Editing Stephen Foster (section)

===Popular songs===
"[[My Old Kentucky Home]]" is the official state song of Kentucky, adopted by the General Assembly on March 19, 1928.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Foster's songs, lyrics, and melodies have often been altered by publishers and performers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Steel |first1=David Warren |title=The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture; Volume 12: Music|chapter=Foster, Stephen (1826–1864) Composer and Songwriter|date=2008 |pages=229–230 |publisher= University of North Carolina Press |jstor= 10.5149/9781469616667_malone.86|isbn=9780807832394 }} Access provided by the University of Pittsburgh</ref>

In 1957 [[Ray Charles]] released a version of "Old Folks at Home" that was titled "Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ’Bout That River)", which became his first pop hit that November.<ref>Whitburn, Joel, Top R&B Singles, 1942–1999, p. 74.</ref>

In the 2000s{{when|date=February 2023}} "[[Old Folks at Home]]", designated the official state song of Florida in 1935,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flheritage.com/facts/symbols/symbol.cfm?id=22 |title=The State Anthem: "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)" |publisher=State of Florida |access-date=April 29, 2011}}</ref> came under attack for what some regarded as offensive terms in the song's lyrics. Changes were made to them with the approval of the [[Stephen Foster Memorial]].{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}{{when|date=February 2023}} The modified song was kept as the official state song, while "[[Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)]]" was added as the state anthem.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

A 1974 published collection, ''Stephen Foster Song Book; Original Sheet Music of 40 Songs'' (New York : Dover Publications, Inc.,) of Stephen Foster's popular songs was edited by musicologist [[Richard Jackson (musicologist)|Richard Jackson]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2001 |title=Jackson, Richard (Hammel)|encyclopedia=[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove Music Online]] |series=Oxford Music Online |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|author=Paula Morgan|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47105}}</ref>