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Explore the intriguing story behind "God Bless America" featuring excerpts from The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin, covers by Kate Smith, Deanna Durbin and a performance by Irving Berlin.
This is the story behind “God Bless America.” This simple one-verse song became an overnight hit, and a hopeful song as war threatened. “It’s not a patriotic song,” composer Irving Berlin said in a 1940 interview, “but an expression of gratitude for what this country has done for its citizens, of what home really means.”
Jul 2, 2018 · Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images. In 2006, activists sang “God Bless America” at immigrants’ rights rallies across the country. But the song’s xenophobic edge has sadly persisted, as in the ...
Jul 3, 2019 · But “God Bless America” will surely survive, with a staying power that derives from the various meanings it has taken on for different people in different eras. Early on, it was a lofty...
God Bless America Lyrics. [Pre-lude] While the storm clouds gather far across the sea. Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free. Let us all be grateful that we are far from there. As we...
Sep 2, 2013 · In the new book God Bless America: The Surprising History of an Iconic Song, author Sheryl Kaskowitz explores the lyrical evolution of Irving Berlin's enduring song and explains how its early...
God Bless America - Apple TV. Available on Pluto TV, Philo, Prime Video, Tubi TV, iTunes, Plex. Frank (Joel Murray) has had enough of the downward spiral of American culture. Divorced, recently fired, and possibly terminally ill, Frank feels he has nothing left to live for.
