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Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986), known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America".
She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American culture and patriotism.
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith was born May 1, 1909, in Greenville, Virginia, and grew up in Washington, D.C. Her father was a wholesale magazine distributor. As a baby, she failed to talk until she was 4 years old. But a year later she was singing in church socials and by the time she was 8 she was singing for the troops at Army camps in the Washington area during World War I. Alarmed by his daughter's evident penchant for the stage, William Smith made her take up nursing at George Washington University Hospital. She stuck it out a few months, quit and got herself on the bill at Keith's Theater as a singer.
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"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. The later version has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song.
"God Bless America" takes the form of a prayer (intro lyrics "as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer") for God's blessing and peace for the nation ("...stand beside her and guide her through the night...").
Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank, so he set it aside. The lyrics at that time included the line "Make her victorious on land and foam, God bless America..." as well as "Stand beside her and guide her to the right with the light from above".
Music critic Jody Rosen says that a 1906 Jewish dialect novelty song, "When Mose with His Nose Leads the Band," contains a six-note fragment that is "instantly recognizable as the opening strains of "God Bless America"". He interprets this as an example of Berlin's "habit of interpolating bits of half-remembered songs into his own numbers." Berlin, born Israel Baline, had himself written several Jewish-themed novelty tunes.
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Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Baline, May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five. He published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy", in 1907, receiving 33 cents for the publishing rights, and had his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1911. He also was an owner of the Music Box Theatre on Broadway.
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" sparked an international dance craze in places as far away as Berlin's native Russia, which also "flung itself into the ragtime beat with an abandon bordering on mania." Over the years he was known for writing music and lyrics in the American vernacular: uncomplicated, simple and direct, with his stated aim being to "reach the heart of the average American," whom he saw as the "real soul of the country." In doing so, said Walter Cronkite, at Berlin's 100th birthday tribute, he "helped write the story of this country, capturing the best of who we are and the dreams that shape our lives."
God Bless America is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. The later version was recorded by Kate Smith, and became her signature song. Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank, so he set it aside. In 1938, with the rise of Hitler, Berlin, who was Jewish and a first-generation European immigrant, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song", and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938 sung by Kate Smith, on her radio show. This Is the Army is a 1943 American wartime motion picture produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, and directed by Michael Curtiz, and a wartime musical designed to boost mor...
A rare performance of a song that helped to put Kate on the map in 1931! Taken from Kate's 1950s television show, "The Kate Smith Hour". Enjoy! **No rights implied or given. My goal is simply to shine a deserved spotlight on the great Kate Smith.**
Here is the best version of this rendition I have of her amazing performance!
Here is a fabulous medley performed by the great Kate Smith, 1966. Wow!! Enjoy. Songs include When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain, Seems Like Old Times, All the Things You Are.
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith was born May 1, 1907 in the nation's capital. From an early age she loved to sing and dance. She performed locally in theatres and at nightclubs and was discovered by a New York City show producer in 1926. She was featured in the musical comedy Honeymoon Lane on Broadway and later in Hit the Deck and Flying High. She was discovered in 1930 by Columbia Records vice president Ted Collins, who became her partner and manager and who put her on the radio in 1931. She was an immediate success on the air and she soon broke the record for longevity at the legendary Palace Theatre. In 1932 she had a cameo role in Paramount's The Big Broadcast. Then she starred in her own movie, Hello Everybody!, with co-stars Randolph Scott and Sally Blane. In 1943 she sang "God Bless Ameri...
MYSTERY GUEST: Kate Smith PANEL: Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Betty White, Bennett Cerf Fans of Betty White (and who isn't?) might want to check out this playlist of all the eps of WML and TTTT she appeared on. All her WML shows are already posted, but there are new TTTT shows being added all the time! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsaqh5sqUxprN4spg9FDonrj8RVa8udE ----------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://www.facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w?su...
**Click "Show more" below for lyrics** My all-time favorite song! Beautiful, calming, soothing. Recorded for Columbia on 8/17/31. Written by Howard E. Johnson - Harry M. Woods - and Kate Smith! This is Kate's theme song, and she would perform it countless times throughout her 50+ year career. Enjoy! LYRICS: (Spoken) Hello, everybody! This is Kate Smith. (Sung) All by myself at twilight Watching the day depart And with the fading twilight Happiness fills my heart When the moon comes over the mountain Every beam brings a dream dear, of you Once again we stroll 'neath the mountain Through that rose-covered valley we knew Each day is gray and dreary But the night is bright and cheery When the moon comes over the mountain I'm alone with my memory Of you -BREAK- Each day is gray and dre...
From mid-1986, here is a Headline News story on the death of Kate Smith.
The Great Kate! January 23, 1965. Enjoy!
For Educational Purposes - Reached U.S. Billboard Charts #12 - 1931 (3 weeks) - That's Why Darkies Were Born was a popular song written by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. It originated in George White's Scandals of 1931. It was most famously recorded by Kate Smith, whose rendition was a hit in 1931, and by Paul Robeson. It was also featured in a 1931 all-star recording of a medley of songs from George White's Scandals, where it was sung by Frank Munn on Brunswick and just as famously part of Paul Whiteman medley sung by Mildred Bailey on Victor. The song is referenced in: The Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, when Groucho Marx's character Rufus T. Firefly says, "My father was a little headstrong, my mother was a little armstrong.The Headstrongs married the Armstrongs, and that's why darkies were ...
Also featured are Barbara Eden, Mickey Rooney & comedian Norm Crosby. Extra special feature: Kate Smith leading the singing of "God Bless America."
spectrum crowd gets a treat
God Bless America is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. The later version was recorded by Kate Smith, and became her signature song. Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank, so he set it aside. In 1938, with the rise of Hitler, Berlin, who was Jewish and a first-generation European immigrant, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song", and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938 sung by Kate Smith, on her radio show. This Is the Army is a 1943 American wartime motion picture produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, and directed by Michael Curtiz, and a wartime musical designed to boost mor...
Watch "I Love You, America" - a great patriotic song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4o1_hlxCE4 If you love America, visit http://www.americhy.com. God bless you. God bless America. ---- While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. God bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home God bless America, My home sweet home.
Here is the best version of this rendition I have of her amazing performance!
The producers of "The Kate Smith Hour" asked Hank and the rest of the Opry cast to return on April 23, 1952. This time hank performed "Cold, Cold Heart" and joined Anita Carter in sining his own "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You" At the end of the show, the entire cast performed "Glory Bound Train" This would be Hank's final televised appearance.
YouTube removed the audio from "Hey Good Lookin'" Hank first appeared on 'The Kate Smith Evening Hour" on March 26, 1952. He performed "Hey Good Lookin'" and joined in with the rest of the cast singing his own "I Saw The Light". The Kinescope from this show would provide the footage for the "There's A Tear In My Beer" video some 37 years later.
Kate Smith's contribution to the thanksgiving season. Aired live on 21 November 1951 on "The Kate Smith Evening Hour", a series which mainly exists as fragments.
The great Kate swings out with her own theme song! This is the arrangement recorded by Kate in 1937, the "Ted Collins Special". Also, this is rare footage of Kate singing her theme song with the verse. Taken from the early 1950s (live!) "The Kate Smith Hour". Enjoy! **No rights implied or given. My goal is simply to shine a deserved spotlight on the great Kate Smith.**
"This is the original FIRST broadcast radio performance of God Bless America by Irving Berlin as introduced by Kate Smith on November 10, 1938. She later recreated it for the Warner Bros. film but this is the actual debut. Someone on Ebay (Epluri) has persisted in offering a copy for thousands of dollars claiming that they have the only original disc , even though they have been told otherwise. But they're wrong. You can hear it here for free. Enjoy!"
MYSTERY GUEST: Kate Smith PANEL: Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Betty White, Bennett Cerf Fans of Betty White (and who isn't?) might want to check out this playlist of all the eps of WML and TTTT she appeared on. All her WML shows are already posted, but there are new TTTT shows being added all the time! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsaqh5sqUxprN4spg9FDonrj8RVa8udE ----------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://www.facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w?su...
YouTube removed the audio from "Hey Good Lookin'" Hank first appeared on 'The Kate Smith Evening Hour" on March 26, 1952. He performed "Hey Good Lookin'" and joined in with the rest of the cast singing his own "I Saw The Light". The Kinescope from this show would provide the footage for the "There's A Tear In My Beer" video some 37 years later.
"The Kate Smith Hour" 1953 Daytime TV Show Kate's first song is, "I've Got A Pocket Full Of Dreams." Ted Collins conducts a "Cracker Barrel Discussion" with Senator Thomas Hennings (Missouri). It is a 15 minute political interview, which is most unusual for a daytime variety program. They talk about President Eisenhower, the economy, juvenile delinquency and atomic power. Bill Hays and Susan Lavell do a musical skit sat in a travel bureau. Kate sings a medley of requests from viewers. Music by Jack Miller and His Orchestra.
Here is a special presentation of a complete episode of "The Kate Smith Show", aired March 7, 1960 on CBS with special guest star Jackie Gleason! Incredible music combined with truly great singing make for a classic, unforgettable half-hour of television. Please enjoy! ** No copyright infringement intended; my goal is to shine a much-deserved spotlight on the great Kate Smith. **
Second-half only of this episode, with Kate Smith singing two songs, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in a dramatic sketch, and Ben Blue in a comedy sketch.
The producers of "The Kate Smith Hour" asked Hank and the rest of the Opry cast to return on April 23, 1952. This time hank performed "Cold, Cold Heart" and joined Anita Carter in sining his own "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You" At the end of the show, the entire cast performed "Glory Bound Train" This would be Hank's final televised appearance.
Fragment from "The Kate Smith Evening Hour". The DeMarco Sisters appear, and Myron Cohen does his comedy routine, Kate Smith sings two songs, and there are two commercials. I don't know if the rest of the episode still exists.
TEDxAuckland September 26th, 2010. Kate was headhunted to NZ from London in 1995 to work with Saatchi & Saatchi as their Strategic Planning Director based in Wellington at a time when the agency dominated the NZ advertising scene, Kate was part of Saatchi's Worldwide Planning Board where she was involved in developing new thinking and strategies for the agency. Since leaving S&S; in 2003, she has been busy developing her own brand consultancy, becoming Strategic Partner in local agency Shine, and also the Australasian partner for eatbigfish. Eatbigfish is a global consultancy that specialises in working with Challenger brands and organisations, i.e. brands and companies that recognise that in order to compete successfully they need to think and behave differently to market leaders. http:...
Fragment from unidentified episode. Ethel and Albert do a comedy sketch, Akim Tamiroff does a dramatic sketch, and Kate Smith sings a song. I do not know if the rest of the episode still exists.
Stephanie Blythe pays tribute to Kate Smith, Lincoln Center 2013.
MYSTERY GUEST: Kate Smith PANEL: Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Betty White, Bennett Cerf Fans of Betty White (and who isn't?) might want to check out this playlist of all the eps of WML and TTTT she appeared on. All her WML shows are already posted, but there are new TTTT shows being added all the time! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsaqh5sqUxprN4spg9FDonrj8RVa8udE ----------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://www.facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w?su...
From mid-1986, here is a Headline News story on the death of Kate Smith.
This week, we bring you an interview with Kate Smith from Raine & Horne Semaphore. We have been taking care of Kate’s marketing since the beginning of 2015. In this interview she shares her thoughts on which marketing material is producing the best results in her marketplace and how her clients have responded. Full details: http://idmarketingagency.com.au/agent-interview-kate-smith/ Find out more: http://idmarketingagency.com.au/request-sample-pack/
Colour Maven Kate Smith's Intervieiw on Cosy Havens
"The Kate Smith Hour" 1953 Daytime TV Show Kate's first song is, "I've Got A Pocket Full Of Dreams." Ted Collins conducts a "Cracker Barrel Discussion" with Senator Thomas Hennings (Missouri). It is a 15 minute political interview, which is most unusual for a daytime variety program. They talk about President Eisenhower, the economy, juvenile delinquency and atomic power. Bill Hays and Susan Lavell do a musical skit sat in a travel bureau. Kate sings a medley of requests from viewers. Music by Jack Miller and His Orchestra.
The electronic composer invites us to her LA home for an intimate performance. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has become one of the most fascinating champions of modular synthesis in recent memory — but she didn’t start out that way. Raised on Orcas Island in northwest Washington state and classically trained in guitar and piano, Smith spent a curiosity-fueled year teaching herself synthesis after a serendipitous encounter with the Buchla Music Easel, an instrument that’s come to define her as much as she has defined it. Her explorations in synthesis reach an apex on her stunning new album EARS, out April 1 on Western Vinyl, blending woodwind and her own vocals with the primordial sounds of the Buchla to make her most definitive statement yet. After recently relocating to Los Angeles, Smith inv...
Kate Smith's contribution to the thanksgiving season. Aired live on 21 November 1951 on "The Kate Smith Evening Hour", a series which mainly exists as fragments.
God Bless America is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. The later version was recorded by Kate Smith, and became her signature song. Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank, so he set it aside. In 1938, with the rise of Hitler, Berlin, who was Jewish and a first-generation European immigrant, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song", and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938 sung by Kate Smith, on her radio show. This Is the Army is a 1943 American wartime motion picture produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, and directed by Michael Curtiz, and a wartime musical designed to boost mor...
A rare performance of a song that helped to put Kate on the map in 1931! Taken from Kate's 1950s television show, "The Kate Smith Hour". Enjoy! **No rights implied or given. My goal is simply to shine a deserved spotlight on the great Kate Smith.**
Here is the best version of this rendition I have of her amazing performance!
Here is a fabulous medley performed by the great Kate Smith, 1966. Wow!! Enjoy. Songs include When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain, Seems Like Old Times, All the Things You Are.
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith was born May 1, 1907 in the nation's capital. From an early age she loved to sing and dance. She performed locally in theatres and at nightclubs and was discovered by a New York City show producer in 1926. She was featured in the musical comedy Honeymoon Lane on Broadway and later in Hit the Deck and Flying High. She was discovered in 1930 by Columbia Records vice president Ted Collins, who became her partner and manager and who put her on the radio in 1931. She was an immediate success on the air and she soon broke the record for longevity at the legendary Palace Theatre. In 1932 she had a cameo role in Paramount's The Big Broadcast. Then she starred in her own movie, Hello Everybody!, with co-stars Randolph Scott and Sally Blane. In 1943 she sang "God Bless Ameri...
MYSTERY GUEST: Kate Smith PANEL: Arlene Francis, Tony Randall, Betty White, Bennett Cerf Fans of Betty White (and who isn't?) might want to check out this playlist of all the eps of WML and TTTT she appeared on. All her WML shows are already posted, but there are new TTTT shows being added all the time! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsaqh5sqUxprN4spg9FDonrj8RVa8udE ----------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://www.facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w?su...
**Click "Show more" below for lyrics** My all-time favorite song! Beautiful, calming, soothing. Recorded for Columbia on 8/17/31. Written by Howard E. Johnson - Harry M. Woods - and Kate Smith! This is Kate's theme song, and she would perform it countless times throughout her 50+ year career. Enjoy! LYRICS: (Spoken) Hello, everybody! This is Kate Smith. (Sung) All by myself at twilight Watching the day depart And with the fading twilight Happiness fills my heart When the moon comes over the mountain Every beam brings a dream dear, of you Once again we stroll 'neath the mountain Through that rose-covered valley we knew Each day is gray and dreary But the night is bright and cheery When the moon comes over the mountain I'm alone with my memory Of you -BREAK- Each day is gray and dre...
From mid-1986, here is a Headline News story on the death of Kate Smith.
The Great Kate! January 23, 1965. Enjoy!
For Educational Purposes - Reached U.S. Billboard Charts #12 - 1931 (3 weeks) - That's Why Darkies Were Born was a popular song written by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. It originated in George White's Scandals of 1931. It was most famously recorded by Kate Smith, whose rendition was a hit in 1931, and by Paul Robeson. It was also featured in a 1931 all-star recording of a medley of songs from George White's Scandals, where it was sung by Frank Munn on Brunswick and just as famously part of Paul Whiteman medley sung by Mildred Bailey on Victor. The song is referenced in: The Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, when Groucho Marx's character Rufus T. Firefly says, "My father was a little headstrong, my mother was a little armstrong.The Headstrongs married the Armstrongs, and that's why darkies were ...
Kate Smith starred in The Kate Smith Hour on NBC Television from 1950 through 1954, hosting until 1953 in the late afternoon hour of 4:00 pm ET. Kathryn
Stephanie Blythe pays tribute to Kate Smith, Lincoln Center 2013.
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986), known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto,
Please subscribe my channel Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986), known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto,
Please subscribe my channel Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986), known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto,
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While the storm clouds gather,
Far across the sea,
Let us swear alliegence,
To a land thats free,
Let us all be greatful,
For a land so fair,
As we raise our voices,
In a solem prayer.
God, bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her,
And guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans white with foam,
God, bless America,
My home, sweet home.
God bless America
Land that I love
Stand beside her
And guide her
Through the night with a light from above
From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America
My home sweet home
God bless America....