Long before pop culture’s fascination with celebrity-inspired patriotism, before Whitney Houston made the national ... was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis ...

The time-honored tradition can be a defining moment when done right, where pop culture superstardom crosses over with sports, Americana and patriotism.

Odom will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Bronx Bombers ... works,” citing famously successful renditions by Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Chris Stapleton and Marc Anthony.

I presented a lot of gold and platinum discs to the Whitney Houston Academy of Performing Arts, which is the grammar school that she attended. But I kept the plaques for The Star Spangled Banner ...