From songs of broken hearts to battles won, the Texas music catalog runs the gamut of the Texas experience. Here are a few beloved home state classics:
- Texas, Our Texas was adopted as the state’s official song in 1929: All hail the mighty state!
- Astronaut and Aggie alum Michael Fossum played Texas A&M University’s anthemic We Bleed Maroon aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2008.
- Popularized by Perry Como in 1941, Deep in the Heart of Texas is full of Texas pride.
- Possibly dating to 1836 and steeped in folklore, The Yellow Rose of Texas celebrates a woman thought to have helped win the Battle of San Jacinto.
- Written in 1933, Beautiful, Beautiful Texas is former Texas governor and radio personality W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel’s ode to “The most beautiful place that I know.”
