Jimmy Carter, 1977: Cantor Isaac Goodfriend, a Holocaust survivor, accompanied by the U.S. Marine Band sang the national anthem. Ronald Reagan, 1981: Amateur singer Juanita Booker sang the national ...
Here’s a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations: John F Kennedy, 1961: Contralto Marian Anderson sang ... Barack Obama, 2013: Beyoncé performed the national anthem ...
Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...
President Barack Obama, right, listens as Beyonce sings the National Anthem at the ceremonial ... (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Singer Marian Anderson smiles at the Pierre Hotel in New York, Nov. 28, ...
President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at Monday's inauguration, at which Carrie Underwood will also perform “America the Beautiful.