On June 5, 1973, Canadian radio
personality Gordon Sinclair delivered this stirring, pro-American
editorial. He had written it in 20 minutes. Simply titled The
Americans, it followed his noontime newscast on CFRB in Toronto. The
response was overwhelmingly positive. Radio stations in Buffalo, New
York asked permission to play the broadcast, which was granted. Soon
afterwards it swept across the United States. Sinclair's verbatim
editorial was made into this recording (with the Battle Hymn of the
Republic playing in the background). It reached #23 on the Billboard
charts, making the 73-year-old Sinclair the oldest living person to
have a Billboard top 40 hit! At Sinclair's request, the proceeds from
its sales went entirely to the American Red Cross. When President
Ronald Reagan made his first official visit to Canada in 1981, he asked
to meet Sinclair. Reagan told Sinclair that his editorial always
cheered him up when he was feeling down.