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20 unusual facts about The Star-Spangled Banner


AFN Berlin

Afterwards, seconds before 2pm, AFN Berlin ceased transmitting after playing the national anthem of the United States of America.

Allan Jackson

Jackson was handed a slip of paper reading "JFK DEAD" and immediately went on air with the announcement, reporting Kennedy's death as a fact (which had not yet been confirmed, although it was true that Kennedy was already dead), and playing the U.S. national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.

Ann Wilson

On November 22, 2012, Wilson sang an original arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner", accompanied by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, at the beginning of the Thanksgiving Day football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Bert Bandstra

In 1965 Bandstra proposed a resolution to alter the National anthem.

Caleb Green

An accomplished performer, particularly of the US national anthem, Green is often called upon to sing at important sporting events, diplomatic functions and military ceremonies.

Donna Sachet

On September 29, 2009, Sachet became the first drag performer to sing the United States National Anthem at the opening of a Major League Baseball game.

Fannie Lou Hamer

:"All of this is on account we want to register sic, to become first-class citizens, and if the Freedom Democratic Party is not seated now, I question America. Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily because we want to live as decent human beings - in America?"

Jay Soto

Also in 2004, Jay sang The Star-Spangled Banner for the United States President at the Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona.

Kronos Quartet Plays Sigur Rós

Kronos Quartet Plays Sigur Rós is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing two "audience favorites," "Flugufrelsarinn" (by Sigur Rós) and "The Star-Spangled Banner" (trad., arr. S. Prutsman after Jimi Hendrix).

Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play

Buck’s pop star wife Tabitha Vixx, sings the first few bars of the American national anthem at the game, then strips down to lingerie and launches into one of her own songs.

Maurice Cheeks

On April 25, 2003, during a game between the Trail Blazers and the Dallas Mavericks, Cheeks aided 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert in singing the American national anthem.

Medal of Honor Original Soundtrack Recording

# "The Star Spangled Banner" – 2:06

Peter Spier

The Star-Spangled Banner (1973), an edition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key (1814) —"includes music, background history, and pictures of flags"

Proposition bet

:*Betting on specific aspects of the pageantry surrounding a sporting event, such as a) the duration of the word "brave" in the pregame performance of the U.S. national anthem or b) the color of the Gatorade or other sports drink dumped on the winning team's coach in the traditional practical joke and victory ritual known as Gatorade shower

Rebekah Del Rio

She is also featured in Richard Kelly's film Southland Tales, providing solo vocals in a string arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Red Equinox

Ryan and the others are able to hold off the Russians long enough for the door to be repaired; before they leave Rick, wrapped in the rescued American flag, asks for one last favor: to hear the The Star-Spangled Banner before he dies.

Scouting in Maryland

This was done in anticipation of the bicentennial commemoration at Fort McHenry in 2014 of the battle which inspired Francis Scott Key to write his inspirational poem which later became our national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.

Shoulder-fired missile

Rocket-based weapons have a long history, from the black powder fire arrows used by the ancient Chinese to the Congreve rocket referenced in "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem of the United States.

Sondra Prill

She would also do the sign-off of channel 12 by singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of a superimposed American flag, hugging herself and pretending to move in slow motion.

WRGV

For three years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the station played breaking news bulletins every hour on top of the hour (first provided by ABC News, then by Clear Channel Worldwide News), as well as "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the start and close of each workday.


2006 Checker Auto Parts 500

One of country music's top ten recording artists of 2006, Taylor Swift, sang the national anthem prior to the racing event.

2011 Quaker State 400

Next, Nick Lachey performed the national anthem, and Steve Beshear, Kentucky's Governor, gave the command for drivers to start their engines.

Adrian Barber

In 1962, due to his knowledge in the electronic field, Barber was hired by Horst Fascher to improved the Star-Club's Sound system.

Alan Sepinwall

He spent 14 years as a columnist with The Star-Ledger in Newark until leaving the newspaper in 2010 to work for the entertainment news website HitFix.

Amie Comeaux

When she was nine years old, she sang the Star-Spangled Banner at a New Orleans Saints game in the Louisiana Superdome, and continued to do so throughout her teenage years.

Doug Roby

The biggest controversy he faced came when African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised black-gloved fists and bowed their heads while the "The Star-Spangled Banner" was played during a medal ceremony.

Elijah Kelley

On December 2, 2011, Kelley sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to the Pac-12 Conference Championship Game at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

Elsa Stralia

She toured in South Africa, and in a number of American cities, once singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" while dressed as the Statue of Liberty.

Fish soup bee hoon

Grace Chen of The Star writes that fish soup bee hoon is "to Singaporeans what the char kway teow is to Penangites".

Henry Fillmore

His arrangement of the 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is the traditional arrangement performed by the Florida State University Marching Chiefs.

Iowa State University Cyclone Marching Band

"God Bless America" has been replaced with a fanfare leading directly into "The Star-Spangled Banner", along with a new star set.

Jasmine Villegas

Her first professional singing gig was at age 11, when she performed the national anthem for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Jeff Ooi

In 2006, it was reported by The Star, a local English language daily, that Ooi was among several local bloggers being wooed by the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) to run for public office.

Matt Haimovitz

This was followed in 2003 by Haimovitz's Anthem tour, in which he brought a variety of American compositions to a similar variety of audiences, including his rendition of Jimi Hendrix's famous improvisational rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Mosaic Music Festival

Launched by the Esplanade in 2005, the festival has since garnered good reviews in regional newspapers such as Thailand's The Nation, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post and Malaysia's The Star.

National Museum of American History

Located in the center of the second floor is the original Star Spangled Banner Flag which inspired Francis Scott Key's poem.

On the Nameless Height

The Star is a Russian film from 2002 which also describes the activities of the Red Army scouts during Operation Bagration

Second inauguration of Bill Clinton

The National Anthem was sung and then Arkansas poet Miller Williams read “Of History and Hope,” a poem he wrote for the occasion.

Sukrit Wisetkaew

During his college years, he decided to audition for the third season of The Star.

In early 2006, Bie auditioned for the third season of The Star.

He was discovered on the third season of a Thai television talent contest The Star.

The Star-Crowned Kings

A considerable amount of technology has been lost, in many cases some worlds are reduced to mix of Steam and elementary electronics.

The Star-Ledger

Tony Soprano received home delivery of the paper, and several episodes opened with him picking it up at the end of his driveway.

Tom Geismar

His projects include such major tourist attractions as the Ellis Isand Immigration Museum, the Statue of Liberty Museum, the Truman Presidential Library, and the redesigned Star-Spangled Banner exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

WTVS

WTVS shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 56, at 12:05 p.m. on April 16, 2009; the switchover occurred after a presentation of the national anthems of Canada ("O Canada") and the United States ("The Star-Spangled Banner").