1972 Soul Reimagining of an 1893 American Hymn Became the Country's Unofficial National Anthem ...Saudi Arabia

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The melody was older. Church organist Samuel A. Ward had written it in 1882 on a ferry ride home from Coney Island, originally to pair with the hymn "O Mother Dear, Jerusalem." Ward and Bates never met. An editor combined their work in 1910, more than seven years after Ward died.

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The single barely registered commercially, peaking at No. 98 on the R&B chart in 1976. But it became the version. The Recording Academy inducted Charles' recording into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005. He sang it at the 1984 Republican National Convention and at Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, and his recording aired on New Year's Eve in Times Square for years afterward.

Bates died in 1929 thinking the song belonged to America. She wasn't wrong.

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