Smith, Kate
(1909–1986)> SINGER
Kate Smith Singer Greenville, Virginia, May 1, 1909; Raleigh, North Carolina, June 17, 1986. Smith performed in vaudeville as the “Songbird of the South.” She came to New York City in 1926 and played the Palace Theatre and a Broadway musical, Honeymoon Lane. Ted Collins became her manager in 1931 and got her a fifteen-minute radio show several nights a week. Her theme song was one she co-wrote, “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain” (Columbia 2516-D). She had many different radio programs…