Christmas with Crosby and Kate

.Miss "God Bless America," Kate Smith, introduces her RCA Victor recording of "Christmas Eve in My Home Town" on the Bing Crosby Hollywood Palace Christmas Special. More info on www.zabka.com.

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[Michaelbos]

They say she was a beautiful person with a beautiful voice. They just don't make the quality of great stars like the old great days.

[usaheart1]

God loves you, KATE SMITH! wow.......

[waynebrasler]

Kate fashioned her own life. I know another famous singer who knew her and asked, "Did she ever bring up her weight?"  And the famous singer said "I don't think Kate thought about her weight. It never kept her from doing anything; she led a very busy and high-powered life, after all."

[weightfeather1]

@321298 Please find and watch Helen Traubel's appearance on What's My Line here on You-Tube. She had a delightful sense of humor.

[calihartley2010]

@Michaelbos how true. nowadays the stars are all about sex and money. Blame the liberals and the hippies for their stupid liberal ideas that ruined the world.

[MrGaidzak]

Lovely and timeless

[spagandtuna]

When I was a kid, Kate Smith was considered by many negatively, as an icon of an earlier stodgier era. I hope many are reconsidering her and that she will gain the respect she truly deserves as a really fine entertainer with a great great voice.

[Generonix]

Friend, perception has everything to do with it. I am affected by singing, emotionally, 1st, then musical style or ability last.  I wish I knew of the singers you refer to, but right now, I do not, so I can't comment on those variables. If your parents sang an anniversary love song to each other at an anniversary party, couldn't you be just as "moved" as listening to Helen Traubel singing a lullaby to a small child? Musical ability is wonderful, but "connectedness" to the audience is ALL.

[321298]

Ok---I get where you are coming from; and you do have the right to compare anyone with whom you desire to;because idividuals are motivated by what they perceive personally and quite often idividuals differ dramatically as to what has transpired; it would be like listening to Rober Peters and then listening to Reri Grist and then hearing Katheleen Battle sing Una Pco Voce Fa--each idividual would certainly be influenced by a number of variables.

[Generonix]

With all due respect - since I don't know you, I presume to have the same ability to compare anyone I want to, just as you do. Re-read how I'm comparing them! They are BOTH talented ladies! They BOTH "have it"! Different, but equal, like you and I. It's a shame Helen and Kate are both dead now, but we have Susan Boyle to enjoy today - and the others to enjoy through their recordings, are we lucky or what?

/j/

[321298]

This Lady had a technique qua sine non;

only the American Lady  from St.Louis

could out sing her--Helen Traubel ! Helen

was one of the greatest opera singers of the twentieth century;she waited until she

was perfectly secure in her technique and

when she arrived at the met;it is reputed

that she was paid ten thousand dollars

a performance;she was the lady version

of Lucianp Pavorotti.I just love her

[321298]

Please do not compare Kate Smith with

that lady frm England.....Kate was a bundle of competance..and there was

an american Opera singer from this era named Helen Traubel who was one

of the greatest singers of the 20th

Century.....Not only was helen a great

singer she was also very wise;she

refused her first offers for the Metropolitan;

but when she arrived it was monumental.