[Dixielandjazz] Kate Smith on new postage stamp

[Robert Ringwald]

Kate Smith on new postage stamp

Excerpt from USPS press release, December 30, 2009:
With this 2010 stamp, the U.S. Postal Service honors Kate Smith (1907-1986), the
celebrated singer and entertainer whose signature song, "God Bless America" (composed
for her by Irving Berlin), has been called America's unofficial national anthem.
The stamp will go on sale May 1. In a career that spanned almost five decades, Smith
recorded nearly 600 songs. At least 20 of her records sold more than a million copies,
including three religious albums. The stamp art duplicates artwork created for the
cover of a CD titled, "Kate Smith: The Songbird of the South." The artwork was based
on a photograph of Smith taken in the 1960s.
http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_118.htm#kate


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