
Stars and Stripes Forever
1911
By Sousa's account he composed it in his head at sea, Christmas Day 1896; that piccolo obbligato does the rest.
★ 3.9

By Sousa's account he composed it in his head at sea, Christmas Day 1896; that piccolo obbligato does the rest.

Tucker's maid pressed Shelton Brooks's song on her in 1910, and it stayed her signature for the rest of her career.

Leo Friedman's tune, Beth Slater Whitson's words, and a 1911 quartet disc now in the National Recording Registry.