Search results
Welcome to a nostalgic journey back to 1943! This video showcases the American cultural icon, Kate Smith, passionately singing the patriotic anthem, "God Bless America," from the classic...
Explore the intriguing story behind "God Bless America" featuring excerpts from The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin, covers by Kate Smith, Deanna Durbin and a performance by Irving Berlin.
May 11, 2014 · On Nov. 11, 1938, Smith sang “God Bless America” as part of her Armistice Day broadcast (anniversary of the end of WWI). The song tapped into the national psyche, offering a kind of collective prayer for the unease over impending war. Within days, it was being hailed as the new national anthem. Sheet music flew off the shelves.
This is the story behind “God Bless America.” This simple one-verse song became an overnight hit, and a hopeful song as war threatened. “It’s not a patriotic song,” composer Irving Berlin said in a 1940 interview, “but an expression of gratitude for what this country has done for its citizens, of what home really means.”
Jul 4, 2020 · Behind The Song: “God Bless America” by Irving Berlin. by Paul Zollo 4 years ago. It’s one of Irving Berlin’s most famous and beloved songs, and so iconic in this country as to resonate like...
Jul 3, 2019 · But “God Bless America” will surely survive, with a staying power that derives from the various meanings it has taken on for different people in different eras. Early on, it was a lofty...
Jul 2, 2018 · ‘God Bless America’: 100 Years of an Immigrant’s Anthem - The New York Times. 55. Irving Berlin, who fled Russia as a child, in his Army uniform during World War I, when he wrote “God...
