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The span of material was quite large; the album included "This Land Is Your Land", which Woody Guthrie had written in annoyed reaction to "God Bless America", [3] as well as both the overtly patriotic "God Bless the USA" and the far different "Blowin' in the Wind". [4] Two live recordings are used, both performances in New York City. [2]
"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run-up to World War II in 1938. The later version was notably recorded by Kate Smith , becoming her signature song .
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
In 2021, the Yankees replaced the live organ version of "God Bless America" that had played for almost two years with Merrill's cover. Merrill preferred a traditional approach to the song, devoid of additional ornamentation, as he explained to Newsday in 2000, "When you sing the anthem, there's a legitimacy to it. I'm extremely bothered by ...
Reba followed Andra Day's emotional performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and Post Malone's rendition of "God Bless America." She took the stage wearing a gold blazer, embellished black pants ...
Watch Donald Trump and Elon Musk perform a bizarre duet of God Bless America at Mar-a-Lago. The President-elect and his new chief efficiency officer joined opera singer Chris Macchio for a ...
Lee Greenwood helped ring in Donald Trump’s official return to the White House. The country singer, 82, performed his patriotic anthem “God Bless the U.S.A” at Trump’s inauguration in the ...
Introduction and Theme; Variation I; Variation II; Interlude I; Variation III; Variation IV; Interlude II; Variation V; Coda; The interludes are Ives's first notated use of bitonality: the first combines F major for the right hand and D-flat major for the left hand and pedals, whilst the second combines A-flat major and F major.