Kate Smith

Kate Smith – Today (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, 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. “Today” is her 1966 album released for RCA Victor label.

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Kate Smith – The Kate Smith Anniversary Album (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, 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. “The Kate Smith Anniversary Album” is her 1966 album released for RCA Victor label.

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Kate Smith – Songs of the Now Generation (1969/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, 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. “Songs Of The Now Generation” is her 1969’s album released for RCA Victor label.

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Kate Smith – Something Special (1967/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, 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. “Something Special” is her 1967 album released for RCA Victor label.

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Kate Smith – May God Be With You (1968/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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The “Songbird of the South,” vocalist Kate Smith was one of the most popular stars of the pre-World War II era; she remains best remembered for her definitive version of the patriotic anthem “God Bless America,” which became a hit on no less than three separate occasions. Born Kathryn Elizabeth Smith in Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1907, she initially trained to be a nurse but began singing professionally during the early 1920s, soon relocating to New York to pursue roles in vaudeville and on Broadway, where she appeared in Honeymoon Lane in 1926. The owner of a thunderous contralto, Smith signed to Columbia in 1927, debuting with “One Sweet Letter From You,” backed by Red Nichols’ Charleston Chasers. In 1931 she began hosting her own radio show; its theme song, “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain,” subsequently became her first major hit, selling some 19 million copies.

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Kate Smith – Just a Closer Walk with Thee (1967/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Kate Smith released dozens of successful 78rpm singles during the 1930’s and 1940’s. She recorded sporadically during the 1950’s but in 1963 signed a contract with RCA Victor Records releasing a number of successful albums including several that charted on the Billboard Hot 200 chart alongside the major rock stars of the era, usually with Smith, then well in to her fifties, the oldest performer on the charts. Now we listen here album “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” originally released 1967 by RCA Records.

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