Note Bobby Orr skating over to shake Kate`s hand. The Great One showing his respect. If this remarkable video doesn`t bring a tear to your eyes then you`re not a patriotic American. God Bless America !
And after all this lovely lady did for that organization, for them to drop to their knees to satisfy the needs of the “woke” crowd--like Knee-Pads Harris did for Willie--was one of the most gutless and sackless gestures by an organization ever. The eunuchs that make up that organization should be so proud of themselves.
Absolutely agree. Ridiculous. Out of 30,000 songs she performed, a few claimed that two songs she recorded for broadway in 1930 were racist including one that was sung by an African American. There are so many genuine racist issues around the world that could be focused on, this hoopla around Kate Smith is embarrassing to the Flyers organization and all involved.
Every time Kate Smith walked the carpet at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, it is one of the most electric moments in worldwide sports. Nothing beats "God Bless America" in the cradle of American liberty.
Holy Shit. Watching Kate Smith singing GOD BLESS AMERICA at the Spectrum during the 1974 Playoffs really made think about America. The Greatest Country in World History.
I was there that night. Nothing like seeing them dim the lights, roll out the red carpet and direct the spotlight to one of the openings, Out she came and the place roared. Such an outpouring,
@@MrMattstearns I was born here dipshit. Do you know why? Because my parents saw better opportunity here in the US they came here illegally first. But back in the 80s it was easier to get citizenship when you're an alien. And then by the grace of God I was born here. what's the matter are you mad that America is not as white as it was a few decades ago? Are you mad that Latinos are vastly overpopulating the US?
@@sexyrack1999 Senor Cameron you came here for true opportunity you asimalated today they come for free welfare free schools free health care push there failed values on us soon we will have to asimalate to the imagrant that Venezuela and we all no we're that leads.
She was one of the main reasons as to why I loved the Philadelphia Flyers! She helped African Americans in her day by inviting them to her show when others rejected them. She certainly is with God! Woke ruins everything! God Bless Kate Smith! Lord have mercy on America! Thank God I had the privilege of experiencing the Philadelphia Flyers of that time period. There will never ever be anything that comes close to that experience. Jesus have mercy on America for we are in the hands of fools.
So you liked the way the Flyers handled the Russian hockey team that beat every other team they played. The way Ed Snyder told the Russian head coach that if they refused to return to the ice they would forfeit their payment. The way the Flyers played Broad Street Bully hockey against them. A true Flyers fan would say OHH YES!!! Of course there would be another word including double hockey 🏒.
HI THERE, WHY OH WHY DID THEY REMOVE HER STATUE??? When did they do that ? we need KATE SMITH in our times now like never before! Americans need to wake up and see we are being taken over by the left wing UN-AMERICAN no goods! This is OUR COUNTRY! WE MUST FIGHT FOR IT! 101st Airborne out of Kentucky
When Kate sang God Bless America the Orange and Black kicked ass!! I miss those amazing and talented Flyers they were childhood heroes. Two time Stanley Cup Champions they even took out the Soviet Central Red Army team . Ah, The Broad Street Bullies!! Go Flyers!!
The Flyers should be ashamed of themselves , My hometown of Philadelphia is becoming a mess etc., All they can do is take her Statue down from something over 80 years ago?!. Gimme a break?!?!
@Costa Zambaras She did more for this country and black people then most black people will do for themselves in their entire lives. It brings playing the race card to a new, low, level. www.philly.com/flyers/kate-smith-god-bless-america-controversy-songs-flyers-yankees-reaction-20190430.html
Pardon my ignorance, but why in the hell would they take her statue down? I lived up there in Blue Bell Pennsylvania when they won back to back Stanley cups. I don’t understand. Somebody please inform me! Thank you! God bless America! Let’s go Brandon!
@@smartluck100 (CNN): In 1933, Smith starred in the film “Hello, Everybody!” in which she sang the song “Pickaninny Heaven.” The song asks “colored children” living in an orphanage to dream about a magical place of “great big watermelons." Another song that has raised eyebrows in recent weeks is Smith’s 1931 rendition of “That’s Why Darkies Were Born,” written by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. The song was also covered by African-American singer and activist Paul Robeson. Some people have said the song was originally considered satire. But today, those lyrics read much differently: “Someone had to pick the cotton, Someone had to plant the corn, Someone had to slave and be able to sing, That’s why darkies were born”
There are way better singers than her. Her version of God Bless America isnt even the BEST. You like her and her song because she is a white woman, it's as simple as that.
@@sah454 Go pound salt up ass !! Being white has nothing to do with it as you suggest. You're just here responding to stir the race shit pot ! Kate Smith put this song on the map. No matter who sings it, I still love it ! So pound that up your ass too !
@@gh788 Guess what ass wipe! Kate didn't write the song. This song is no more offensive than the putrid Rap that's being spoon-fed to kids today. I suggest that you educate yourself ( if that's possible ) before flapping your asshole !!
Still get a lump in my throat when I watch this. Remember cousins and friends watching this game in my parent’s basement. Gene Hart screaming “ The Flyers are going to win the Stanley Cup” (about 10 times) My friends and family erupted! Jumped in a few cars and headed to an impromptu celebration on Broad Street. Ran into my older brother on Broad street. He was at the game. God if only I could go back to that day!!
It was one of the happiest days of my life. I was only 14 and it was sheer joy to see my beloved Flyers bring home Lord Stanley's Cup. Bernie Parent said he could feel the Spectrum shaking when she finished the song...just an epic day for Philly fans....NEVER forget it.
@@wiredup886 Smith "stirred patriotic fervor" during World War and contributed to the sale of over $600 million (equivalent to $10.6 billion in 2020) of war bonds during a series of marathon broadcasts. No other show-business star came near her as revenue producer of War Bonds to finance the United States' war effort.
2 great moments in that 1974 season, we seen the Flyers break the barrier and be the first expansion team to win the cup that game and Kate Smith singing right before it happened, classy of Orr and Esposito thanking her also..I sure miss those days 😐
I remember standing up with hand-on-heart for the daily Pledge of Allegiance in grammar school in the 1960s. I wonder if they even have American flags in our schools these days! I guess we won't see true patriotism in our country again, until the next big war. You need to earn the right to be free, or you will never appreciate it. This was a very moving video! Thank you for posting!
@@arianaalioth The organist is way up in the stands nowhere near her. He had no idea when she was going to actually begin the song. Because of her phrasing, he had to follow along as she sang, filing in gaps between her words and picking up again to try to remain in unison.
@urbanpioneer8148 that Pittsburgh series was a good one, though. Many of the Flyers players were playing hurt. I'm a a Pens fan, but I respect their gutsiness and taking it to 6 games. As far as that '16 series against the Caps goes, the Flyers were even in that one as well. It didn't seem like it in the beginning, but they damn well could have taken it to 7 games if they had just been able to score in Game 6. One goal was enough for Washington to move on and get beat by the Penguins in the next round.
what an injustice. the flyers should lose every game fr now until eternity. the media should have stood up for kate. to mar her talents and what she meant to this country and not to stand up for her (because she couldn't stand up for herself) was unbelievable. what a bunch of cowards. sorry Kate for this unbelievable abuse.
The greatest day ever. I’m all of 7 years old front and center as she kicks this out. I was a champion bodybuilder and baseball player. To this day I have never had so much adrenaline as she finishes whew
As long as we pass down archival footage like this down to the future generations, they could never erase the history so many of our families cherish. God bless 🇺🇸
The story I heard is that the Flyers' fans sincerely believed that her singing brought the team luck. Look at the stats - 36 wins out of 40 games, or 90%.
Jason Sutton It is Irving Berlin's song. Kate Smith merely sang it. Now tell me why do you think that she was a "racist bitch"? And please don't let your opinion be determined by an obscure song she sang in 1931.
There is so much good to be said of this moment, one of the best in hockey history. I watched it live on television and it was incredible then, as it is now in watching it once more. When the fans present at the Molson Centre in Montreal once booed the American national anthem, I a Canadian, was disgusted and remain so. Kate personified the greatness of the American spirit. What a nation ! What a people!
atradition seems like god is not blessing America ... little by little it’s crumbling and being destroyed by people who do nothing for this country but cry about the past.
True; and the worst part about that is they have not done the correct research to justify the crying: Ignor-ants. They need to be corrected and then forgotten! @@greenlantern1123
So refreshing to see a singer, male or female who have the vocal ability to Project their voice without nearly sucking on the microphone like most of today's artist do!
And if you stay to the end, both Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins come up and shake Kate Smith's hand. Brilliant. Even the Canadian players are moved.
Even the "Canadian players are moved"...Who do you think the Flyers were? An All-American team. In those days the NHL was 98% CANADIAN, with a few teams having a token American or two.
@@prayingmantis6777 ....well, that was the case in the mid 70s...the league was almost all Canadian, but if I were an American playing in that game, I admit that I would be pretty fired up after hearing Kate Smiths' anthem rendition.
The crazies are running out of things to whine about...Next it will be All in the Family's ''Girls were girls and men were men''.....They'll claim that's offensive to transgenders !!
I was there. In this video, you can hear Kate's voice all the way to the end, because the microphone was picking up her voice for the recording. In the stands, you could barely hear her during the last 10 seconds or so, because the crowd cheering was so loud. The Spectrum was a great place.
WOW INCREDIBLE!!!!!! It gave me goose bumps to hear that crowd and to see her so positive waving her arms.. BEAUTIFUL! SO WAS SHE AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Kate Smith had a fabulous voice. I was watching that game in Canada as I'm a Boston Bruins, however I can't remember who won the game. I'll have to say again, Kate Smith had a very lovely voice. God Bless America from Canada.
what is this country coming to? I was a bruins fan back then, but there was always something special listening to kate sing God bless America. A racist? We should all be ashamed of what is happening to our country. this is a real kick in the face.
Not being American, I just assumed that this was already a popular song and they just liked Kate Smith’s rendition of it. I never realized it was written in 1918 but first released in 1938 by Kate Smith herself. So it was her voice that introduced the song to the world and it became her signature song.
As a Flyers Fan From The 90's This Performance is One Of The Best Ever and After The Song Was Done Everyone in The Delaware Valley Knew That The Flyers Were Not Going To Lose That Day No Way Go Flyers!
I remember it well. I was 14. Every time I hear it....and I am Canadian.....I just think how great America is and how we are blessed to have that wonderful country as our neighbor and friend. Irving Berlin wrote that song with Kate Smith in mind and was he on the mark. .
Beautiful, and very stirring. And if you're an American, or Flyer fan, or even a Bruins fan, and you see this, and you don't get a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye, you're somebody I don't want to know.
Of all the bad moves the Flyers have made over history, and there was plenty of them, covering her statue for PC reasons is the worst. They used this iconic performance for decades, to distract from now 44 years without a Cup. And the hockey Gods will not be kind to this organisation. She did nothing inappropriate and was treated like trash by the Philadelphia Flyers in the end. Rest in Peace Kate, and God Bless America.
Flyers had nothing to do with it. Comcast is to blame, and all the phony politicians who caved in to a minority. political correctness is Bull Bring it back.
as a bruins fan my heart got broken that afternoon ...I love how Orr and Esposito went over and tried to neutralize the Kate effect by shaking her hand but alas........Parent was too good that day
The Flyers should be courageous and reinstate this wonderful edition. Especially during these disgraceful times with so many ungrateful people doing mischief and disrespect toward our land. Never ever will take a knee toward our flag and land.
Hi. Wow. This is amazing!! My husband came home and mention this beautiful woman and the team spirit she stirred up. We needed this today. God bless Canada too.
Being A bruins it always meant Trouble when they brought in Kate, Bernie Parent said you feel the Spectrum shaky with that finish Watch at the end of the video Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito congratulate Kate for such a performance - always a class act
As a 10-year-old Canadian watching this game on TV, I believe this was the first time I'd ever heard this song. I obviously heard it from the best.
Note Bobby Orr skating over to shake Kate`s hand. The Great One showing his respect. If this remarkable video doesn`t bring a tear to your eyes then you`re not a patriotic American. God Bless America !
Orr and Esposito also had another motive. They were trying to break the Kate Smith/Flyers good luck charm by shaking her hand. It didn't work.
Phil E too...
It was a nice gesture, but I think they were also trying to possibly alter Kate's domination 😁
@@jpennypClassy move by both Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito.
And after all this lovely lady did for that organization, for them to drop to their knees to satisfy the needs of the “woke” crowd--like Knee-Pads Harris did for Willie--was one of the most gutless and sackless gestures by an organization ever. The eunuchs that make up that organization should be so proud of themselves.
God Bless Kate Smith.
The voice of America.
Bring back Kate Smith's statue and her GOD BLESS AMERICA.
It should of never been removed in the first place.
Absolutely agree. Ridiculous. Out of 30,000 songs she performed, a few claimed that two songs she recorded for broadway in 1930 were racist including one that was sung by an African American. There are so many genuine racist issues around the world that could be focused on, this hoopla around Kate Smith is embarrassing to the Flyers organization and all involved.
And so it is!
Flyers will NEVER hoist Stanley Again until they correct their fucking ridiculous WRONG!!!! This Woman is an ICON 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
@@joshw6993 For the whole country!
Listen to the ovation she got before even singing a note. Despite the many problems we had back then, that moment was needed. God bless America.
I listened to this turned all the way up in my car to give myself the feeling of listening to it live that night at the spectrum...chills
Every time Kate Smith walked the carpet at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, it is one of the most electric moments in worldwide sports. Nothing beats "God Bless America" in the cradle of American liberty.
back in a great time when it was great to be alive
Holy Shit. Watching Kate Smith singing GOD BLESS AMERICA at the Spectrum during the 1974 Playoffs really made think about America. The Greatest Country in World History.
I was there that night. Nothing like seeing them dim the lights, roll out the red carpet and direct the spotlight to one of the openings, Out she came and the place roared. Such an outpouring,
Remember how much pride we ALL had in our country, our anthem, our flag. Brings a tear to my eye.
Yes, just look at L.A. -- a hellhole. Thank you, liberals. Instead of helping bad situations, go after Kate Smith. Makes sense to me.
God Bless America was never our anthem.
We had pride in the country because the president wasn't a racist pig.
caputo Obama the man who stood with farrakhan isnt president anymore
Fun Fact, the Flyers chose to replace the National Anthem with God Bless America due to low interest during the Anthem.
I hope the flyers never see another playoff game until they apologize to her legacy and put her statue back where it belongs.
It's not the Flyers, it's the shitty Comcast ownership.
Senor Cameron go back to Venezuela or Guatemala and ask your government for there pc veiws
@@MrMattstearns I was born here dipshit. Do you know why? Because my parents saw better opportunity here in the US they came here illegally first. But back in the 80s it was easier to get citizenship when you're an alien. And then by the grace of God I was born here. what's the matter are you mad that America is not as white as it was a few decades ago? Are you mad that Latinos are vastly overpopulating the US?
Lmao
@@sexyrack1999 Senor Cameron you came here for true opportunity you asimalated today they come for free welfare free schools free health care push there failed values on us soon we will have to asimalate to the imagrant that Venezuela and we all no we're that leads.
Not bad for 67 years old. She also still knew how to handle a stage and a large crowd.
yes she did.
yes. she really played to the audience. she had total command of the stage. a total pro.
She was one of the main reasons as to why I loved the Philadelphia Flyers! She helped African Americans in her day by inviting them to her show when others rejected them. She certainly is with God!
Woke ruins everything! God Bless Kate Smith! Lord have mercy on America!
Thank God I had the privilege of experiencing the Philadelphia Flyers of that time period. There will never ever be anything that comes close to that experience.
Jesus have mercy on America for we are in the hands of fools.
So you liked the way the Flyers handled the Russian hockey team that beat every other team they played. The way Ed Snyder told the Russian head coach that if they refused to return to the ice they would forfeit their payment. The way the Flyers played Broad Street Bully hockey against them.
A true Flyers fan would say OHH YES!!! Of course there would be another word including double hockey 🏒.
Of course she was a fine Christian woman of Faith.✝️God🙏Bless Kate❣🇺🇸💪🏼
Moments like this make me wish I was alive during old time hockey. Even with how fun the game is to watch today, old hockey just has its own charm
Still brings a tear to my eyes! Shame, Shame, Shame on the Flyers for removing Kate's statue. Ed Snyder NEVER would have allowed that to happen!
HI THERE, WHY OH WHY DID THEY REMOVE HER STATUE??? When did they do that ? we need KATE SMITH in our times now like never before! Americans need to wake up and see we are being taken over by the left wing UN-AMERICAN no goods! This is OUR COUNTRY! WE MUST FIGHT FOR IT! 101st Airborne out of Kentucky
Plain and simple what a beautiful song and a beautiful woman sang that song God bless America. Amen.
Man I love this
Kate was one of a kind. The song gives me the chills.
When Kate sang God Bless America the Orange and Black kicked ass!! I miss those amazing and talented Flyers they were childhood heroes. Two time Stanley Cup Champions they even took out the Soviet Central Red Army team . Ah, The Broad Street Bullies!! Go Flyers!!
Beautiful. Especially love the old school hockey organ.
The Flyers should be ashamed of themselves ,
My hometown of Philadelphia is becoming a mess etc.,
All they can do is take her Statue down from something over 80 years ago?!.
Gimme a break?!?!
Fargone1 fuck you
TheJoseM915
FUCK YOU TOO 🖕🖕🖕🖕
@Costa Zambaras She did more for this country and black people then most black people will do for themselves in their entire lives. It brings playing the race card to a new, low, level.
www.philly.com/flyers/kate-smith-god-bless-america-controversy-songs-flyers-yankees-reaction-20190430.html
Pardon my ignorance, but why in the hell would they take her statue down? I lived up there in Blue Bell Pennsylvania when they won back to back Stanley cups. I don’t understand. Somebody please inform me! Thank you! God bless America! Let’s go Brandon!
@@smartluck100 (CNN): In 1933, Smith starred in the film “Hello, Everybody!” in which she sang the song “Pickaninny Heaven.” The song asks “colored children” living in an orphanage to dream about a magical place of “great big watermelons." Another song that has raised eyebrows in recent weeks is Smith’s 1931 rendition of “That’s Why Darkies Were Born,” written by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. The song was also covered by African-American singer and activist Paul Robeson.
Some people have said the song was originally considered satire. But today, those lyrics read much differently:
“Someone had to pick the cotton,
Someone had to plant the corn,
Someone had to slave and be able to sing,
That’s why darkies were born”
Being Canadian I love, "God Bless America" and only sung by Kate Smith. She had a very powerful voice.
And Roger Doucet's singing O Canada
Imagine Kate singing oh Canada? Wow!
Me too…Canadian and lifetime Canadiens fan. The power and emotion she poured into God Bless America gave me chills.
@@thomasmorine4549 tleast americans are proud of their country we can be proud to be neighbors or we can even leave south and live the dream
This song was NEVER sung better than that night
Fuck that, im taking my Bose mini to games and blasting this!! Kate Smith is in Philadelphia's heart forever, youll NEVER silence her!
Edward Lavin Try that and Security will confiscate it, then enjoy it. Same way baggage handlers steal from luggage at airports🤔
@@wito6998
Then ill belt it out myself, im great at impersonation, dress will be lil tight though LOL
You sing it Kate and you sing it loud and clear! I hear pride and patriotism in your song. You're more than Ok in my book. You sing it Kate !!
There are way better singers than her. Her version of God Bless America isnt even the BEST. You like her and her song because she is a white woman, it's as simple as that.
@@sah454 Go pound salt up ass !! Being white has nothing to do with it as you suggest. You're just here responding to stir the race shit pot ! Kate Smith put this song on the map. No matter who sings it, I still love it ! So pound that up your ass too !
@@sah454 No because she asked for that song to be written and if you read you will find out she did whatever she could for the black people.
@@sah454 Yeah? Name one. I'm sure she'll be just brilliantly effective with her screaming, glottle stopping, cringeworthy "singing."
@@gh788 Guess what ass wipe! Kate didn't write the song. This song is no more offensive than the putrid Rap that's being spoon-fed to kids today. I suggest that you educate yourself ( if that's possible ) before flapping your asshole !!
I was at that game, Flyers 1 Bruins 0. When they put the cover over the Kate Smith statue in Philly.....I QUIT being a Flyers’ fan. The END!
Good for you!!!!!
O well.
Still get a lump in my throat when I watch this. Remember cousins and friends watching this game in my parent’s basement. Gene Hart screaming “ The Flyers are going to win the Stanley Cup” (about 10 times) My friends and family erupted! Jumped in a few cars and headed to an impromptu celebration on Broad Street. Ran into my older brother on Broad street. He was at the game. God if only I could go back to that day!!
It was one of the happiest days of my life. I was only 14 and it was sheer joy to see my beloved Flyers bring home Lord Stanley's Cup. Bernie Parent said he could feel the Spectrum shaking when she finished the song...just an epic day for Philly fans....NEVER forget it.
As a fellow Philly fan I know how you feel lived there from 90 to 95
Ii sent joy up and down my spine knowing that they're not going to be playing her raggedy racist ass song Anymore.
@@wiredup886 yea, ok! She did more for this country than your racist ass has ever done or ever will!
@@wiredup886 Smith "stirred patriotic fervor" during World War and contributed to the sale of over $600 million (equivalent to $10.6 billion in 2020) of war bonds during a series of marathon broadcasts. No other show-business star came near her as revenue producer of War Bonds to finance the United States' war effort.
@@wiredup886 What a vile, reprehensible, ignorant, demented, repugnant response from someone who isn't fit to utter THE GREAT Kate Smith's name.
She sang like that at 67, God blessed Kate Smith with an incredible voice.
Priceless. I remember this on TV when the Flyers won their first Stanley Cup in 1974. You knew they were going to win.
I grew up listening to this wonderful lady and her patriotic music. It was such a better country back then. Now it sucks.
I love this GOD BLESS USA and CANADA
2 great moments in that 1974 season, we seen the Flyers break the barrier and be the first expansion team to win the cup that game and Kate Smith singing right before it happened, classy of Orr and Esposito thanking her also..I sure miss those days 😐
She made me a flyers fan. God bless America ❤
Another reason to love America! This Canadian loves this song!
I remember standing up with hand-on-heart for the daily Pledge of Allegiance in grammar school in the 1960s. I wonder if they even have American flags in our schools these days!
I guess we won't see true patriotism in our country again, until the next big war. You need to earn the right to be free, or you will never appreciate it.
This was a very moving video! Thank you for posting!
With no chance to defend herself....no chance to explain herself....tough
Kate Smith with Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito. That’s a tough act to follow.
orr and esposito were aware of the score of 36-3-1....they tried to play karma
I was at that game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was the organ playing that out of sync with her then?
+arianaalioth I think so...........but that was many, many years ago, and as I recall, the organ always sounded like that.
Congrats, you are still alive! Very few are alive today who had grown up with her. I was only 2 years old at that sad time in 1986.
@arthur wiebe prove it not..
@@arianaalioth The organist is way up in the stands nowhere near her. He had no idea when she was going to actually begin the song. Because of her phrasing, he had to follow along as she sang, filing in gaps between her words and picking up again to try to remain in unison.
if you were the opposing team when this was played, you knew you were gonna get your ass kicked
Hillary was already practicing the same walk for her win but instead she fell on the floor crying.
DubaJuice Xo1 except if you were the 1976 montreal canadiens- les habitants, les glorieux!
DubaJuice Xo1 not when les canadiens invaded the spectrum in 1976.
Didn't work for the Flyers in Game 3 vs. Washington in 2016 or Game 6 against Pittsburgh in 2018... Sorry, Filthadelphia.
@urbanpioneer8148 that Pittsburgh series was a good one, though. Many of the Flyers players were playing hurt. I'm a a Pens fan, but I respect their gutsiness and taking it to 6 games.
As far as that '16 series against the Caps goes, the Flyers were even in that one as well. It didn't seem like it in the beginning, but they damn well could have taken it to 7 games if they had just been able to score in Game 6. One goal was enough for Washington to move on and get beat by the Penguins in the next round.
Totally inspiring. When we could and did show our love for our country.
I am a proud Canadian but love my American cousins and I am old enough to remember this beautiful rendition of this song and this Hockey series
Sad the Flyers are bending for a friend these days
the US would go to war if anyone dared threaten our northern neighbor and you can be sure of that much
what an injustice. the flyers should lose every game fr now until eternity. the media should have stood up for kate.
to mar her talents and what she meant to this country and not to stand up for her (because she couldn't stand up for herself) was unbelievable. what a bunch of cowards. sorry Kate for this unbelievable abuse.
Kate had a rich and powerful alto voice and a dignified yet passionate style of singing.
The greatest day ever. I’m all of 7 years old front and center as she kicks this out. I was a champion bodybuilder and baseball player. To this day I have never had so much adrenaline as she finishes whew
As long as we pass down archival footage like this down to the future generations, they could never erase the history so many of our families cherish. God bless 🇺🇸
It's about the song, not Kate Smith. She introduced and is well known for it and always will be, no matter what the Yankees or Flyers say.
God Bless Kate Smith and the good ole US of A. And forget the flyers.
The story I heard is that the Flyers' fans sincerely believed that her singing brought the team luck. Look at the stats - 36 wins out of 40 games, or 90%.
Mezzotenor I think the record now stands at 100 wind and at least 20 losses. I guess it was good luck for them
Kate's record after the 2017-2018 season is 101-31-5.
You have to be an idiot to think this racist bitches song won them games.
Jason Sutton It is Irving Berlin's song. Kate Smith merely sang it. Now tell me why do you think that she was a "racist bitch"? And please don't let your opinion be determined by an obscure song she sang in 1931.
@@bgraham928 he cant tell you anything. hes just running his mouth from his mothers basement.
I'm far from a religious man (atheist) Flyers fan (Habs) or Amurican (Canadian) but that was awesome.
God bless America indeed.....great voice.
I hope you have a change of heart. I'll pray for you.🙏
american* u silly cuhnuhduhian
There is so much good to be said of this moment, one of the best in hockey history. I watched it live on television and it was incredible then, as it is now in watching it once more. When the fans present at the Molson Centre in Montreal once booed the American national anthem, I a Canadian, was disgusted and remain so. Kate personified the greatness of the American spirit. What a nation ! What a people!
God bless America and keep her vigilant. Happy 4th! Thank you God for this country.
No one but no one sings that like Kate Smith. Always put tears in my eyes.
If we want to take our country back, everyone must share this wonderful patriotic song by Kate Smith!
I'm going to tell as many people as possible to wipe their ass with Kate Smith song.that's just what that fat ugly bitch deserve.
Who are we taking it back from?
What an ovation and well deserved.
God Bless America. This still gives me chills. I love this country.
It makes me PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN WHEN I LISTEN TO KATE SMITH'S RENDITION!!!!.
That was GREAT!
God please bless America!!
atradition seems like god is not blessing America ... little by little it’s crumbling and being destroyed by people who do nothing for this country but cry about the past.
True; and the worst part about that is they have not done the correct research to justify the crying: Ignor-ants.
They need to be corrected and then forgotten!
@@greenlantern1123
She was so loved.
Cathy Cartee she still is. She reminds me so much of my grandmother it's scary.
Bare Grilles not today...
I love her more now!
B H Why is that?
@@JamesDea45 Probably because she's being dragged through the liberal mud for no earthly reason. It's a travesty!
Honor Kate's memory by joining my God Bless Kate Smith ~ The Great Kate Smith Fan Group. It's a great group page.
So refreshing to see a singer, male or female who have the vocal ability to Project their voice without nearly sucking on the microphone like most of today's artist do!
Kate Smith reminds me of Ethel Merman. Two great ladies that showed the best of the US.
Fast forward to date: lip sync
And if you stay to the end, both Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins come up and shake Kate Smith's hand. Brilliant. Even the Canadian players are moved.
It was an attempt to jinx the Flyers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Smith#Significance_in_professional_sports
If that's what it was, it didn't work. That day, the Flyers won 1-0, winning the Stanley Cup, 4 games to 2.
Even the "Canadian players are moved"...Who do you think the Flyers were? An All-American team. In those days the NHL was 98% CANADIAN, with a few teams having a token American or two.
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A token American or two...
Big Stan you really know your history on hockey.
@@prayingmantis6777 ....well, that was the case in the mid 70s...the league was almost all Canadian, but if I were an American playing in that game, I admit that I would be pretty fired up after hearing Kate Smiths' anthem rendition.
She was a national treasure!!!! ❤️
When men where men and women were women... God Bless America
Here's a toast with a Narragansett Beer.
And gays where gays
The crazies are running out of things to whine about...Next it will be All in the Family's ''Girls were girls and men were men''.....They'll claim that's offensive to transgenders !!
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@@DD-fm7xb Shhh - don't give them any ideas 😉
As a Red Wing fan, I am in awe of this!
God bless Miss Kate and the Phillies!
I was there. In this video, you can hear Kate's voice all the way to the end, because the microphone was picking up her voice for the recording. In the stands, you could barely hear her during the last 10 seconds or so, because the crowd cheering was so loud. The Spectrum was a great place.
So much in emotion, Kate forever. True patriotism.
WOW INCREDIBLE!!!!!! It gave me goose bumps to hear that crowd and to see her so positive waving her arms.. BEAUTIFUL! SO WAS SHE AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Kate could always raise people's spirits. Wish you were still with us today.
Kate Smith was a GREAT Entertainer and a beautiful person.
She was so gracious! And she sung it as beautifully as she had 30 years earlier 😍
Kate Smith had a fabulous voice. I was watching that game in Canada as I'm a Boston Bruins, however I can't remember who won the game. I'll have to say again, Kate Smith had a very lovely voice. God Bless America from Canada.
The Flyers won that afternoon 1 - 0 to win their first Stanley Cup.
God bless Kate Smith and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
More like God bless racists lol.
@@sah454 More like God forgive ignorant trolls.
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@@sah454 Planes, trains, buses leave everyday...
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A truly special moment. A talented iconic singer singing a time-honored patriotic song. Goose bumps!
what is this country coming to? I was a bruins fan back then, but there was always something special listening to kate sing God bless America. A racist? We should all be ashamed of what is happening to our country. this is a real kick in the face.
What a beautiful and very moving rendition of God bless America
Rest in peace Kate Smith 1907-1986
Wow that was amazing to hear I can only.imagine what it was like being there in person
Deafening.
She sound and look like a bucket of shit. Stick a couple of Q-tips in your ear and clean out all that goddamn wax
Your grammar amplifys your trolling hatred.
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God bless Kate I can’t hold back the tears What a women and what a voice.
Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito shake her hand. First class!
Very well performed! You just knew after that performance that there was no way the Flyers were gonna lose that game.
The next thing you'll hear is the Bobby Orr statue in front of the Boston TD Garden being taken down because he shook Kate Smith's hand!
Watch it happen
Not being American, I just assumed that this was already a popular song and they just liked Kate Smith’s rendition of it.
I never realized it was written in 1918 but first released in 1938 by Kate Smith herself. So it was her voice that introduced the song to the world and it became her signature song.
As a Flyers Fan From The 90's This Performance is One Of The Best Ever and After The Song Was Done Everyone in The Delaware Valley Knew That The Flyers Were Not Going To Lose That Day No Way Go Flyers!
I remember it well. I was 14. Every time I hear it....and I am Canadian.....I just think how great America is and how we are blessed to have that wonderful country as our neighbor and friend. Irving Berlin wrote that song with Kate Smith in mind and was he on the mark. .
David Delaney Wow and Glad U Liked It As Well!
David Delaney That's soo sweet! We love you!! 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Kate Smith - The Great Lady of Philadelphia
David C she is really famous but then the cause of death was diabetes maybe you can get a blood sample of that to see what's that all about
She was an ugly fat woman who sings like shit. Dude it sounds like shit.
philchips she’s racist
@@jarjarbinks4744 so is yo daddy
@@jarjarbinks4744 everybody is racist to you idiot Liberals
Thank you for this? God blessed us with Kate Smith and that song! God bless you all!
I will always love Kate Smith!
Beautiful, and very stirring. And if you're an American, or Flyer fan, or even a Bruins fan, and you see this, and you don't get a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye, you're somebody I don't want to know.
Of all the bad moves the Flyers have made over history, and there was plenty of them, covering her statue for PC reasons is the worst. They used this iconic performance for decades, to distract from now 44 years without a Cup. And the hockey Gods will not be kind to this organisation. She did nothing inappropriate and was treated like trash by the Philadelphia Flyers in the end. Rest in Peace Kate, and God Bless America.
And the NYY
Flyers had nothing to do with it. Comcast is to blame, and all the phony politicians who caved in to a minority. political correctness is Bull Bring it back.
Shame on them!she was a treasure!
As a lifelong Flyers fan...you are spot on, my friend. They're pathetic and embarrassing for doing so.
Maybe this country needs to listen to this song God Bless America God Help Us
still a powerful voice !!!!!!🙂🙂🙂🙂
I don’t care I will always appreciate Kate Smith singing this song knowing the history of it especially during World War II
as a bruins fan my heart got broken that afternoon ...I love how Orr and Esposito went over and tried to neutralize the Kate effect by shaking her hand but alas........Parent was too good that day
Now THAT's showing the love!
The Flyers should be courageous and reinstate this wonderful edition.
Especially during these disgraceful times with so many ungrateful people doing mischief and disrespect toward our land.
Never ever will take a knee toward our flag and land.
Hi. Wow. This is amazing!! My husband came home and mention this beautiful woman and the team spirit she stirred up. We needed this today. God bless Canada too.
THANKs for sharing
Was GREAT seeing her sing again
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Being A bruins it always meant Trouble when they brought in Kate, Bernie Parent said you feel the Spectrum shaky with that finish
Watch at the end of the video Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito congratulate Kate for such a performance - always a class act
i loved her doing that song for the Flyers!
What a Lady! God bless you, Kate Smith.