Yankees and Flyers Dump Kate Smith ‘God Bless America’ While Jersey Beach City Keeps Her Tunes

Singer Kate Smith is seen on the screen before Game Six of the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Final between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 9, 2010. Andre Ringuette/Getty Images

A Jersey shore city will continue to play Kate Smith’s 1939 recording of “God Bless America” each morning, even as some sports teams reportedly stopped playing her rendition of the song.

Wildwood, New Jersey, located right along the coast and known for its sandy beaches, will continue playing the controversial recording of “God Bless America” every morning, the city’s mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. said in an interview with Dom Giordano on 1210 WPHT on Monday.