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Singers usually take those sorts of liberties because they don't have the ability to hold long notes without tuning or vibrato problems. The blame should be laid at the feet of the people who book these pretenders. I'm not the biggest fan of the US National Anthem but I hate to hear anything butchered the way it is so often.
The best rendition I've ever heard was a recording of Kathleen Battle singing it at a Billy Graham crusade. She's such a bitch she was banned from the Metropolitan Opera House, but damn can she sing.
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