{"id":670,"date":"2017-07-03T10:04:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=670"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:49:31","slug":"music-listen-to-the-national-anthem-for-the-u-s-a-performed-by-whitney-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"MUSIC: Listen to the National Anthem for the U.S.A. Performed by Whitney Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t<p>&#8220;<b>The Star-Spangled Banner<\/b>&#8221; is the\u00a0national anthem\u00a0of the\u00a0United States of America. The lyrics come from &#8220;<b>Defence of Fort M&#8217;Henry<\/b>&#8220;,\u00a0a\u00a0poem\u00a0written on September 14, 1814, by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet\u00a0Francis Scott Keyafter witnessing the bombardment of\u00a0Fort McHenry\u00a0by British ships of the\u00a0Royal Navy\u00a0in Baltimore Harbor during the\u00a0Battle of Baltimore\u00a0in the\u00a0War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large\u00a0American flag, the\u00a0Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the American victory.<\/p>\n<p>The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by\u00a0John Stafford Smith\u00a0for the\u00a0Anacreontic Society, a men&#8217;s social club in London. &#8220;To Anacreon in Heaven&#8221; (or &#8220;The Anacreontic Song&#8221;), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key&#8217;s poem and renamed &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221;, it soon became a well-known American patriotic song. 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