Irving Berlin
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Irving Berlin was a Russian-born American songwriter and composer. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy Award, a Grammy Awa
Berlin in 1948
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
God Bless America
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"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised in 1938. The song is structured as a solemn prayer, asking for God's blessing and guidance for the United
Irving Berlin
…shows and 15 original Hollywood films, with his songs nominated eight times for Academy Awards. Many songs became popular themes and anthems, including "God Bless America", "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Blue Skies", "Easter Parade", "Puttin' on the Ritz", "Cheek to Cheek", "White Christmas", "Happy Holiday", "Anything You…
Irving Berlin performing for sailors aboard the battleship USS Arkansas in 1944.
Kate Smith, 1930s
President Richard Nixon sings "God Bless America" with Irving Berlin during the White House Vietnam POW Dinner (1973)
Singing "God Bless America" at the dedication of the Pentagon Memorial, September 11, 2008.