender mixes up two verses at Super Bowl opener. Feb. 6, 2011— -- What would Super Bowl entertainment be without a little malfunction? Singer Christina Aguilera got things off on the ...
It includes a shot of the singer, who was wearing a Dominican Republic jersey, smiling before a friendly-sounding rep informs her, “We are gonna do the song in English today. I’m not sure if that wasn ...