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Songwriter Biography: BERLIN, IRVING

BERLIN, IRVING      Hall of Fame
(Israel Baline)
Born: 1888 Temun, Russia
Died: 1989 New York, NY
Collaborators: Ted Snyder, Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz

Awarded Medal of Freedom; highly successful publisher

Shows: Ziegfeld Follies and Midnight Frolics, Passing Show,
Watch Your Step, Yip Yap Yaphank, Music Box Revues, Betsy,
Face the Music, As Thousands Cheer, Louisiana Purchase, This]
Is the Army, Annie Get Your Gun, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam,
Mr. President

Films: Mammy, Puttin' on the Ritz, Top Hat, Follow the Fleet,
On the Avenue, Alexander's Ragtime Bamd, Carefree. Second
Fiddle, Holiday Inn, Blue Skies, Easter Parade, White
Christmas, There's No Business Like Show Business

Principal Songs: Alexander's Ragtime Bnd, All Alone, All By Myself,
All of My Life, Always, Any Bonds Today, Anything You Can Do,
Be Careful It's My Heart, The Best Thing for You, Better Luck
Next Time, Blue Skies, But Where Are You, Change Partners,
Cheek to Cheek, Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep, A
Couple of Song and Dance Men, A Couple of Swells, Crinoline
Days, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, Do It Again, Easter Parade,
Everybody's Doin' It, Fella With an Umbrella, For the Very
First Time, Get Thee Behind Me Satan, The Girl on the Police
Gazette, The Girl That I Marry, Give Me Your Tired Your Poor,
God Bless America, Heat Wave, How About Me, How Deep is the
Ocean, How Many Times, I Got Lost in His Arms, I Got the Sun
in the Morning, I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen,
I Love a Piano, I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep, I'm Playing
with Fire, I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket, I'm Sorry
for Myself, I Never Had a Chance, I Poured My Heart into a
Song, Isn't This a Lovely Day, It Only Happens When I Dance
with You, It's a Lovely Day Today, It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow,
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Lady of the Evening, Lazy,
Let Me Sing and I'm Happy, Let's Face the Music and Dance,
Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee, Let's Take an Old-Fashioned
Walk, Let Yourself Go, Mandy, Marie, Maybe It's Because I
Love You Too Much, My Walking Stick, No Strings, Not for All
the Rice in China, Now It Can Be Told, Oh How I Hate to Get
Up in the Morning, Play a Simple Melody, A Pretty Girl is
Like a Melody, Puttin' on the Ritz, Remember, Russian Lullaby,
Say It Isn't So, Say It with Music, Sayonara, Shaking the
Blues Away, Slumming on Park Avenue, Soft Lights and Sweet
Music, The Song is Ended, Supper Time, There's No Business
Like Show Business, They Say It's Wonderful, They Were All
Out of Step but Jim, This is the Army Mr. Jones, This Year's
Kisses, Top Hat White Tie and Tails, We Saw the Sea, What'll I
Do, When I Leave the World Behind, When I Lost You, When the
Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam', White Christmas, You
Can't Get a Man with a Gun, You'd Be Surprised, You Keep
Coming Back Like a Song, You're Just in Love, You're Laughing
at Me, You're Lonely and I'm Lonely

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