Just felt like I had to share this. Probably the best Star-Spangled Banner ever sung. Marvin Gaye was a master:
Also, the funniest. Not the worst, because, heck, Natalie Gilbert was only 13 at the time, so you have to cut her some slack. But this really is funny, and I think she’ll thank Maurice Cheeks for the rest of her life, in what is one of the classiest moves anyone could ever make:
Oh, and as long as we’re on the subject of patriotic songs, here’s Ray Charles with “America the Beautiful.” I could listen to this every day, picturing myself sitting in a hammock, sipping lemonade, as fireworks explode overhead.
Just A Regular Vaganza 
Somehow, it all reminds me of Baseball – maybe because pitchers and catchers started this week.