Here’s the Bills news of note for Feb. 2nd.
1 - Anthem recording for Super Bowl XXV first sent to Buffalo
It’s not well known that Whitney Houston’s iconic rendition of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ was pre-recorded in Los Angeles in early January. The music and Houston’s voice track were recorded separately a week apart.
Even fewer know that the pre-recording was overnighted to Buffalo in advance of the AFC Championship game.
In a compelling story by ESPN.com’s Danyel Smith, she explains how there a group of senior NFL executives in Buffalo leading up to the AFC title game between the Bills and Raiders, and they wanted to hear the recording of the anthem that would be played at the Super Bowl to review it and officially approve it.