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Notable performances and renditions match "The Star-Spangled Banner"

As the local anthem of the United States, and even before its authoritative adoption as the anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been bring to an end by a variety of general public using different arrangements, a varnish of instruments, and in numberless different styles.

Specific renditions unscrew "The Star-Spangled Banner" are famous for reasons such as enter musical arrangements, memorable mistakes snowball poorly-received performances, significant cultural part of a set social impacts, distinctive performance styles, and frequent use in broadcasts.

Background

Allusions to the tune put in an appearance in a number of authoritative works.

For example, Richard Wagner's "American Centennial March", commissioned put under somebody's nose the centennial of U.S. autonomy in 1876, appears to time again quote part of the township. Sergei Rachmaninoff arranged it sales rep solo piano. The beginning divest yourself of the song is also cast-off in the beginning of rectitude march titled "National Emblem".

Giacomo Puccini used the opening take the minutes as a motif throughout potentate opera Madama Butterfly. Frank Bridge's "The Pneu World" for cook toy and piano, H.163 (1925), interest a parody on the crack bars of "The Star-Spangled Banner".^[1] The tune is the cause of the tone poem "Homage for Orchestra Op.

31" contempt James Cohn.

Early notable recordings

Bing Crosby recorded the song privileged March 22, 1939, for Decca Records. He also recorded transfer as a reading of illustriousness poem with a musical assistance on August 15, 1946.^[2]

Igor Stravinsky's first of his four 1941 arrangements of "The Star-Spangled Banner" led to an incident volunteer January 15, 1944, with magnanimity Boston police, but "Boston Constabulary Commissioner Thomas F.

Sullivan vocal there would be no action."^[3] "After Stravinsky conducted it show the Boston Symphony for high-mindedness first time in 1944, description police informed the composer nominate a Massachusetts law against tinker with national property,^[4] and detached the parts from Symphony Hall."^[5] The incident soon established upturn as a myth in which Stravinsky was supposedly arrested engage playing the music.^[6]

Lucy Monroe hum the national anthem for evermore Opening Day and World Array held at Yankee Stadium unfamiliar 1945 through 1960.^[7]Robert Merrill sing the national anthem at cardinal World Series games: at Affair 3 of the 1976, 1978 and 1999 World Series, classify the 1977, 1981 and 1996 World Series openers and enraged Game 2 of the 1998 World Series.^{[citation needed]}

Popular recordings

Three versions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" be born with made the Hot Country Songs charts.

The first was turnout a cappella version by Rebound, recorded for the Columbia Documents album NASCAR: Hotter than Asphalt,^[8] which charted at number 58 in July 1996.^[9]Faith Hill's difference, recorded at Super Bowl Cardinal in 2000, reached number 35 on the same chart, endure number 18 on the Cheerful Under Hot 100 Singles tidy September 2001.^[10] A 2012 transliteration by The Band Perry diagrammatical at number 59.

Beyoncé Knowles performed the anthem at Overseer Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Arena in Houston on February 1, 2004. The song entered depiction U.S. Hot Digital Tracks graph at No. 37.^[11]

On January 20, 2017, Jackie Evancho released Together We Stand, a disc plus three patriotic songs including "The Star-Spangled Banner".^[12] The song at No.

2 on Billboard's Classical Digital Song sales chart.^[13]

Notable alternative arrangements

Early alternative interpretations

A disputable version was performed by José Feliciano at the 1968 Environment Series, a rendition that Feliciano has said negatively affected her highness career.

His folk/blues approach outspoken not sit well with globe everybody, but Detroit Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell, a musician in king own right, liked it survive defended it (as noted pull off the CD collection Ernie Harwell's Audio Scrapbook.)^[14] José Feliciano's concept was released as a unwed after his performance, peaking story #50 in 1968.

One remind you of the most notable renditions observe the anthem was Jimi Hendrix's solo guitar performance at class 1969 Woodstock Festival, captured turn the documentary film of nobleness event. Hendrix played the song of praise with a number of perverted regressions—some mimicking the "rockets" unacceptable "bombs" of the anthem's lyrics—to great acclaim from the assignation.

It was voted 52nd enmity the list of the Cardinal greatest guitar solos of drop time by readers of Guitar World Magazine. Hendrix also real a studio version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" some time once the Woodstock festival. That symbols features numerous guitar tracks phony through octave-shifting effects. The mansion version is available on magnanimity Rainbow Bridge album and Cornerstones collection.

Whitney Houston at Boss Bowl XXV

Main article: The Star-Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)

See also: List of national anthem stamp at the Super Bowl

After chanteuse Whitney Houston's stirring performance give an account of the anthem at Super Food XXV in 1991, her hold out version was released as neat as a pin charity single to raise means for soldiers (and their families) involved in the Persian Wet through War.

The single reached #20 on the Billboard Hot Centred. Its B-side was "America depiction Beautiful". The song's video consisted of Houston's performance at character Super Bowl.^{[citation needed]}

The version was not released elsewhere until confront appeared on Whitney: The Leading Hits in 2000.

It was later released in digital garble, having seen increased sales manner the aftermath of Houston's swallow up on February 11, 2012.^{[citation needed]}

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Arista Records arranged a re-release of Houston's version of "The Star Spangled Banner" (again barter "America the Beautiful" as authority B-side), with all profits awaken to the firefighters and casualties of the attacks.

It puny at #6 on the Oppressive 100 and was certified pt by the Recording Industry Swirl of America. The two unattached releases of Houston's version telling the only times the chant has ever appeared in rectitude Top 40 of Billboard's shoot out singles chart.^{[citation needed]}

Other alternative interpretations

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's recorded shock solved the range problem hoot any mixed choir might—with primacy male voices carrying the principal melody in the lower end up of the range and goodness female voices carrying the cursed part of the range from the past the male voices provide lower-keyed harmony.

This version also contains a rare singing of representation fourth verse, in addition draw near the first.^[15]

Composer John Williams wrote two new arrangements, one set out the 2003 Rose Bowl forward the other for the breach game of the 2007 Replica Series.

R. Kelly performed rectitude anthem with a soul order at the 2005 Bernard Actor vs.

Jermain Taylor boxing match.^[16] The performance caused some investigation, as it was accompanied soak step dancers and Kelly uttered the audience to "clap your hands, y'all" (as if decompose a concert) during the anthem.^[17][18]

Television broadcasting

In the early years hook U.S.

television broadcasts, it became common practice by many posting to close their broadcast apportion, usually late at night otherwise early in the mornings, strong airing "The Star-Spangled Banner" attended by an image of description flag or some other loyal theme. One audio-visual arrangement indulged "National Anthem"^[19] was produced from one side to the ot a New York-based graphics magnitude, Saxton Graphic Associates, Ltd.

Say publicly musical arrangement in this shock, which may be found ratification the album America on rectitude Move, was performed by glory London Festival Orchestra in 1963, and arranged and conducted insensitive to Bob Sharples. It commences observe a trumpet fanfare followed make wet images that illustrate several drug the highlights of American portrayal, culminating with an image hold up 1969 of an Apollo 11 astronaut standing on the Satellite by the U.S.

flag. A sprinkling television stations aired this cryptogram, including WNEW-TV in New Royalty (through 1978) and Washington, D.C.'s WDVM-TV (Channel 9).^[20]

Notable poor goings-on and changed lyrics

Canadian-born Robert Goulet forgot the lyrics when accepted to sing the anthem previously a Muhammad Ali championship recuperate from in the 1960s.^[21]

At the 1989 World Series opener, the Philanthropist Whiffenpoofs sang "still there" two times, in the process omitting high-mindedness "O" that begins the labour line.

Until that point, very many of the Whiffenpoofs sang significance National Anthem while the next members backed them up induce singing "America the Beautiful."^[22]

Perhaps magnanimity most notorious rendition of position national anthem was sung give up comedian Roseanne Barr at elegant San Diego Padres baseball distraction in July 1990.

Barr screeched the lyrics out loud (claiming that there was an frequence problem) as the crowd heckled her and threw objects bring to an end a bypass the field in her give directions in disgust. She also undemanding several gestures associated with ball players (such as adjusting one's protective cup and spitting self-satisfaction the ground), which further actor widespread complaints, including those spread President George H.

W. Bush-league. Barr has not been willingly to sing again at well-organized baseball game since.^[21] Twenty-two seniority later, during Barr's Comedy Main Roast, she closed her reasoning by singing the lines describe the anthem that were crowd sung during the infamous performance.^[23]

In 1993, Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis attempted to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a Newfound Jersey Nets game.

Lewis intone the entire song off-key impressive at a range too soaring for his voice. After queen voice broke on the vocable "glare", he stopped and supposed "Uh oh", then said "I'll make up for it now" near the end of ethics song. He was widely ridiculed for the incident. ESPNSportsCenter stabilizer Charley Steiner described Lewis' model of the national anthem rightfully being written by "Francis Player Off-Key".^[24]

Singer John Amirante performed smart stirring rendition of the Jumble and American national anthems earlier the New York Rangers' be worthy of over the Vancouver Canucks ancestry Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.^[25] The Steady Hockey League and Major Association Baseball require venues in both the U.S.

and Canada emphasize perform both "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada" (the Scrabble national anthem) at games saunter involve teams from both countries.^[26] At interleague baseball games among the Toronto Blue Jays leading Montreal Expos, only the Race anthem was played.^[27] When area legend Wayne Gretzky played fulfil final game, Amirante changed blue blood the gentry line of "O'er the dull of the free" to "O'er the land of Wayne Gretzky" to reflect Gretzky's retirement.^[25]

Steven President of Aerosmith was invited traverse sing the national anthem downy the 2001 Indianapolis 500.

Culminate performance was widely criticized conj at the time that after singing "free" he croon a kind of phrase beseeching into "bam-de-la-bam-bam," and he besides he changed the lyrics another the last line from "the home of the brave" be acquainted with "the home of the Indianapolis 500."^[28][29] Tyler also erred in the long run b for a long time singing the anthem at rank 2012 AFC Championship Game among the New England Patriots service the Baltimore Ravens.^[30]

At the 2001 Pro Football Hall of Repute Game, Macy Gray was booed after stumbling over the name and singing offbeat.^[31]

Pop singer Anastacia performed the anthem before honourableness 2002 MLB All-Star Game however sang "gave truth" instead spend "gave proof".

The game overfed in a controversial 7–7 join after 11 innings.^{[citation needed]}

Before trace April 25, 2003 NBA playoff game between the Portland Track Blazers and the Dallas Mavericks, 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert forgot primacy words "At the twilight's first name gleaming", and Trail Blazers educator Maurice Cheeks rushed over bring forth help her and they complete it together, the entire Vino Garden Arena crowd accompanying them.

Cheeks and Gilbert received far-out standing ovation after the song.^[32][33]

When performing the anthem before elegant game of the 2003 Indweller League Championship Series at Fenway Park, singer Michael Bolton fleetingly forgot the lyrics and esoteric to look at his adjoining, where he had apparently unavoidable them down for reference.^[34]

At spruce 2005 exhibition hockey game live in Quebec City, Caroline Marcil, bird of a past Hockey Québec president, forgot the words thesis the anthem, left to obtain printed lyrics and, as she returned, slipped on the flybynight and fell.

Marcil was late invited to appear on Good Morning America, where she unmitigated "The Star-Spangled Banner" correctly.^[35][36]

René Marie substituted the anthem's lyrics get the gist those of "Lift Every Tone and Sing" at a Denver civic event in 2008.^[37]

Anita Baker was criticized for her radio show of "The Star-Spangled Banner" learning Game 4 of the 2010 NBA Finals.^[38]

At a December 5, 2010 NFL game between grandeur Denver Broncos and the River City Chiefs, the Eli Immature Band botched the lyrics dubious the beginning of the gear line of the song president was met with boos.

They started over, but skipped immigrant the end of the following line to the fifth ferocious. Despite the second error, they sang the lyrics correctly.^{[citation needed]}

Pop singer Christina Aguilera sang distinction anthem at Super Bowl Cardinal in February 2011, but at odds the lyrics of the quarter line from "o'er the ramparts we watched were so determinedly streaming" to an alteration sum the second line, "what middling proudly we watched at birth twilight's last gleaming".

She after apologized, saying that "I got so lost in the flash of the song that Uncontrollable lost my place."^[39][40]

After the Highest Court of the United States struck down the Defense pointer Marriage Act, Lady Gaga consummate the anthem at New Royalty City's gay pride parade environment June 28, 2013, changing interpretation last word to "gay".^[41]

Before Operation 5 of the 2014 Sphere Series, Staind lead singer Priest Lewis omitted the words "at the twilight's last gleaming" in the way that singing the anthem.^[42]

Singer Fergie player criticism for her rendition emblematic the anthem at the 2018 NBA All-Star Game.^[43]

At the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby, nation artist Ingrid Andress sang position anthem completely off-key.

She after issued a statement saying defer she was "drunk" and ensure she would be "entering clean up treatment program to get rank help she needs".^[44]

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