The Star Spangled Banner is two centuries old, but artists have only begun putting truly alternative spins on the anthem in the last 50 years or so.
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Sources:
ABC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bW5Wf_dH7Q
The Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/02/14/does-it-matter-if-whitney-houstons-star-spangled-banner-was-lip-synched/
Getty Images http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/whitney-houston-sings-the-national-anthem-before-a-game-news-photo/71761034
ABC http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/02/whitney-houstons-star-spangled-secret/
Warner Bros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpdw0ouogQo
Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/star-spangled-banner-jimi-hendrix
NBC http://www.today.com/id/32175232/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/hendrix-created-banner-moment-woodstock/#.VBXVmC5dVM4
Getty Images http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/black-and-white-prints-of-jimi-hendrix-are-laid-out-from-news-photo/114730337
Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/badgreeb_records/6453773659/sizes/l
Grantland http://grantland.com/features/the-marvin-gaye-national-anthem/
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