Kate Smith's Heart-Stirring 'God Bless America' - This Is the Army (1943) HD

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

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  • @SPEAKEASYAZ4895
    @SPEAKEASYAZ4895 9 месяцев назад +601

    As a senior citizen I get tears everytime I hear this song😢 she was so special .

    • @rofalise6809
      @rofalise6809 9 месяцев назад +21

      Absolutely! I wish more people felt this way.

    • @DRAGONSLAYER1220
      @DRAGONSLAYER1220 8 месяцев назад +16

      I thought it was just me....

    • @debbiekerr3989
      @debbiekerr3989 6 месяцев назад +11

      Yes she was and no one could sing this song quite like her.

    • @camickelson
      @camickelson 6 месяцев назад +8

      I'm crying right now

    • @baronedipiemonte3990
      @baronedipiemonte3990 5 месяцев назад +6

      At least I'm not alone. For now

  • @terrylyman9196
    @terrylyman9196 Год назад +765

    No body can sing GOD BLESS AMERICA like Kate Smith can She's an ICON.

    • @paulbombardier8722
      @paulbombardier8722 Год назад +6

      All versions that I know of are all compared to hers.

    • @thomasmelton699
      @thomasmelton699 Год назад +8

      Amen to that!!❤

    • @Js-qv7zr
      @Js-qv7zr Год назад +9

      I'm in my late 60s, and sang this when was in church and the school choir all thru grade school, high school and college, and I gotta admit that I never heard the opening lines of the song till now. I'm gobsmacked! Once again I think,with a voice like that no wonder she was my grandfather's favorite singer😊

    • @tomfilipiak3511
      @tomfilipiak3511 Год назад +20

      75 years old,Viet Nam,1967 1968!Tears in my eyes!

    • @tomfilipiak3511
      @tomfilipiak3511 Год назад +15

      Still,the best,the song,and our country!

  • @bruceolson5191
    @bruceolson5191 9 месяцев назад +287

    America needs this song and it's meaning now more than ever 💖🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @karlamullins6972
      @karlamullins6972 6 месяцев назад +5

      This song can't save us. We kicked God and His divine protection out of our lives.

    • @enchantro
      @enchantro 4 месяца назад +6

      @@karlamullins6972Oh please!🤦🏻

    • @carolyoung4180
      @carolyoung4180 4 месяца назад +5

      We have lost so much

    • @GaryEugene-z1d
      @GaryEugene-z1d 3 месяца назад

      I'm 72 years old and I will say this....the USA is only as good or bad as we make it TODAY and EVERY day from now forward. All this nostalgic talk is doing this country no good. Only continued ACTION TODAY and each day we have left to ACT against those who would destroy our constitutional laws and government!!

    • @gideonwestgate3291
      @gideonwestgate3291 3 месяца назад

      ​@@karlamullins6972True. But 2 Chronicles 7:14 can restore this nation.

  • @mariannebowman6114
    @mariannebowman6114 7 месяцев назад +559

    This is the America I grew up in. I do so miss it. God Bless America.

    • @tltc191
      @tltc191 7 месяцев назад +14

      Me too.

    • @mikef445
      @mikef445 6 месяцев назад +10

      It never left. Just look at the rest of the world. God bless you. :)

    • @cryptobradley2006
      @cryptobradley2006 6 месяцев назад +9

      me too

    • @johnloudaros800
      @johnloudaros800 6 месяцев назад +18

      It brings tears to my eyes when I Iisten to her sing this.

    • @dorothyflynn1275
      @dorothyflynn1275 6 месяцев назад +6

      @@johnloudaros800 classic..

  • @bethjones6104
    @bethjones6104 Год назад +216

    No one can do justice to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" like Kate Smith.

  • @florarakes7216
    @florarakes7216 Год назад +753

    Can you watch this without getting emotional? I can't.😢

    • @TheProdigalCat
      @TheProdigalCat Год назад +33

      No. It gets me every time, especially now..

    • @Dethtofegans
      @Dethtofegans Год назад

      Kinda gay ngl

    • @stevesawyer6315
      @stevesawyer6315 Год назад +28

      Tears and full body chill every single time.

    • @1ndone132
      @1ndone132 Год назад +26

      In tears! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @Mctrav
      @Mctrav Год назад +16

      Nope, always makes me tear

  • @lucieleimbach
    @lucieleimbach Год назад +554

    This is Kate’s song. Nobody else does it justice like Kate. 🇺🇸

    • @DRAGONSLAYER1220
      @DRAGONSLAYER1220 8 месяцев назад +13

      Been a lot of versions over the years, but none like the original.

    • @treespirit2000
      @treespirit2000 6 месяцев назад +7

      No one, indeed.

    • @Auntilynn
      @Auntilynn 4 месяца назад +4

      Great Kate

    • @prankgirl9112
      @prankgirl9112 3 месяца назад +4

      Irving Berlin wrote this song and didn't take a penny for it. The song is his.

    • @gideonwestgate3291
      @gideonwestgate3291 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@prankgirl9112Berlin only wanted Kate to sing it.

  • @stevenewman1393
    @stevenewman1393 9 месяцев назад +92

    🫡🇺🇸 This was truly one of the greatest generations of our time indeed!.

  • @cdean2950
    @cdean2950 10 месяцев назад +147

    My father fought in WWII, Korea, his ship was part of the Cuban Conflict and Vietnam twice. He LOVED to hear Kate Smith sing this precious song!!! He spent 30 years fighting for this country!!! RIP Dad!!

    • @leighwhiteman818
      @leighwhiteman818 Месяц назад +4

      Thank You to your father for his Service 🙏

    • @ksuryrogerg3782
      @ksuryrogerg3782 Месяц назад +3

      God bless your father. An American Hero!!

    • @arlenestacko3647
      @arlenestacko3647 Месяц назад +2

      What great patriot your father was.

    • @kathiefrye3350
      @kathiefrye3350 23 дня назад +2

      9:46 PM 12/2/2024. I bless your father for his military service.

  • @marythompson8633
    @marythompson8633 3 месяца назад +84

    This is my American, l’m 81 years old and l remember Kate Smith singing this song when l was very young.We need to love our country like days gone by.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @DNA-Ancestry
      @DNA-Ancestry 15 дней назад +1

      Bless your heart Mary. My Mother sat by her radio, rocking the newest baby as she listened to Kate Smith sing. Years later when my brother and I were born, the family gathered around our black and white television and watched, "This Is The Army."

    • @lornaperryman489
      @lornaperryman489 3 дня назад +1

      Me too.

  • @jhardman4534
    @jhardman4534 7 месяцев назад +448

    Thank you from a 91 yr old Veteran of our wonderful United States Navy. GOD look over us in the next 91 years.

    • @robertrhodessr3664
      @robertrhodessr3664 6 месяцев назад +33

      Thank you for your service. May God Bless you. And bring America back to God.

    • @missagente8100
      @missagente8100 6 месяцев назад

      @@robertrhodessr3664Amen! 🙏🏻✝️❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

    • @Flo-Joe.W
      @Flo-Joe.W 6 месяцев назад +20

      Thank you so much for your service ❤

    • @bigsparky8888
      @bigsparky8888 6 месяцев назад +20

      THANK YOU FOR SERVING!!! ✝️ 👍🇺🇸💪🗽🕊

    • @baxtercol
      @baxtercol 6 месяцев назад +15

      Thank you, sir, for your service and patriotism.

  • @DonnaChristen
    @DonnaChristen 20 дней назад +24

    I am 88 years old and I remember when kat the end of the movies we would all wait until Kate Smith would sing this!

  • @Puzzledrev
    @Puzzledrev 8 месяцев назад +87

    Every night we heard Kate Smith singing God Bless America. She was an inspiration.

  • @cannong1728
    @cannong1728 Год назад +456

    Kate Smith....a national treasure!

    • @glennhuber4975
      @glennhuber4975 Год назад

      Shame the flyers and Comcast buried her! Calling her a racist is like calling the pope Jewish

    • @freddieknapp9337
      @freddieknapp9337 Год назад

      she was hardcore racist

  • @martharash3987
    @martharash3987 Год назад +224

    Wish our country was as thankful today for the freedom our military has helped us keep over the years since WWII.

    • @Based_location
      @Based_location 9 месяцев назад +3

      The military should have more influence in civilian matters it would help society today

    • @1Spunky
      @1Spunky 9 месяцев назад

      @@Based_locationThat would be called Martial Law...Cuba, Middle East and China ALL have a military in civilian life!

    • @georgedudleysashtray3860
      @georgedudleysashtray3860 8 месяцев назад

      The ironic part is that our military has done nothing for American freedom since WW2. Fighting proxy wars across the globe against ideas, not even real enemies. What a joke.

    • @WilsonWatt-q2e
      @WilsonWatt-q2e 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@Based_location NO! Our military fought to keep those who want to rule through authority rather than democracy from gaining power over governments in Europe and out of our country as well. This is its Constitutional role and we must be thankful every day that it is understood by them.

    • @danielcorreard3746
      @danielcorreard3746 6 месяцев назад +1

      i couldn't agree with you more somehow thanks to the woke idiots out there people don't don't appreciate the freedom they have in our great county. i love this country and wish everyone loved it as much as i do and it sounds like you do as well

  • @paul-we2gf
    @paul-we2gf Год назад +274

    This is the best version of this song still stands the test of time even 80 years later. Well done

    • @DrMARDOC
      @DrMARDOC Год назад +9

      Can you possibly imagine! Today in such times of Hybrid Warfare directed against America- FROM INSIDE ( think democrats) AND OUT …. If a heavy American girl singer came forth and sang this all across the Country what the violence and antagonism against her and her family would be? Imagine what the media would do to her!
      Sister Kate……

    • @Cardsharkiller
      @Cardsharkiller 9 месяцев назад

      yes it is,

    • @Ronbarno
      @Ronbarno 6 месяцев назад

      God bless America. JMJ

  • @FrankDeMarco-x4e
    @FrankDeMarco-x4e 5 месяцев назад +203

    No one ever has sung this better than Kate Smith. It always brings me to tears.

  • @stankeen3647
    @stankeen3647 4 месяца назад +74

    Grew up in the 50s and 60s and I would love to see that America again!

    • @shamelesshussy
      @shamelesshussy 7 дней назад

      Unfortunately public lands, public schools, and public libraries that were hallmarks and points of pride in that era are all on the chopping block now. e pluribus unum has morphed into the entirely unAmerican “Every man man for himself”.

  • @FredPickett
    @FredPickett Год назад +256

    The best Version of this song ever made/R.I.P. MS. Kate.

  • @JamesSheppard-wk3qb
    @JamesSheppard-wk3qb Год назад +136

    Kate knocks it out of the park!!! We, ALL of us, need to come together to save this nation as Kate so aptly and poignantly points our minds and hearts to. I say to ALL us ITS NOT TOO LATE! LETS GET TOGETHER WITH G.O.D AS OUR LEADER!!!

    • @Centurion210
      @Centurion210 5 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂Just what we need……maybe there would be a new understanding of what D-day was all about. Sacrifice to make today -ossible

    • @Centurion210
      @Centurion210 5 месяцев назад

      }!

    • @samanthalightworker7955
      @samanthalightworker7955 Месяц назад +1

      Amen.

  • @rjmcallister1888
    @rjmcallister1888 Год назад +132

    1943: Kate had originally recorded this for Victor in 1939. Irving Berlin retooled it for the movie and the Warner studio orchestra and chorus backed her so well. America and the Allies needed this after taking a shellacking in the first year of the war. But the tide was about to turn, and morale-boosters like this one helped the Allies to eventual victory.

    • @mahzorimipod
      @mahzorimipod Год назад +1

      no that was the russians

    • @yeaz2779
      @yeaz2779 Год назад +5

      @@mahzorimipod wdym? you mean the American Lend-Lease?

    • @mahzorimipod
      @mahzorimipod Год назад

      @@yeaz2779 less than 10% of russian war material. cope harder ofay

    • @EmisoraRadioPatio
      @EmisoraRadioPatio Год назад +6

      @mahzorimipod "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war. The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." -Stalin

    • @mahzorimipod
      @mahzorimipod Год назад

      @@EmisoraRadioPatio fake quote

  • @patriciacurcio9455
    @patriciacurcio9455 Год назад +55

    She was the only one who could sing God bless America so beautiful rest in peace 🕊️ Kate Smith

  • @luannebowler4683
    @luannebowler4683 Год назад +66

    No one can come close to her singing this song.

    • @streetcarjay
      @streetcarjay 8 месяцев назад

      Lauren Hart sings this with recorded parts of Kate Smith. The good luck charm of the Philadelphia Flyers.

  • @HunterCavin
    @HunterCavin Год назад +133

    I am only 10 years old and I love old patriotic music

    • @mystery10man
      @mystery10man Год назад +28

      Then the is hope for America with young people like you

    • @alundavies8402
      @alundavies8402 Год назад +13

      Good lad

    • @chrisgreer1911
      @chrisgreer1911 Год назад +17

      Hopefully , we have a young man like ur self as president , if anyone of this generation was to run , always remember your Roots and what made u love listening too old patriotic music

    • @iap-ug3oy
      @iap-ug3oy 7 месяцев назад +11

      Well said young man….America needs more young men like you more than ever….Best Wishes from.England.

    • @missagente8100
      @missagente8100 7 месяцев назад +9

      This makes me so happy! It always warms my heart when younger generations hear the golden oldies and love them!

  • @crrnanny
    @crrnanny 24 дня назад +15

    Oh, do I remember Kate Smith singing God Bless America. I was born in 1942 and we need to hear this and The Battle Hyhm of the Republic every single day. GOD BLESS AMERICA ❤

  • @alundavies8402
    @alundavies8402 Год назад +240

    I am English but it’s been America that stood by my people not anyone else even the empire is dead but the American people have fought for to protect us from all kinds of evils so God bless America always gives me a tear in my eye they helped save the world and people should remember that

    • @DylanLeaharisson
      @DylanLeaharisson Год назад +8

      I’m English too

    • @elizabethpotter6189
      @elizabethpotter6189 Год назад +18

      Yes we are bound together by nationality and united purpose - god bless both countries

    • @RickThompson-d8s
      @RickThompson-d8s Год назад +16

      Proud of my American GI father and my RAF mother. God Bless America and God Save the King!

    • @alundavies8402
      @alundavies8402 Год назад +1

      @@DylanLeaharisson good luck to you m

    • @kathywaller864
      @kathywaller864 Год назад +12

      My GI dad was stationed in Scotland before taking part in the Normandy invasion. I have great respect for the British, who held out against Germany alone for so long. I doubt most Americans realize what we owe to Great Britain for holding firm.

  • @NancyMoynihan
    @NancyMoynihan Год назад +33

    I'm sitting here crying - my dad told me years ago when he was in the service & all guys heard this song - would just imagine she must be a "very beautiful lady" - since no TV on ships - She is indeed a beautiful lady - Thank You Ms. Kate Smith for wonderful memories .. . . . . RIP

  • @stephenspencer4672
    @stephenspencer4672 Год назад +160

    There is no better interpretation of God Bless America than Kate Smith's the singer who introduced it to the world. ❤😊

    • @robc.5745
      @robc.5745 Год назад +2

      I think Florence Henderson does a real good job.

  • @tklrrbccar3906
    @tklrrbccar3906 Год назад +107

    God, family, country. They were paramount during the war. Today they are a faded memory. The greatest generation ever. One we will never see again. Truly sad. I pray God's mercy and cry each time Kate Smith sings this song. Ah the good ole days. Gone but not forgotten. GOD BLESS AMERICA! She needs it now more than ever!!

    • @karlamullins6972
      @karlamullins6972 6 месяцев назад +1

      When "the greatest generation" came home from war, they no longer had time for church and God. Hippies came from them and people have progressively left God out and gotten worse. Until they come back, there is no hope for help.

    • @jbarcelona4
      @jbarcelona4 6 месяцев назад +1

      What happens when you leave GOD out!

  • @Izumi-sp6fp
    @Izumi-sp6fp Год назад +63

    Every once in a while, I really need a fix of Kate Smith. You are timeless miss Kate.

    • @DrMARDOC
      @DrMARDOC Год назад +2

      Can you possibly imagine! Today in such times of Hybrid Warfare directed against America- FROM INSIDE ( think democrats) AND OUT …. If a heavy American girl singer came forth and sang this all across the Country what the violence and antagonism against her and her family would be? Imagine what the media would do to her!
      Sister Kate……

  • @carrieolson6871
    @carrieolson6871 Год назад +194

    This song puts pride in everyone's heart. God Bless America 🇺🇸

    • @phillipbrady4280
      @phillipbrady4280 10 месяцев назад

      Not anyone in this awful tyrannical Regime that's attacking American freedom with illegal censorship, orders (aka mandates) & gun laws that infringe constitutional laws.

    • @ssinssg
      @ssinssg 10 месяцев назад +2

      every yt. That's all

  • @bonanzajoe
    @bonanzajoe Год назад +208

    I'm Canadian. A military veteran. I have loved America and Americans ever since I can remember. I pray for America every day. O to God that He would come back to our nations again. Something terrible has happened and only God can right it. America bless God! Canada bless God!. If enough of us pray, He will come back.

    • @allison88888888
      @allison88888888 Год назад +15

      amen, brother!

    • @dogwithheadphones
      @dogwithheadphones Год назад +16

      As an American, thank you! Praying for Canada too! ❤🍁

    • @gordonmcmanus9529
      @gordonmcmanus9529 9 месяцев назад +10

      What a loving neighbor you are and thank you for your prayers we sure need it today for both countries United States and Canada

    • @MarkKlimaszewski
      @MarkKlimaszewski 7 месяцев назад

      Yes...something terrible has been growing quietly and unknown in the shadows for sixty years now. Red, murderous, mindless Marxism has made its bid to destroy the western world. People, our own citizens and foreign influencers who have been disguised as mild mannered well meaning socialists; just to the left of center, have made their grasp for power. Covid was an intentional attack, millions of American people have died. Murderous unruly mobs, the paid agents of our enemies stalk the land and thousands of businesses have been burnt but very little gets into the media because the network of traitors is vast. The next 10 to 15 years will decide....be strong people..

    • @eileenbachemin1617
      @eileenbachemin1617 7 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you for what you said !!! You are right only God can save us ❤

  • @elizabethkuhl1655
    @elizabethkuhl1655 Год назад +78

    No one can even come close to the way she sang that song. Beautiful ❤

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 Год назад +93

    Her version is the best. It always gives me chills.

  • @williamzuggi3168
    @williamzuggi3168 7 месяцев назад +209

    We need this love of country so badly 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

    • @kathyern861
      @kathyern861 6 месяцев назад +13

      we need the love of God even more

    • @ned756
      @ned756 6 месяцев назад

      @@kathyern861 trump needs to be gone from public life

    • @ned756
      @ned756 5 месяцев назад

      @@142chrisjake trump is evil

    • @kathyern861
      @kathyern861 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@142chrisjake I think I've heard that before. And I've also heard that if Trump gets in, we're done for.

    • @AndreaEllenG-i7u
      @AndreaEllenG-i7u 3 месяца назад +4

      We need new virtuous politicians. Our prayers and our doing the right thing and God will appeased.

  • @elrekplaysgames4701
    @elrekplaysgames4701 Месяц назад +16

    it gives me chills running thru my spine.... Kate Smith had such a special voice. God Bless America, the land that I love.

  • @Theaddora
    @Theaddora Год назад +60

    My daddy was in the Army Air Corps during WWII so it chokes me up when I see the planes flying over the young men in the hangars. It reminds me of daddy.

    • @janet20257
      @janet20257 Год назад +4

      My daddy was too 💙

    • @melvasu1163
      @melvasu1163 Год назад +5

      Me too
      Dad and Mom both WWII

    • @janet20257
      @janet20257 Год назад +6

      @@melvasu1163 🙂 🕯 🇺🇸

    • @Doug326
      @Doug326 9 месяцев назад +4

      My Dad was in the Navy. Wonderful how the country united. May God bring back that America. And bring a revival of Christian faith.

  • @johnloudaros800
    @johnloudaros800 Год назад +60

    A true American icon. Rest in peace Ms. Smith

  • @terryb3024
    @terryb3024 20 дней назад +61

    America has once again stood against tyranny. God Bless America!

    • @zorbathegreek192
      @zorbathegreek192 18 дней назад +6

      God Bless America in the days ahead as the light of freedom returns. Trump a proud son of Scotland.

    • @DennisSullivan-om3oo
      @DennisSullivan-om3oo 17 дней назад

      @@zorbathegreek192 Trump is ridiculously unfit for office.

    • @marquitasozio7489
      @marquitasozio7489 16 дней назад +5

      AMEN! ❤❤❤

  • @marclaw4511
    @marclaw4511 Год назад +54

    The brilliant Kate Smith.

  • @audreyposnock6268
    @audreyposnock6268 4 месяца назад +42

    When my Granparents came to America my Bubba eventually she became an American citizen.
    Every time I hear God Bless America I cry…
    My Bubba always asked me to sing her favorite song “God Bless America”

    • @rachelmorey7102
      @rachelmorey7102 4 месяца назад +5

      My Grandparents escaped Communism and became American Citizens. My Grandfather said “we are no longer Slovak, we are American!”

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 4 месяца назад

      That's awesome! Welcome! That was special of you to sing for her!
      Me too. It reminds me of when they used to play it in our school.

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 4 месяца назад

      @@rachelmorey7102 -Congratulations and welcome! So glad you escaped!

  • @robertadithomas5133
    @robertadithomas5133 4 месяца назад +25

    My father and uncles gave this song to me. They were the Greatest Generation!
    Mom of 2 Marines.
    God Bless America!

  • @jcamisa50
    @jcamisa50 Год назад +71

    Omg. I started to cry. Very emotional song love the way Kate Smith belts out that song!!!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @DrMARDOC
      @DrMARDOC Год назад

      Can you possibly imagine! Today in such times of Hybrid Warfare directed against America- FROM INSIDE ( think democrats) AND OUT …. If a heavy American girl singer came forth and sang this all across the Country what the violence and antagonism against her and her family would be? Imagine what the media would do to her!
      Sister Kate……

  • @Uncle65788
    @Uncle65788 9 месяцев назад +13

    This is not so much a look back but a tug at the heart of what was true then is just as true today.

  • @yvonnecornell4936
    @yvonnecornell4936 4 месяца назад +29

    We have been the greatest nation in history. Give God thanks

  • @tillyg8858
    @tillyg8858 21 день назад +51

    I do miss the America that once was.

  • @kte1126
    @kte1126 Год назад +81

    As a brit this is the equivalent to land of hope and glory 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸

  • @missagente8100
    @missagente8100 7 месяцев назад +49

    I got goosebumps. I was born in 1997 and miss when loving your country wasn’t a crime.

    • @thaddeusk4230
      @thaddeusk4230 5 месяцев назад

      lmfao. Check yourself as loving our country isn't close to being a crime. Signed, a liberal.

    • @shirleybalinski4535
      @shirleybalinski4535 2 месяца назад +1

      Vote Trump 2024 & it won't be " bad" celebrating our Country.

  • @Phototweaker
    @Phototweaker 6 месяцев назад +9

    1:43 As a child, I remember watching the Kate Smith show on TV. She always sang this song. It stirred my heart then, as it does now.

  • @stevenbaer5999
    @stevenbaer5999 Год назад +83

    American military personnel around the world actually cried on the radio when they actually heard her voice singing God Bless America. In 1968 on Rowan and Martin Laugh In, the guy Dan Rowan told her on the show can she actually sing God Help America.

    • @HunterCavin
      @HunterCavin Год назад +3

      Wow I learned a new thing today

    • @buzzwaldron6195
      @buzzwaldron6195 Год назад +2

      Yes, at that time we needed help getting out of EvilJFK's unneeded War on Vietnam...

  • @donaldhelton9308
    @donaldhelton9308 Год назад +43

    Im 89 and getting tears.I remember her and this song from when I was a kid.Thank you Kate

  • @w1ldman1313
    @w1ldman1313 Год назад +80

    No matter when or how I hear Kate sing I get goosebumps!

  • @alextheman3330
    @alextheman3330 Год назад +80

    This makes me remember my 2 friends from my time in the marines
    Gone but not forgotten! Semper fi! ❤

    • @esthersansevere2278
      @esthersansevere2278 Год назад +5

      Thank you…
      🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @daleday9306
      @daleday9306 7 месяцев назад

      Simplify brother from a fellow marine

    • @baxtercol
      @baxtercol 6 месяцев назад

      Thank you all for your service 🙏

    • @brianwhitford6086
      @brianwhitford6086 2 месяца назад

      It reminds me of all the people that gave their lives for our God and country. I can never stop loving either one of them. I always keep praying that He'll deliver us all from evil. It's just so hard to be patient, even when we remind ourselves that we must be. God is still here. He never left. Jesus said it himself, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." This song is more than a solumn prayer. It should serve as a reminder that God still stands with his children in America and beyond. Help of the helpless, He who changes not, through cloud and sunshine, in life and in death. I hear this song and suddenly I feel humbled, happy, sad yet in the end, revigorated. A reminder that no matter how far we have fallen, there's still work to be done in His name. He's still here. That, to me, is enough to pick us all back up. Thank you for your service to our country as well as those of your two friends. The Lord Bless you and keep you all sir. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

  • @richardaidala206
    @richardaidala206 Год назад +22

    I was 5yrs old, my father was overseas and i remember her singing this on the radio - I never forgot it when I hear it , I always remember That little boy

  • @marylou3995
    @marylou3995 Год назад +163

    They should play this to all politicians- let them remember what America used to be, and let’s not forget schools.

    • @Janet-b7i
      @Janet-b7i 6 месяцев назад +4

      Special song. Special Kate, special time

    • @baronedipiemonte3990
      @baronedipiemonte3990 5 месяцев назад +3

      I've forgotten a lot of what I learned in elementary school... but perfectly remembered the lyrics of this, and to -> God Bless America... America the Beautiful... My Country Tis of Thee... and both parts of the Star Spangled Banner. I don't know if schools even teach these anymore. Personally, I don't think you could find 1 out of 20 members of Congress who know the words to even ONE... I'd bet that neither Presidential candidates know any of the lyrics to these.

    • @margaretbedwell3211
      @margaretbedwell3211 3 месяца назад +2

      Especially the schools. The children are hearing way too much garbage and hate.

  • @dogwithheadphones
    @dogwithheadphones Год назад +59

    Fun fact: the Philadelphia Flyers NHL team actually had Kate Smith sing God Bless America at some of the most important games in the season for a few years. The reason they did this was because almost every time that she sang, they won so they considered her singing a good luck charm. They even had her sing in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1974 and 1975, both of which the Flyers would win

    • @njplr
      @njplr 10 месяцев назад +6

      The Broad Street Bullies. Sixth grade, most of us cut school to go to the celebration on Broad Street. Such fun memories.

    • @robd2721
      @robd2721 9 месяцев назад +6

      And the Flyers ended up "honoring" her memory by removing the statue dedicated to her.

    • @andrewpotok2661
      @andrewpotok2661 7 месяцев назад +4

      So bad they took her statue down. Screw the flyers

    • @josephgilorma6979
      @josephgilorma6979 7 месяцев назад +1

      The statue was taken down by different team owners (Comcast/NBC). I'm glad I experienced the best of times and have the happy memories of the '74 team.

    • @josephvitielo1693
      @josephvitielo1693 7 месяцев назад

      Should be The National Athem

  • @evelynhofmann4537
    @evelynhofmann4537 3 месяца назад +13

    We definitely need God To Bless this wonderful nation that we were lucky to have been born in..now more than ever we need God's blessing and President Trump...please God to not forsake us...

  • @emerydavis5682
    @emerydavis5682 Год назад +16

    There aren't that many songs that bring tears to my eyes. This is one of them. NOBODY sings it as well as Kate Smith.

  • @Radiotron47
    @Radiotron47 Год назад +60

    It does bring tears to my eyes. 🙏🇺🇸

    • @geraldinegazzara9801
      @geraldinegazzara9801 10 месяцев назад +2

      She always ended her radio show saying “If you don’t write, you’re wrong”

  • @MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper
    @MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper Год назад +35

    Beautiful composition presented by the best lady to send the message of strength, respect, and love for God and country. God bless the USA 🇺🇸

    • @buzzwaldron6195
      @buzzwaldron6195 Год назад

      Untrue, religions are evil FOREIGN psychotic mass murderous mental illness and fuel all the unneeded wars... be glad when they finally all fade away... USA free of their evil... -from a 75 year old war veteran

  • @warrenwilson4818
    @warrenwilson4818 7 месяцев назад +47

    I watch this video quite a lot. I especially like the coda, brief but spine-tingling. I'm almost 80. Today is Apr. 15, 2024, USA

  • @winstonsmith3070
    @winstonsmith3070 Год назад +23

    Once upon a time in the late, once great, United States. R.I.P.

  • @charleslumpkin6170
    @charleslumpkin6170 Год назад +20

    That note that Kate hits at the end was marvelously executed! Truly a world class singer!

  • @danielhardwick-mf3xr
    @danielhardwick-mf3xr Год назад +14

    The most gut wrenching rendition of GOD BLESS AMERICA…..if you don’t get emotional over this song, you don’t LOVE AMERICA. MOST MILITARY VETS Have a “gut check” with her singing this song, I LOVE IT!

  • @carolboer9444
    @carolboer9444 Год назад +16

    No one can sing this like Kate Smith

  • @betsycantley8740
    @betsycantley8740 4 месяца назад +14

    O dear GOD PLEASE BRING AMERICA BACK

    • @gideonwestgate3291
      @gideonwestgate3291 19 дней назад +1

      @@betsycantley8740 Your prayer was answered on November 5, 2024.

  • @beckyfrazee1508
    @beckyfrazee1508 Год назад +33

    One of my favorite songs since I was a child in the 1950's, I love to hear Kate Smith sing it!!

  • @annacrowder9548
    @annacrowder9548 4 месяца назад +7

    I came o the US in 1965. After 14 years went back to visit the family. Loved spending time there. But things had changed.
    When l got back on the airplane "God bless America" was on the intercome. It was all l could do not start crying.
    I still visit the old country.
    But America is home.

  • @stephens2553
    @stephens2553 Год назад +72

    BEST VERSION. Sings it straight up...no modern twists and turns.

    • @JoeKasino1947
      @JoeKasino1947 9 месяцев назад

      @stephens2... agree.

    • @rmcfete
      @rmcfete 4 месяца назад

      That’s why she’s the best to ever do it!

  • @markgordon5387
    @markgordon5387 Год назад +13

    My grandmother introduced me to Kate Smith and Lily Pons. I loved their singing.

  • @jsemancik1
    @jsemancik1 Год назад +11

    this is the original version, with the original opening verse that you never hear anymore,,, it makes the song so much better

  • @ilonafrissina5617
    @ilonafrissina5617 11 месяцев назад +11

    I love the way Kate Smith sings God Bless America. Just beautiful. Proud to be an American.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @maryannebagala9109
    @maryannebagala9109 4 месяца назад +24

    Yes..God bless America..! Beautiful song..no one sings it like Kate Smith..I still love my America..God have Mercy on America..She needs God..!!

  • @bonnies.8699
    @bonnies.8699 Год назад +13

    My dad played Kate Smith singing this song on his record player all the time in the 50's and 60's. May they both rest in peace. Bonnie in Indianapolis ❤

    • @alundavies8402
      @alundavies8402 Год назад +1

      God bless your homeland America from the U.K.

  • @bonniemoerdyk9809
    @bonniemoerdyk9809 4 месяца назад +6

    Thank you Irving Berlin for this wonderful song, thank you Kate for singing it with such passion!

  • @patriciabyerly5591
    @patriciabyerly5591 4 месяца назад +5

    God bless America we will stay strong and get thru the chaos happening today. I love my country

  • @rmac4896
    @rmac4896 Год назад +29

    Great song and yes God Bless America forever

  • @jeanettefigueroa6086
    @jeanettefigueroa6086 21 день назад +4

    Born in the late 70s, and I have never watched this before. I have heard her song though. We sang this song in school in the 80s. Culture and music always shifts and changes with time, but the lyrics and the heart behind them always remain the same. Patriotism is alive and well in the USA, it's just less broadcasted on TV/media. God Bless all my Grandparents and American Ancestors, our land and every Soul in every State of the USA. Prayers needed. There is nothing more powerful than Christian prayer! United we Stand! Christ is King of our Nation!

  • @10z20
    @10z20 11 месяцев назад +6

    our soldiers, our boys and girls, fought to keep our country free. i remember that every day. god bless america.

  • @lightowl4345
    @lightowl4345 20 дней назад +13

    God bless America!!!

  • @maureendibari2384
    @maureendibari2384 Год назад +21

    Love the way she sings this song

  • @asjzmtbkn
    @asjzmtbkn Год назад +21

    Great patriotic song of America sung by Kate Smith!!!

  • @LindaHartman-d5r
    @LindaHartman-d5r 7 месяцев назад +15

    We have sent all of our children off to war. The ravaged children came home with scars that can never heal. GOD bless our veterans! Amen

  • @debrabolton9372
    @debrabolton9372 Год назад +14

    My grandmother resembled Kate Smith and had a beautiful voice like her. God Bless America has always been my favorite patriotic song. ❤️🤍💙

  • @morningdove20
    @morningdove20 Год назад +61

    7-3-23. 8:45 pm. Happy 4th of July America, and especially to all of the Heroes out there, here and gone, who Loved our Flag and many who lost their lives for it, and for 'our' Freedom. And.. for those who remember the very Best of Our America. 🇺🇸 ❤️

  • @davidroskelley3997
    @davidroskelley3997 10 месяцев назад +3

    I would come home from grammar school and listen to Kate Smith sing this song as she closed the "Kate Smith Hour" in the early 1950's. Love kt still

  • @ValWells
    @ValWells 4 месяца назад +7

    This I see and hear of my love for our Beautiful Country! We must not let anyone or thing take her from us❤️

  • @spideraxis
    @spideraxis Год назад +7

    The song that will always be associated with Kate Smith. She put her heart into it, and sang it better than anyone.

  • @tonyrusso7302
    @tonyrusso7302 10 месяцев назад +5

    The most inspirational rendition of this song I've ever heard. Hate to admit it but, it sometimes brings a tear to my eye.

  • @normabird1653
    @normabird1653 5 месяцев назад +8

    My mother loved to hear Kate Smith sing. This is a beautiful song for her to sing. I hope my mom can hear her.

  • @mrennat9559
    @mrennat9559 4 месяца назад +14

    We need to pray for our country. I have and will continue to do so. God Bless America.

  • @Christian_Girl120
    @Christian_Girl120 11 месяцев назад +7

    Kate Smith had such a beautiful voice!!!! She performs this song to perfection!

  • @beckyfrazee1508
    @beckyfrazee1508 Год назад +9

    Loved this song and Kate Smith since I was a young girl.

  • @arlenestacko3647
    @arlenestacko3647 Год назад +14

    My mom and her family use to listen to Kate Smith on the radio back in the 30s or forties. What a wonderful voice.

  • @AVHD2
    @AVHD2 Год назад +12

    There will always be something so perfect about her voice, especially when singing this song. God bless America 🇺🇸

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 Год назад +11

    The British had Vera Lynn, and the Americans had Kate Smith. Two wonderful singers and morale boosters!

  • @esthersansevere2278
    @esthersansevere2278 Год назад +15

    Beautiful !!
    Thank you Miss Kate…

  • @standupandbecounted972
    @standupandbecounted972 10 месяцев назад +3

    Absolutely beautiful. I am singing along with you Kate, all the way from Australia in the year 2024.

  • @iamme453
    @iamme453 Месяц назад +3

    No one has ever sung it better. I try to sing along and can't make it thru without choking up.

  • @jerrie1935
    @jerrie1935 Год назад +7

    No one sings this song so well. It is hers.❤