John Stafford Smith
In the collection
2 records
Played with
Jimi Hendrix
2 records together
B.B. King
2 records together
Bob Dylan
2 records together
U2
1 record together
Noel Redding
1 record together
Mitch Mitchell
1 record together
John Phillips
1 record together
Lou Adler
1 record together
Joe Josea
1 record together
Chip Taylor
1 record together
Billy Cox
1 record together
Chuck Berry
1 record together
About
John Stafford Smith (March 30, 1750 – September 21, 1836) was an English composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He is best known for writing “The Anacreontic Song”, the official song of the Anacreontic Society, in the mid-1760s. Later, in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem “Defence of Fort McHenry”. Put to the tune of “The Anacreontic Song”, modified somewhat and retitled “The Star-Spangled Banner”, it would become the U.S. national anthem in 1931.