Irving Berlin
American composer and lyricist (1888-1989) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 101
Irving Berlin was a Russian-born American songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Gerald R. Ford in 1977.
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Fred Astaire Irving wrote Top Hat and Holiday Inn
Bing Crosby Irving directed Blue Skies (1946)
Eddie Cantor Duets: You'd Be Surprised (1919)
Frank Sinatra Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Fanny Brice Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Bess Flowers Irving wrote White Christmas (1954)
Judy Garland Duets: Easter Parade (1949)
Lucille Ball Irving wrote Top Hat and Follow the Fleet
Ginger Rogers Irving wrote Top Hat and Follow the Fleet
Danny Kaye Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Rosemary Clooney Irving wrote White Christmas (1954)
Al Jolson Irving wrote Mammy and Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
Ann Miller Duets: Easter Parade (1949)
Elsie Janis Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Victor Herbert Co-founded American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Irving Bacon Irving wrote Holiday Inn and Second Fiddle
Jimmy Conlin Irving directed Blue Skies (1946)
Glen MacDonough Co-founded American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Gustave Kerker Co-founded American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Jean Schwartz Co-founded American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Barbra Streisand Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Ethel Merman Irving wrote There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Julie London Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Billy Murray Duets: You'd Be Surprised (1919)
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The Lower East Side in 1910
Berlin at his first job with a music publisher, aged 18
Berlin photographed in 1907 in Pach Brothers Studio
Berlin with film stars Alice Faye, Tyrone Power and Don Ameche singing chorus from "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1938)
Enjoying early success in New York, c. 1911
With Al Jolson (r), star of The Jazz Singer, c. 1927
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The broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite stated he "helped write the story of this country, capturing the best of who we are and the dreams that shape our lives".
