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On her radio show, kate smith sings the irving berlin song god bless america for the first time, introducing it to the country. Smith premiered the song late in the show and prefaced it with the following words. It contains a link to a film clip and says that irving berlin donated the royalties of the song to the boy scouts of america. This is a forwarded email about kate smith and the irving berlin song god bless america. Kate smith introduces god bless america november 10, 1938. Listen to your favorite songs from god bless america by kate smith now. Sings god bless america remastered by kate smith on apple. During the super bowl li halftime show a prerecorded introduction by lady gaga, who headlined the show, featured both god bless america and this land is your. Professional sports teams are banning kate smith s rendition of god bless america after racist lyrics surfaced from the singers past. Classic voices 1 various artists then and now margaret whiting sing along with mitch mitch miller god bless america mormon tabernacle choir readers digest music. Enjoy the july 4th holiday, and let this song help us to be a little more grateful for all the privileges of living in a free country. Celine dion performed this on the post911 tv special america.
At the january 1, 1976, rose bowl, to honor the start of the united states bicentennial, kate smith and the ucla band performed god bless america for a national television audience. Oct 12, 2016 tough times in america brought kate smith and her rendition of god bless america to the flyers. The strains of kate smith s version of god bless america no longer echo throughout yankee stadium during the seventhinning stretch because of hints of racism in the late singers past. Kathryn elizabeth kate smith may 1, 1907 june 17, 1986 was an american singer, an alto, best known for her rendition of irving berlins god bless america. God bless america is an american patriotic song written by irving berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938, as sung by kate smith. Jan 02, 2019 god bless america spoken introduction. God bless america, land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with the light from above from the mountains to the prairies, to the ocean white with foam god bless america, my home sweet home. Smith became known as the songbird of the south after.
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If you like the piece of music you have just learned playing, treat the artist with respect, and go buy the original. Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, as we raise our. Kate smith god bless america banned by ny yankees youtube. Kate smith s version of god bless america has been played at yankee stadium for 18 years, but they stopped in 2019 after finding several songs smith recorded with racist lyrics. May 04, 2010 sings god bless america remastered kate smith vocal 2010. While the storm clouds gather far across the sea let us swear allegiance to a land thats free let us all be grateful for a land so fair as we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.
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