1940 HITS ARCHIVE: God Bless America - Kate Smith (her original recording)

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God Bless America (Berlin) by Kate Smith, orchestra and mixed chorus conducted by Jack Miller

This iconic original studio version of Irving Berlin’s patriotic anthem appears in both the 1939 and 1940 Hits Archive collections. Recorded March 21, 1939, it was a popular hit upon initial release that year. And a year later, Kate’s recording enjoyed a resurgence, climbing as high as #5 on Billboard’s best-sellers chart in mid-August.

THE 1940 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1940 (some were recorded in 1939) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. .
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The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/@the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!

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