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Beloved songwriter Irving Berlin, 101, dies
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NEW YORK Irving Berlin, who made "songwriter" synonymous with
his name, died Friday night in his sleep. He was 101.
Death drew a curtain on a life that had been one of America's
greatest long-running musical dramas: a rags-to-riches story line, a
poor-boy-marries-rich-girl subplot and a score of more than 1,500
songs. The critics loved it.
The man known as Irving Berlin and called "the Ford and General
Motors of the songwriting industry" was also a conglomerate of
contradictions. He was:
A composer who couldn't read music.
A pianist who could play in only one key.
A holder of three ...
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A&E `BIOGRAPHY' PROFILES THE TALENT AND THE SPIRIT THAT WAS IRVING BERLIN.(What's Happening)(Review)
; ...probably had no idea he was so good. Even after he became Irving Berlin and was pretty much synonymous with the term ``American music...amp;E profiles the Russian immigrant who never learned to read music but who was the embodiment of a nation's musical identity...
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Business: On with the show business; Irving Berlin's Showbusiness by David Leopold, Abrams, pounds 25. Reviewed by Richard Edmonds.(Features)
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AMERICA'S MUSIC MAN // The triumphs and frustrations of Irving Berlin
; As Thousands Cheer The Life of Irving Berlin. By Laurence Bergreen. Viking. $24...years. With "White Christmas," however, Irving Berlin knew that he had written a classic...song that anybody ever wrote." The Irving Berlin depicted in this meticulously researched...
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IRVING BERLIN, ALWAYS; For the Record, The Best Berlin Available
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THE MUSIC OF IRVING BERLIN IS BACK AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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BOOK SALUTES ICON, PATRIOT IRVING BERLIN.(Living)
; ...as the national anthem. But composer Irving Berlin, renowned for his patriotism, wouldn...relates the incident in his new book, Irving Berlin's Show Business, a comprehensive history...film classics. As Jerome Kern said: Irving Berlin has no place in American music. Irving...
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Irving Berlin - we'll be loving you, always . . .
; ...today, when another great songwriter, Irving Berlin, celebrates his 100th birthday. Because...fleas do it, let's do it. . . . " But Irving Berlin became the songwriter for the mass...In the year that I was born, 1925, Irving Berlin wrote a song that generations of Americans...
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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
; ...the hypnotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1941 - when the United States...Commandments and He gave to Irving Berlin Easter Parade and White Christmas...Christianity - and what does Irving Berlin do? He de-Christs them both...is testimony to the genius of Irving ...
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