Lucy Monroe: The Star-Spangled Girl
Lucy Monroe (1906-1987) was called "The Star-Spangled Girl" and "The Star-Spangled Soprano" not merely to indicate that she was patriotic, a la the girl in the eponymous Neil Simon comedy. She literally performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" thousands of times. Oddly, most biographies of the singer seem to present that fact, and the detail that she […]