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.

The New Orleans native should bring rich musicality and innovation to the anthem. The over-under is set at 120.5 seconds.

was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott Key’s renowned poem, later to become America’s national anthem. On Sept. 13, 1814, two years since the onset of ...

Composed in 1814, the song was enacted as the national ... One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano ...

The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle ... of shells and rockets on Fort McHenry for 25 hours in September 1814. Francis Scott Key was in Baltimore Harbor aboard a ship, guarded ...

Then he started to play “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Many guitar heroes have played the national anthem. Famously, Jimi Hendrix performed the song at Woodstock, delivering an iconic rendition ...