Happy Birthday, America

Here's my Independence Day playlist; click on a title to hear a version, if not the one I'm listening to. Have a merry and musical Fourth.

Fanfare for the Common Man; London Sym Orch; A Copland, cond

El Capitan; Great American Main St Band; Timothy Foley, cond

Rhapsody in Blue; Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

Only in America; Brooks and Dunn

Rhapsody in Blue; George Gershwin (1925 piano roll); Columbia Jazz band

American Pie; Don McLean

Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co.; Great Amer Main St Band; Timothy Foley, cond

Some Gave All; Billy Ray Cyrus

America; Betty Wand (for Rita Moreno) and George Chakiris

King Cotton; Great Amer Main St Band; Timothy Foley, cond

Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning); Alan Jackson

The Stars And Stripes Forever!; Great Amer Main St Band; Timothy Foley, cond

The Bluest Eyes in Texas; Restless Heart

Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige; Buffalo Phil Orch; JoAnn Falletta, cond

The Washington Post; Great Amer Main St Band; Timothy Foley, cond

An American in Paris; NY Phil; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond

Rhapsody in Blue; Deodato

God Bless the USA; Lee Greenwood

Hoedown from Rodeo; London Sym Orch; A Copland, cond

Rhapsody in Blue; Los Angeles Phil Orch; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond

Barber: Symphony #1, Op. 9; St. Louis Sym Orch; Leonard Slatkin, cond

The Stars and Stripes Forever; Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, cond

Only in America; Jay and the Americans