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Do any of you remember

badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 2001 in General Discussion
Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" on her weekly radio show in the 1940's? What a wonderful voice! Even today I can still hear her in my memory. I was just a kid and barely knew that a war was being fought, but the sound of her voice raised goose bumps on me and today her memory does the same.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The radio show was a little before my time, but I do remember hearing her on some TV specials. Great voice....she was an original.
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sadly all we have now is Barbra Striesand and her nasel intonations. Could really use Kate Smith belting them out. Beach
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  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As another old guy, each time I hear someone else sing the song, I think to myself, that is not as good as Kate Smith. She had a television show that she always ended with that song. To my mind, the way Kate sang it is the way it is supposed to sound. Anything else is disappointing to me. I think she did USO shows in WWII and that was a feature of them. I think you can buy Kate's recordings, and I would guess that one would be available.
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    Have it in my MP3 file.You can download it free in MP3 format from: http://www.audiogalaxy.com/
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  • Bubba JoelBubba Joel Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November -1
    I remember the song and her.. ..My wife bought a CD of her...With that song on it...
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yup, and I think she also sang it at ball games.
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My dad wasn't even born yet in 1940!! Sorry, I don't remember.But, I'll download the MP3 from the link above so I can hear what you're talking about!Thanks
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    How about "There is a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere by Elton Britt"It's on audiogalaxy also
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Remember her? I taught her the words to the song was she was a little girl. Love her, love the song! NOBODY can sing it like she did.
    It's the stuff dreams are made of AngelI am the NRA, the RKBA, NJ Area Rep for the 2ampd, and the AARP :(njretcop@copmail.com
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's hard to appreciate her singing without understanding the spirit of the times. We were newly at war, boys out of high school were getting drafted wholesale and the USA was suffering a series of terrible defeats in the Pacific. Kate Smiths' spirited singing perked up homefront morale.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Me and a couple of guys were whatching the game on tv,at the hotel we were staying at for the gunshow.Some young chick was singin` it,during the stretch,when the older guy says "you guys remember Kate Smith used to sing that?"and he wouldn`t shut up about it.That`s pretty funny that you would bring it up.I`ll have to tell him that he`s not the only one who was thinkin` about her. .218.218
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    .218......................................(in case the first two weren`t enough).218
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