I’m sure God gets to hear her talent whenever he wants....
My only wish is she had charted “America The Beautiful”.
Every time I think of Kate Smith, I think of a bit of repartee regarding a famous music director and his choice of divas that went something like this: “Unfortunately those that look like canaries sing like horses and vice versa.... >PS
Louise Homer recorded "America the Beautiful" in 1924, and it was a bestseller the next year. As far as I know, this is the biggest hit version of the song. Some of her recordings are on Youtube, but not this one.