On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 06:52:48 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> 4th of July... refresh my memory... the birthday of Tom Cruise?
>
>It's the day that "Francis" wrote our crappy national anthem.
>Each weekday morning at 3:58am on NBC, they feature a
>different singer butchering it. Very annoying to hear.
>
>lol!
>
>Actually, I see that's not the day but it is the day he
>wrote about.
>
>"Some activists are calling for America to find a new
> national anthem, and one popular proposal has put forth
> John Lennon's "Imagine"."
>
>That would be cool. One of my favorite Lennon songs and
>John Lennon was my favorite musician too.
>
>Another good change choice would be "America the Beautiful'
>sung by Ray Charles. He nailed it.

Ray Charles couldn't sing on key... he spoke broken English...
actually he gave birth to Rap. The only correct version of God Bless
America was sung by Kate Smith:
https://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/k/..._america.html#!