A sure sign that Christmas is coming.(Irving Berlin, professional songwriter ) From: Child Life | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Editor's note: Everybody knows the song "White Christmas," but do you know anything about the man who wrote it? Irving Berlin (1888-1989) wrote more than 800 songs during his eighty-plus years as a professional songwriter (other examples of which are "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "There's No Business Like Show Business"). Besides writing both music and lyrics to his songs, he played piano, composed musicals (including his most famous, Annie Get Your Gun), and wrote the songs for several movies, including those which starred Judy Garland (best known as Dorothy in The Wizard of ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Skylight dreams of a big 'White Christmas'; Looking for a holiday 'in' Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; ...perennial in "Irving Berlin's White Christmas," which is coming...Pacific. Crosby's "White Christmas" was the bestselling...They called it "Irving Berlin's 'White Christmas...organized its own "White Christmas" companies...find many new ...
	`White Christmas' has had amazing staying power.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; ...you've heard White Christmas this holiday season _ a lot. The Irving Berlin classic, as...Christmas past. `White Christmas' is the biggest...wrote the book White Christmas: The Story of...says. Before White Christmas, the holidays...success of ...
	Profile: Holiday song "White Christmas" Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered ; ...holiday classic, White Christmas. In the 101 years that Irving Berlin lived, he wrote...popular song was White Christmas. Jeff Lunden...LUNDEN reporting: Irving Berlin's White Christmas is the most...dreaming of a white Christmas, just like ...
	'Christmas' is just like shows we used to know; REVIEW: "Irving Berlin's White Christmas," now at the Ordway, is full of the 1950s, and that's a good thing. It's a dazzling, sweet work that deserves plenty of praise.(NEWS) Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ; ...song-and-dance number at the Ordway called Irving Berlin's White Christmas. It's been ballyhooed across all media...Christmas soars. Rohan Preston - 612-673-4390 IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS What: Adapted from the 1954 film. Directed...
	Still dreaming; It's 60 years since Irving Berlin wrote the evergreen classic White Christmas, but with American troops in Afghanistan it remains as pertinent today as when he first wrote it Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald ; ...song written by Irving Berlin in 1941 - when...Christmases of yore. White Christmas is the archetypal...and He gave to Irving Berlin Easter Parade and White Christmas. The two holidays...and what does Irving Berlin do? He de-Christs...Tabernacle Choir, ...
	Light 'White Christmas' Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ; Light 'White Christmas' By ROBERT FELDBERG...Editions REVIEW WHITE CHRISTMAS New Broadway musical...Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by David Ives...ticketmaster.com. "White Christmas" was a big, over-produc...previously performed "White Christmas" in ...
	Weekend: Books: Still dreaming of a white Christmas; White Christmas - The Story of a Song. By Jody Rosen (Fourth Estate, pounds 12.99).(Features) Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) ; ...miracle that Irving Berlin ever wrote White Christmas at all. He...Yet in 1940 Irving Berlin wrote White Christmas, a seasonal...1954 film White Christmas; right, master...songwriter Irving Berlin in the 1930s...
	Nostalgia with all the trimmings; I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know ... in Beverly Hills, L.A.?(FEATURES)(BOOKS) Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ; ...outlasted them all: White Christmas, with total sales of...phenomenal cultural history White Christmas, our focus on Crosby...the 1942 release of White Christmas helped catalyze this...notably, the esteemed Irving Berlin. On Jan. 8, 1940, Berlin...be reduced to 32) of ...
	'White Christmas' won over the world Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ; ...NJ) 12-24-2003 'White Christmas' won over the world...are you've heard "White Christmas" this holiday season - a lot. The Irving Berlin classic, as first...Christmas past. "-'White Christmas' is the biggest...wrote the book "White Christmas: The Story of ...
	Analysis: Putting a "White Christmas" on stage Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR) ; ...Analysis: Putting a "White Christmas" on stage Host...Soundbite of "White Christmas") Mr. BING CROSBY...m dreaming of a white Christmas... JEFF LUNDEN reporting: Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" is a perennial...Clooney. The movie "White ...

For more facts and information, see all results

Find more facts and information related to the article "A sure sign that Christmas is coming.(Irving ..."