On May 1, 1907: #KateSmith, American singer ("God Bless America"; "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain"), radio star, and NHL Philadelphia Flyers good luck charm, born in Greenville, Virginia (d. 1986).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🪽🥀

Nearer, My God, To Thee 🪐
#KateSmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON5TDLVhHVw

Nearer, My God, To Thee 💮
#KateSmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNvDkNkR9yE

Nearer, My God, To Thee 🌸
#KateSmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j1bvV7OLuk

The Old Rugged Cross 🚸
#KateSmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6fCvhKsIww

Nearer, My God, To Thee 🌼
#KateSmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTZYqODo7o0

"This Land Is Your Land" is a song by #AmericanFolk singer #WoodyGuthrie. One of the #UnitedStates' most famous #folkSongs, its lyrics were written in 1940 in critical response to #IrvingBerlin's "#GodBlessAmerica". Its #melody is based on a #CarterFamily tune called "When the World's on Fire". When Guthrie was tired of hearing #KateSmith sing "God Bless America" on the radio in the late 1930s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Bo6xFg9x0

"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by #IrvingBerlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run-up to #WorldWarII in 1938. The later version was recorded by #KateSmith, becoming her #signatureSong. "#GodBlessAmerica" takes the form of a #prayer (with introductory lyrics noting that "as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer") for God's blessing and peace for the nation ("stand beside her and guide her through the night").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2aG5zlSMpI

Nearer, My God, To Thee 🪐
#KateSmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rSbFAw6F9Q

Nearer, My God, To Thee 🪐
#KateSmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dE9Zh9PUmA