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FIRST TIME HEARING | Marvin Gaye February 13, The National Anthem | REACTION Satori My G K subscribers Subscribe. In what is arguably one of the greatest renditions of the national anthem performed before a live audience, Whitney Houston emerges on-screen and offers the Super Bowl crowd in Tampa, Florida, her distinctive voice for just under three minutes. The year is , and the United States is 10 days into the Persian Gulf War. Race, sonic registers, and nationalism converge in this performance.

NBA The players’ anthem: when Marvin Gaye sang ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at the All-Star Game Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pat Riley, Magic, Dr. J and more on the pride and heartbreak of witnessing Gaye’s rendition of the national anthem. I t was early afternoon in Inglewood, California, about 10 minutes before the p. televised start of the NBA All-Star Game, and Amanda Mayo was in a broom closet. There was no time to obsess or worry, though she did contact her brother and let him know what might be coming.

Marvin Gaye pioneered singing the national anthem in own rendition during the NBA All-Star game. There had been a lot of greats and flops as well over the years. For one afternoon, patriotism masqueraded as a Motown kind of cool. The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. For one afternoon, the time set aside to honor America became a historic homage to the rhythm and blues of Blackness, a tribute to the resilient genius of African American culture.

It was 20 years ago, at the NBA All-Star Game, that Marvin Gaye stole the show with his singular rendition of the National Anthem, set to a sultry rhythym-and-blues beat. Accompanied by only a drum-machine high-tech equipment in Gaye turned all of The Forum into a baby-making palace of soul with his pre-game performance that still has yet to be topped. Related: MonoNeon Funks Up The National Anthem At Grizzlies Vs. Warriors NBA Game, Analysts React [Videos].