God Bless America Girl Scouts in New York City. Smith performed the song on her two NBC television series in the 1950s and in her short-lived "The Kate Smith Show" on CBS, which aired from January 25 to July 18, 1960. "God Bless America" also spawned another of Irving Berlin's tunes, "Heaven Watch The Philippines," during the end of World War II after he heard the Filipinos sing a slightly revised version of the song replacing "America" with "The Philippines." The song was used early in the Civil Rights Movement as well as at labor rallies. During the 1960s, the song was increasingly
God Bless America (charity album) at a time when a number of similarly themed albums were being released, and many patriotic and inspirational American songs were showing up on the pop charts. The latter included "God Bless the USA" as well as different recordings of "The Star Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful". Music writer Robert Hilburn of the "Los Angeles Times" termed the compilation an "unlikely combination" while writing that "patriotism makes strange bedfellows." "Rolling Stone" said it was a "can't miss collection" with an artist array that "seems to have a little something for everyone." Allmusic states that, "Touching the worlds of pop,