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When I was a kid there was a star of radio who surpassed all the others with her afternoon show.

Kate Smith had an hour in which she basically did everything we recognize as a variety show. Since it was radio we did not notice that she was huge. A big girl with a big voice.

She ended up televising the same show for many years carrying over her audience with her.

At her peak, no patriotic holiday could pass without hearing her rendition of Irving Berlin's famous song, our second national anthem.