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"America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, [ 1 ] though the two never met.
Beginning with Super Bowl XLIII in 2009, "America the Beautiful" is sung before the national anthem every year and is followed by the presentation of the colors and a military flyover preceded the anthem. Beginning in 2021, "Lift Every Voice And Sing" was sung prior to "America the Beautiful" and the national anthem in honor of Black History Month.
“Whenever you sing any of these songs, whether it’s ‘America the Beautiful’ or ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ you get judged by it all the time,” the songwriter said at the time.
Post Malone will sing "America the Beautiful," Reba McEntire the national anthem and Andra Day "Lift Every Voice and Sing" during the pre-game for Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, the NFL announced.
Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day will be warming up the Super Bowl audience for Usher's headlining performance. The NFL named the country singer, Malone and Day as this year's Super Bowl ...
[73] In an interview with the New York Post, Best said that what was played was "protection copy" (music recorded in advance to be used in the event of the singer's last-minute inability to sing) recorded by Houston several days before the game at an L.A. studio. [74] In a February 4, 1991, article, Mary Jo Melone wrote: "It was the Memorex ...
In addition to McEntire, the Grammy-nominated rapper Post Malone will sing “America the Beautiful” and the Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Andra Day will perform “Lift Every Voice ...
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