Atkins begins the short and sweet song, and sure enough, he delivers on his promise. As his thumb plucked out the fairly repetitive “Yankee Doodle,” his fingers stretched across the fretboard ...

He is also the man who gave us such patriotic songs - perfect for the upcoming July 4 holiday - as "You're a Grand Old Flag," ...

Protest songs have been part of American history for centuries — from “Yankee Doodle” during the Revolutionary War period to “Okie from Muskogee” by Merle Haggard to Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” — and ...

On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a bill making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national anthem of the United States. The tune was once a pub song, now it is performed at most sporting ...

In 1956, club solicitor Chick Lander worked with Australian singer-songwriter Jack O’Hagan to come up with ‘The Mighty Fighting Hawks’. The song is sung to the tune of ‘The Yankee Doodle Boy’ written ...