It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon ...

After all the buildup, the public was in for a bitter disappointment, slamming every aspect of Friend Of Mine from the vocals to the tune - and pouring particular scorn on the repetitive lyrics.

The band Styx has a song that contains the lyrics: “Sing for the day, sing for the moment, sing for the time of your life.” ...

Babjak reflects on the remarkable career of the Smithereens, competing with tribute acts, and why he was too scared to speak ...

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The national anthem was played first, but then came the black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” As the lyrics rang out over the crowd, the students held up the black-power fist—a ...

MARTIN: That was Ledisi with that powerful rendition of "Lift Every Voice," sometimes called the ... this is the time an artist needs to rise to sing the words, thank you. I love you.

Rosamund Johnson composed “Lift Every Voice and Sing”—the song we now know as the Black National Anthem. One hundred and twenty-five years ago, 500 Black schoolchildren in Florida first sang ...

As Paul Simon once said of Dylan, ”One of my deficiencies is my voice sounds sincere ... Even the counterpoint lines—they give a celestial character and melodic lift to every one of his songs.” ...