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14 Award-Winning Songs that Tell the American Story

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"The Stars and Stripes Forever," Sousa's Band (1897)John Philip Sousa wrote the rousing march, which found renewed popularity in 1901.

The instrumental piece was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 and the National Recording Registry in 2002 (its inaugural year)."You're a Grand Old Flag," Billy Murray (1906)This George M.

Cohan song originated (under its original title "The Grand Old Rag") in the 1906 Broadway musical George Washington, Jr. The song was first a hit that year for tenor Billy Murray, one of the biggest stars of the era.

Murray's version was voted into the National Recording Registry in 2003. Cohan's song received the towering song award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.

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