Best Super Bowl National Anthems

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Are you including jazz? Opera?

Thought about it. Yep, I'll stick with Whitney.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bk400

Thought about it. Yep, I'll stick with Whitney.

Great voice of course, but for me behind Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman, Sarah Vaughan. On the pop side I would say Celine and Mariah are pretty close too. If we were making this "greatest singers" and not just "greatest voice" would have a much longer list.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Great voice of course, but for me behind Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman, Sarah Vaughan. On the pop side I would say Celine and Mariah are pretty close too. If we were making this "greatest singers" and not just "greatest voice" would have a much longer list.

Leontyne Price was Whitney's cousin, I think.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bk400

Leontyne Price was Whitney's cousin, I think.

Once removed. Different generations. But yes.

[bk400]

Chris Stapleton moved the stadium in 2023. Upon further reflection, I think he's my pick for number 2 all time. Simple and classy, just as it should be.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by bk400

Leontyne Price was Whitney's cousin, I think.

My Leontyne Price story:

A friend and I were standing outside the Four Seasons in Boston waiting for some rock person. Leontyne Price walks out the front door and I tell my friend who she was. You could not miss her hair. We walked up to her and I asked her for an autograph. Her response - 'You want mine?'. Me - 'Well of course, I know who you are.' I guess she was surprised that two 20-30 something Caucasian guys wearing t-shirts and jeans knew who she was. She happened to be in town to receive an honorary degree from Berklee College of Music.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Michael B

My Leontyne Price story:

A friend and I were standing outside the Four Seasons in Boston waiting for some rock person. Leontyne Price walks out the front door and I tell my friend who she was. You could not miss her hair. We walked up to her and I asked her for an autograph. Her response - 'You want mine?'. Me - 'Well of course, I know who you are.' I guess she was surprised that two 20-30 something Caucasian guys wearing t-shirts and jeans knew who she was. She happened to be in town to receive an honorary degree from Berklee College of Music.

My wife (then GF) and I saw her at Symphony Hall in Boston in a solo concert in 1982 or so. Technically she may have been past her prime at that point, but she was still ethereal

By the way, she is now 97.

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Smokey Robinson did an amazing rendition but I don't remember if it was Super Bowl or World Series. Started with God Bless America and transitioned into the Star Spangled Banner.