NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — If you watched the Super Bowl, you most likely noticed the grand piano which Grammy Award winner Jon Batiste played while performing “The Star Spangled Banner.” ...
Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.