Jazz great Ethel Ennis sang the national anthem. Jimmy Carter, 1977: Cantor Isaac Goodfriend, a Holocaust survivor, accompanied by the U.S. Marine Band sang t
Lady Gaga sang the national anthem for President Joe Biden. In 2013, Beyoncé sang the national anthem and later said she lip-synced to a track recorded for President Barack Obama. View on euronews
Here's a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations:John F Kennedy, 1961: Contralto Marian Anderson sang "The Star-Spangled Banner ... 2021: Lady Gaga sang the national anthem.
President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at Monday’s inauguration, at which Carrie Underwood will also perform “America the Beautiful.” Here’s a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations,
From a Mormon choir to Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, watch and listen to the US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, performed at presidential inaugurations since 1961.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at his second inauguration. From Marian Anderson to Lady Gaga, discover the musical history of US presidential inaugurations.
Macchio, 46, a classical-crossover vocalist from New York City, takes on the honor from Lady Gaga ... Jackie Evancho performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Trump’s 2017 inauguration.
Jon Batiste—a native of Metairie, La.— will perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Batiste—a multitalented musician who works in the jazz, pop and R&B idioms—is a 20-time Grammy nominee and a five-time Grammy winner. In 2022, his 2021 album We Are won a Grammy for Album of the Year.
Many famous singers have been asked to sing the national anthem at large-scale events, be it the Super Bowl, a presidential inauguration, or the World Series. Everyone from Whitney Houston to Garth Brooks and Lady Gaga has memorably lent their vocals to “The Star-Spangled Banner"—but one singer who will "never" attempt the song?