Play button A Cup Of Ambition And Endurance: '9 To 5' Unites Workers Across DecadesNPR - Lynn NearyThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. This year at the Grammy Awards, backed by a chorus of contemporary
American Anthem: The PlaylistNPRSometimes, a song isn't just a song: It's shorthand for an idea. Some songs can rouse and rally huge masses of people at once, whether they're chanting in a stadium, marching in the streets or sweating
NPR The Songs That Define Us, From NPR's 'American Anthem' SeriesNPR - Elizabeth Blair , Tom Cole , Bob Boilen , Robin HiltonFor the past year, NPR has been taking a deep look at American anthems and all the forms they can take. These are the songs that unite us, inspire us or say something about what it means to be an American
Play button How Sports Met 'The Star-Spangled Banner'NPR - Tom GoldmanThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. This week marked one of the biggest dates on the American
Play button On 'Fanfare For The Common Man,' An Anthem For The American CenturyNPR - Mandalit del BarcoThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" begins with
Play button Greatness Is Not A Given: 'America The Beautiful' Asks How We Can Do BetterNPR - Eric WesterveltThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. In July of 1893, a witty feminist poet and Wellesley professor
Play button From Funerals To Festivals, The Curious Journey Of The 'Adagio For Strings'NPR - Anastasia TsioulcasThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is one of the most recognizable
Play buttonClassical Music How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American Music To ItselfNPR - Tom HuizengaThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Sometimes it takes an outsider to point out what's great
Play button 'God Bless The U.S.A.,' A Country Anthem With Enduring Political PowerNPR - Don GonyeaThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Lee Greenwood sits at the grand piano in his living room
Play button The Anthemic Allure Of 'Dixie,' An Enduring Confederate MonumentNPR - Bilal QureshiThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. When my Pakistani immigrant parents chose Richmond, Va. our
Play button Unfurling 'Sweet Home Alabama,' A Tapestry Of Southern DiscomfortNPR - Felix ContrerasThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. It starts with one of the best known guitar riffs in rock
Play button Nina Simone's 'Lovely, Precious Dream' For Black ChildrenNPR - Noel King , Walter Ray WatsonThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. By the early 1960s, Nina Simone was well-known to the world
Play button Oh Yes Son, They're Talking To You: 20 Years Of 'No Scrubs'NPR - Sidney MaddenThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. In 1998, songwriter Kandi Burruss — on hiatus from her R&B
Play button How 'Born This Way' Was Born: An LGBT Anthem's PedigreeNPR - Lynn NearyThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Tim Cox understands the excitement Lady Gaga can generate
Play button A Song Called 'Quiet' Struck A Chord With Women. Two Years Later, It's Still RingingNPR - Elizabeth BlairThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Two years ago this week on the National Mall, amid a sea
Play button For Many With Disabilities, 'Let It Go' Is An Anthem Of AcceptanceNPR - Joseph ShapiroThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Disney's Frozen remains one of the greatest box-office successes
Play button A Thousand People In The Street: 'For What It's Worth' Captured Youth In RevoltNPR - Danny HajekThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. It was February 1967, and 18-year-old Marine Pfc. Bill Ehrhart
Play button Beyond The Summer Of Love, 'Get Together' Is An Anthem For Every SeasonNPR - Tom ColeThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. The song sometimes called the "hippie national anthem" can
