Kate Smith - God Bless America (Irving Berlin) WW2

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Kate Smith (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Flip Side To "The Star Spangled Banner"
Irving Berlin (composer)
Irving Berlin (lyricist)

"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 (becoming her signature song) Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith (May 1, 1907 -- June 17, 1986) was an American singer, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s.
Kate Smith's 1938 debut of "God Bless America" on her CBS radio show, "The Kate Smith Hour," on November 10th, 1938, became her signature song, and the recording of the broadcast survives thanks to a copy Irving Berlin retained.