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Great song Writer: Irving Berlin (1888-1989) History: Born in Russia (May 11, 1888) Moved to New York, age 5 Attended public schools. Father taught him how to sing After father’s death, he had to drop out of school to help support his family. Once his siblings were old enough to work, he left home to the streets to find a proper job. He joined saloons to sing popular tunes to customers. All of his income was devoted to his music. He got a job as a singing waiter. Berlin taught himself how to play the piano on his past-time Berlin sang with George Cohan when they were both young and became wellknown In 1908, he found a new job at a different saloon where he could collaborate with other young songwriters. He became a staff lyricist with the Ted Snyder Company Started performing on Vaudeville and on the Broadway musical “Up and Down Broadway” (1910, 21 years old) Member of ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) (1914) Got enlisted to the US Army in WWI as a composer to write songs of patriotism (age 30) (1941) After the war, he made his own public-relations firm and built the Music Box Theater in New York with Sam Harris Influences to Musical Theater Received many awards, and most of his musicals and songs were preformed on Broadway. Huge impact on the Musical Theater business because he wrote most of the hits from Broadway, and received many good reviews from the public. He wrote 1500 songs during his lifetime. He set the tone of popular American tunes over the 20th century Wrote 19 Broadway shows Wrote 18 Hollywood films 1906-1966- produced sheet music, Broadway shows, recordings, films, television, songs played on the radio. Hit songs/musicals: “White Christmas”-Musical “No Business Like Show Business” (1946) –Annie Get Your Gun “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (first hit song) “This is the Army” (1943) -Musical