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Smith was born on May 1, 1907, in Greenville, Virginia, to Charlotte 'Lottie' Yarnell ( née Hanby) and William Herman Smith and grew up in Washington, D.C. [5] Her father owned the Capitol News Company, distributing newspapers and magazines in the greater D.C. area. [6] She was the youngest of three daughters, the middle child dying in infancy.
Connie Francis singles chronology. "Among My Souvenirs". (1959) " God Bless America ". (1959) "Mama". (1960) " God Bless America " is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin of Belarusian origin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run-up to World War II in 1938. The later version was notably recorded by Kate Smith ...
help. " How Great Thou Art " is a Christian hymn based on an original Swedish hymn entitled " O Store Gud " written in 1885 by Carl Boberg (1859–1940). The English version of the hymn and its title are a loose translation by the English missionary Stuart K. Hine from 1949.
Released. 1931. Recorded. 1931. Songwriter (s) Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. Notably recorded by Paul Robeson and Kate Smith. " 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, where white baritone Everett Marshall performed the song in blackface.
A statue of singer Kate Smith (1907–1986) by Marc Mellon was installed outside Philadelphia's Xfinity Live!, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, until 2019. Description and history. The 8-foot (2.4 m) bronze sculpture was commissioned by the Philadelphia Flyers and unveiled on October 8, 1987.
Anna “Mae” Krier, who at age 17, in 1943, went to work in a Seattle Boeing factory building B-17s and B-29s, flexed her “Rosie the Riveter” muscles and said, “We did it, didn’t we ...
2002: God Bless America: "The Lion, The Lamb, And The King" 2003: Red Rocks Homecoming: "The Reason That I'm Standing" 2003: Dottie Rambo with the Homecoming Friends: "Tears Will Never Stain The Streets Of That City" 2003: Build A Bridge: "Greater Is He In Me" 2007: How Great Thou Art: "I'd Rather Have Jesus" References
Lauren Hart (born January 10, 1967) is an American singer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is best known for singing the American and Canadian national anthems prior to Philadelphia Flyers games, the team for which her father Gene Hart was the long-time television and radio announcer for 29 years, and also performing a duet of "God ...