Patriotic song: America
America is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song is a positive interpretation “of the history of immigration to the United States”. The song was a hit single in the United States…
Patriotic Song: Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue
Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue was written by Toby Keith and became a hit following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Keith wrote the song in late 2001, inspired by the patriotism that errupted…
Patriotic Songs: The Liberty Bell Song
John Phillip Sousa composed a song for his unfinished operetta The Devil’s Deputy before financing for the show fell through. A short time later, Sousa an his band manager, George Hinton, attended the Columbian Exposition…
Patriotic Song Story: Stars and Stripes Forever
“The Stars and Stripes Forever” is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa, widely considered to be his magnum opus. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the…
Song Story: God Bless America
Irving Berlin’s patriotic love song to his adopted homeland was hidden away for over twenty years before being publicly made known. Irving Berlin was a Russian immigrant living in New York City. Growing up, Berlin…