Most stories involving Ethel Merman are not true.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?page=1&thread=907797&boardname=bway&boardid=1
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?page=1&thread=941688&boardname=bway&boardid=1
Did you EVER think you'd hear Ethel singing "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"?
http://youtu.be/DPI2HvKWwhQ
Videos