Greetings! KattattaK! is back again this weekend with another of Katt's Retro-Rundowns featuring 80s inspired tunes. Yet again, DJ Katt has a stack of 12" remixes, extended-mixes and other less-often-heard tunes to fill your head with retro nostalgia but this weekend, being the week of July 4th, and given the title of this week's episode there's bound to be a few topical references thrown in (...yathink so?)
According to the internet, (so it must be true), the first independence day themed pop song was "America, the Beautiful" by Ray Charles. It was released in 1972, and it quickly became a popular patriotic anthem. The song is a beautiful rendition of the poem "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates, and it captures the spirit of hope and optimism that is often associated with Independence Day. The song was a critical and commercial success, and it has been covered by many other artists since its release