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John Stafford Smith

John Stafford Smith is credited on 769 releases across 146 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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769

Credits

146

Albums

8

Decades active

384

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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.

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769 releases · 146 albums · active 1953–2023

  • Other credits · 444
  • Performance · 341

Studios: Woodstock Festival · Record Plant, N.Y.C. · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Monterey Pop Festival

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