"My Old Kentucky Home" will be played at the Kentucky Derby as per tradition, despite criticism from activists who consider the song to be racist. Last year, the song was performed by bugler Steve ...

Millions more across the country will be watching live when the crowd rises to its feet, roars with excitement and sings the traditional opening song, "My Old Kentucky Home." Few realize that this ...

The Kentucky Derby is all about tradition and one of the most beloved is the singing of ‘My Old Kentucky Home.’ Here are the words. There’s a moment at the Kentucky Derby, when the horses ...

She finally started researching “My Old Kentucky Home,” a song about place and race that for nearly 170 years has been loved, hated, rewritten and selectively used by both blacks and whites ...

U.S. Rep. Frank Chelf, a Marion County Democrat, tried to pass legislation in 1957 that would have prevented the networks from altering those songs, saying that "My Old Kentucky Home" had been ...

One of the most notable pastimes at the Kentucky Derby is a playing of the old Stephen Foster song "My Old Kentucky Home." While it's the Kentucky state song, the ballad carries with it a good bit ...

they’ll parade to the starting gates to the familiar tune “My Old Kentucky Home.” This year, in a tradition dating back to 1921, will mark the 100th time that the Stephen Foster song has ...

"My Old Kentucky Home," prior to the Derby.The song, which has been said to be the lament of an enslaved person, is typically played prior to the Run for the Roses.The Derby is already facing ...

The moment when more than 150,000 racing fans stand and sing "My Old Kentucky Home" as the thoroughbreds take to the track. "The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,” the Derby crowds ...

You'll hear My Old Kentucky Home sung at Churchill Downs as you usually do before the Kentucky Derby, but did you know that the Kentucky state song is actually controversial? You will now.