Girl of the Day - Kathryn Grayson

Maybe the best pure singer of the early 1950s heyday of the movie musical, opera-trained Kathryn Grayson starred in two big hits:  Showboat and Kiss Me Kate.   She was born today in 1922, and died at 88 in 2010.

Here's a big number from Showboat, with Grayson showing off her pipes: