Songs about the greatness of America

My Keyboard | 15-Feb-2011 | gov_bean_ counter

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I have started an iPOD playlist called "America".

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So far I have

Battle Hymn of the Republic by The Cactus Cutties
Star Spangled Banner by The Cacuts Cutties
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood
There She Stands by Michael W Smith
O,America by Celtic Woman

Additional suggestions, please...

[max americana]

I’ve got Kid Rock’s “American Badass” on my Ipod and “America” by James Brown.

[Cincinna]

GOD BLESS AMERICA
by Irving Berlin
With original introduction

[Georgia Girl 2]

“Born In The USA” Bruce Springston

[FlingWingFlyer]

The whole CD of “America, Why I Love Her” by John Wayne.

[I still care]

There is an old song by Alice Faye called, “America, I Love You”.

The words are nonsensical, really, but I love Alice Faye.

It was in Tin Pan Alley, which is one of my fav old movies.

[I still care]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdakKZ4y3Kk

Alice Faye

[Flying right]

America the Beautiful - Katherine Bates

[edpc]

You'd almost have to include A Horse With No Name

Oh, wait.....

[freedumb2003]

God Bless America as done by Kate Smith!

[RedMDer]

BTTT!

[doublecansiter]

America by Ray Charles

Battle Cry of Freedom by the 2nd South Carolina String Band

Columbia the Gem of the Ocean by the Robert Shaw Chorale

Mike

[RedMDer]

America the Beautiful!

[KrisKrinkle]

From 1959: Chuck Berry - Back in the USA

[susannah59]

Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue, Toby Keith
That Ain’t My America and God and Guns, Lynyrd Skynyrd

[Fiji Hill]

Here are a few which, sadly, are not available on Youtube or any free online site.

• The Fiery Bear--Tex Ritter, 1950 (US vs. Soviet culture)

• The Red We Want (is the Red We've Got in the Old Red White & Blue)--Hugo Winterhalter, 1950 ("the right red, not the wrong red; a brave red, not a slave red")

• She's Old Glory--Stuart Hamblen, 1950 (should America's detractors try to pull down Old Glory," they'll find a lot of us old boys around who still love our liberty...")

• Advice to Joe--Roy Acuff, 1950 ("You will see the lightning flashing, hear atomic thunder roll; when Moscow lies in ashes, God have mercy on your soul...")

[RedMDer]

Kate Smith - God Bless America Kate Smith introduces God Bless America I will never forget when the crowd all sang this last March on the Capital lawn. God Bless America!

[kentramsay]

Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard
America First, Merle Haggard
An American Family, Concrete Cowboy, Livin The Good Life, and Oklahoma Crude -— all these by Corbin-Hanner, the best unknown country rock duo of the 80s with several number one C&W songs written for others. Corbin-Hanner are a duo that wrote and performed great sounding songs, which all contain a genuine love of country and the people who make it up. Try their songs on iTunes - they are excellent iPod additions that will make you smile and sing along for years to come.

[ScoopAmma]

Sammy Hagar “Where Eagles Fly”. Need to see the video to really appreciate it.

[Fiji Hill]

• God, Please Protect America--The Sunshine Boys, 1951

• I'm No Communist--Carson Robinson, 1952

• The House I Live In--Frank Sinatra, 1945 (This may have been written by Earl Robinson, who was as red as a tail light, and produced by Albert Maltz, a member of the Hollywood Ten, but it's quite patriotic)

• Back in the USA--Chuck Berry, 1959