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The 69th Eurovision Song Contest had a seriously dramatic finish – one that probably gave organisers a minor heart attack.
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.” ...
Clothed in a white robe with a red yoke, her face illuminated by the small lamp above her sheet music ... Weldon Johnson’s hymn, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which encourages her to ...
As the first notes of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” rang out, she wasn’t just performing ... CMS choir teacher Adam Petroski provided piano accompaniment, and media specialist Lu Vue recorded the video ...
The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873 ...
“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson, who later bought a home and writing cabin off Alford Road in Great ...
Ledisi, backed by a choir, performed a moving "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Black national anthem ... bandleader sat at a colorfully painted piano and turned in a soulful rendition that ...
For the fifth year in a row, the Super Bowl pregame show will feature a performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the song ... school and studied opera and piano at the University of California ...
Jon Batiste brought musicianship and New Orleans flair to the Super Bowl national anthem, while Lauren Daigle and Ledisi also represented the state.
Additionally, the Crescent City’s own Ledisi delivered a soulful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead of Super Bowl LIX. In 1900, NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson penned the poem ...
By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Ledisi took to the field at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Ledisi, a New Orleans native ...