Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano prodigy known as “Blind Tom.” ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... in which a statue of Francis Scott Key, the Maryland lawyer who ...

However, their performance of the Star-Spangled Banner was almost universally slammed ... David Knowles wrote: 'Still ...

The Motor City Madman kicked off the 2025 Texas legislative session by playing a few licks on an Austin street corner a block from the Capitol.

Jon Batiste—a native of Metairie, La.— will perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Batiste—a multitalented musician who works in the jazz, pop and R&B idioms—is a ...

Cheap Trick frontman Robin Zander belted out the national anthem before the Commanders-Buccaneers’ NFL playoff game on Sunday ...

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Francis Scott Key was a slave owner ... Secondly, look at the song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle that was significant in the American History, the War of ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was composed by Francis Scott Key, a Maryland attorney, slaveholder and poet, who was inspired by watching soldiers raise the flag over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry ...