her birthday is on may first - let''s celebrate it early .
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Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American singer, an alto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s.
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Collins put her on radio in 1931. That year, she performed the controversial top twenty song of 1931, "That's Why Darkies Were Born" and "Dream a Little Dream of Me." Her biggest hits were "River, Stay 'Way From My Door" (1931), "The Woodpecker Song" (1940), "The White Cliffs of Dover" (1941), "Rose O'Day" (1941), "Last Time I saw Paris" (1942), "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (1942), "There Goes That Song Again" (1944), "Seems Like Old Times" (1946), and "Now Is the Hour" (1947).
Her theme song was "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain";
she had helped write the lyrics. Smith greeted her audience with "Hello, everybody!" and signed off with "Thanks for listenin'."
glad to oblige , ed .
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good morning and hapy birthday to :
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George Melachrino (born George Miltiades; 1 May 1909 — 18 June 1965)[1] was a musician, movie composer, and musical director who was English born of Greek and Italian descent. He was an accomplished player of the violin, viola, oboe, clarinet and saxophone.
Willie Nelson references her in Devil in a Sleepin' Bag on Shotgun Willie thus:
Just got back from New York City Kris (Kristofferson) and Rita (Coolidge) done it all Bought perfection there for all the world to see Lord, I heard an angel singing in that Philharmonic Hall Rita Coolidge, Rita Coolidge, cleft for me
Coolidge's greatest success on the pop charts came during 1977-1978 with four consecutive top 25 hits. The list consisted of covers of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher",
Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone",
and The Temptations' "The Way You Do The Things You Do", followed by "You".
Being an old folkie (also raised around greater Boston) Buffy was one of my fave singer-songwriters. As was Tom Rush, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen. There are some songs that stop me in my tracks every time I hear them. This is one of the best of them due to its purity, intimacy and simple arrangement.
Sorry that I can't acknowledge each contribution, but as you know, thumbing each one of you up is my way of saying thank you. Still feeling a bit ill, however.
