American Anthems

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First performed in 1848. National anthem status gained through convention after independence in 1917. A UK No 1 for the group who had never been to the States at the time. Turns out they just liked the name. This Roaring Twenties hit was successfully revived as the B-side of Sinatra's top 3 US and UK single 'All the Way'.

Introduced in the 1953 film Calamity Jane, set in the era before the territory was divided into states. The Star-Spangled Banner” made its sporting-event debut in September 1918, during that year’s first World Series game between the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox. Star-Spangled Banner' writer had a complex record on race", Mary Carole McCauley, The Baltimore Sun, July 26, 2014. Clague, Mark (2022). O Say Can You Hear? A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner". W. W. Norton. ISBN 9780393651393. Since it was implemented in the early 20th century, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ has been sung by everyone and their mother. Stars from Whitney Houston to Marvin Gaye, and opera star Renée Fleming (watch above), have put their own take on the song. We’ve heard it at pretty much every sporting event with a US team, including the Super Bowl, and it is without doubt one of America’s most popular patriotic tunes.A Himnusz ügye az Országgyűlés előtt"[The matter of the anthem before Parliament] (in Hungarian) . Retrieved 17 May 2016. |The theme to the John Wayne movie of the same name. Horton also had a country No 1 with 'When it's Springtime in Alaska (It's 40 Below)'. What are the world's oldest national anthems?". NationalAnthems.me. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011 . Retrieved 14 August 2011. Information of Pakistan". Infopak.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007 . Retrieved 31 January 2013. None too specific, there being both a North and a South Carolina, but the quality of this single, recorded for the Beatles' Apple label, gets it on the list.

A Maryland-born attorney with a thriving practice in Washington, D.C., Francis Scott Key watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry from a ship anchored in Baltimore’s harbor. Star-Spangled Banner' Favored As Anthem in Report to House". The New York Times. February 5, 1930. p. 3. Britannica Encyclopedia of India (set of 6 volumes). Encyclopedia Britannica India. 2008. p.167. ISBN 978-81-8131-008-8. Philadelphia Freedom, 1975 This No 1 for the Elton John Band was written for Billie Jean King's tennis team, the Freedoms, not the city's famous Liberty Bell.Allen, Kevin (March 23, 2003). "NHL Seeks to Stop Booing For a Song". USA Today . Retrieved October 29, 2008.

In 1930, Veterans of Foreign Wars started a petition for the United States to officially recognize "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem. [32] Five million people signed the petition. [32] The petition was presented to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary on January 31, 1930. [33] On the same day, Elsie Jorss-Reilley and Grace Evelyn Boudlin sang the song to the committee to refute the perception that it was too high pitched for a typical person to sing. [34] The committee voted in favor of sending the bill to the House floor for a vote. [35] The House of Representatives passed the bill later that year. [36] The Senate passed the bill on March 3, 1931. [36] President Herbert Hoover signed the bill on March 4, 1931, officially adopting "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem of the United States of America. [1] As currently codified, the United States Code states that "[t]he composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem." [37] Although all four stanzas of the poem officially compose the National Anthem, only the first stanza is generally sung, the other three being much lesser known. [38] National Anthem". Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the United States of America . Retrieved 7 July 2020. Others suggest that "Key may have intended the phrase as a reference to the Royal Navy's practice of impressment which had been a major factor in the outbreak of the war, or as a semi-metaphorical slap at the British invading force as a whole (which included a large number of mercenaries)." [21] John Stafford Smith's music A memorial to John Stafford Smith in Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England Day to Day. "A Spanish Version of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' ". NPR.org. NPR . Retrieved June 14, 2010. Cherokee Phoenix, Accessed 2009-08-15". Cherokeephoenix.org. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009 . Retrieved June 14, 2010.Some time later, Key’s brother-in-law paired the poem with the tune of the English drinking song “To Anacreon in Heaven” by John Stafford Smith and began distributing the song as “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” Eventually, the song was published in the Baltimore Patriot newspaper and soon after spread across the country as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” It was played at official events across the nation, officially becoming the national anthem in 1931. National Anthem Lyrics a b c Vogel, Steve. Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation, Random House, New York. 2013. With British forces distracted by the country’s ongoing war with France, the United States scored some encouraging early victories in the War of 1812. But after Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the British turned their full attention to the war in North America.