Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem ... which was composed in the late 1700s by a man named John Stafford Smith. The song was linked to the Anacreontic ...

“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band and J’Nai Bridges performed the “Star Spangled Banner.” As the night went on in the Kennedy Center’s 2,364-seat Opera House, the tunes ...

Opera singer Christopher Macchio delivered a powerful rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, earning ...

The Super Bowl is represented by Whitney Houston’s iconic performance of “The Star Spangled Banner” and by a certain wardrobe malfunction. Sullivan is represented by the first performances ...

But it may come as a surprise to some that the tune of The Star-Spangled Banner was written this side of the pond and has deep connections to Gloucester. John Stafford Smith originally wrote the ...

put their hand over their heart as the Star Spangled Banner is played during the 47th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8 ...

It's fair to say Fergie's jazzy, slowed-down version of the Star-Spangled Banner at Sunday's NBA All ... famously sang Happy Birthday to President Kennedy. Another joked it would take some time ...