Fascinating facts about Francis Scott Key, the writing of what would become America's national anthem, and the War of 1812 ...

THE US National anthem has been performed by some of the most famous singers on the planet – from Super Bowls to Las Vegas superfights. The Star-Spangled Banner is known the world over but do… ...

What they may not know is that “The Star-Spangled Banner” as sung today is a truncated version of a four-verse War of 1812 song. And with its approaching anniversary, those often-forgotten ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” is notoriously difficult to sing, but when it’s done right, chills. As with just about everything else in America, though — statues! Old movies! Math! — our ...

Free Verse: Why 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is intertwined with American sports A poem set to music 203 years ago has been a staple of U.S. sports events for a century.

“The words of ‘To Anacreon in Heaven,’ the song that Francis Scott Key borrowed for the melody of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ is a sly 1700’s paean to drinking and sex.

“The words of ‘To Anacreon in Heaven,’ the song that Francis Scott Key borrowed for the melody of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ is a sly 1700’s paean to drinking and sex.

Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner brought the sounds of Vietnam to the crowd at Woodstock. But he wasn’t the only musician to reimagine the national anthem during a time of war.

The Star-Spangled Banner song was adopted as the country's anthem in March 1931 - over 116 years after it was first created. Only the first verse of it is sung at sporting events. The lyrics are: ...