Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort ...

Bruce Springsteen led a star-studded tribute to legends like Smokey Robinson, John Fogerty and Emmylou Harris.

Susan Biddle / The Washington Post / Getty Images The Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the lyrics to our national anthem in 1814—its appearance above Fort ...

Jimi Hendrix' Star-Spangled ... lyrics of the classic that referred to hungry Americans during the Great Depression. “He ...

Jimi Hendrix' Star-Spangled Banner channeled the moral cacophony ... who sang the “censored” lyrics of the classic that referred to hungry Americans during the Great Depression.