IRVING BERLIN

Releases
Let's Face the Music and Dance, Urbie Green
Joni James … Give Us This Day
Lurlean Hunter, Lurlean Hunter
Fred Astaire, Fred Astaire
Roy Smeck and His Dixie Syncopators
When You're Smiling, Eddie Peabody
All the Things You Are, Alan Dean
Swing Dancing, Sy Oliver
Howard Keel, Howard Keel
Thanks, Ann Miller
Instrumental Lounge with Bert Kaempfert
Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong
Kiss Me Kate, The Four Lads
Ethel Waters, Ethel Waters
Cheek to Cheek, Michel Legrand
The Gay Nineties, Teresa Brewer
The Golden Gate Quartet Vs.The Delta Rhythm Boys
111 Happy Birthday Louis, Louis Armstrong
Roger Williams vs. Carmen Cavallaro
Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra
Swing & Jazz for Dancing, Les Brown
All Night Long, Keely Smith
Shuffle off to Buffalo, The McGuire Sisters
Piano, Cocktails & Conversation, Jan August
Pat Boone, Pat Boone
Space Age Pop Jazz, Mr. Percussion, Terry Snyder
Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe
Negro Spirituals & Soul, The Golden Gate Quartet
Stompin' at the Saboy, Hazy Osterwald
Sax and Fantasy, Guy Lafitte
Echoes of Love, Piano for Lovers, George Feyer
Stage Door Canteen (O.S.T - 1943)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Polly Bergen, Polly Bergen
Piano Cocktail, Luciano Sangiorgi
Buddy Greco
Fanny, Eddie Fisher
Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman
Top Hat (O.S.T - 1935)
We Three, Kay Starr
Dalida
Luis Mariano, Luis Mariano
Crazy Otto and His Crazy Piano
This Is the Army (O.S.T - 1943)
Royal Garden Blues, Charlie Shavers
Gene Kelly Vs. Fred Astaire
Songs from the Ziegfeld Follies, Vivian Blaine
Magic Piano, Cecil Garland
Can Can, Bing Crosby
Call Me Madam, 1953
In The Mood, Bobby Byrne
The Best Of Irving Berlin, Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan
Trio Barbara Carroll - Arrullos En Ritmo, Barbara Carroll
Easter Parade (O.S.T - 1948)
Manhattan, Hazy Osterwald
This Is Harry Harnold
Original Soundtracks Hollywood 40's
Original Soundtracks Overtures
Live Charleston, Aimé Barelli
Christmas With Swing, Ella Fitzgerald
Woman Of Jazz, Varios Artistas
Nat King Cole vs. Frank Sinatra
Vintage Hollywood
Good Morning, Donald O'Connor
Kiss Me Again, Deanna Durbin
White Christmas, Tommy Dorsey
White Christmas (O.S.T - 1954)
Woman Jazz Vol 2
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919, Varios Artistas
Songs With Swing
Irving Berlin, Irving Berlin
Art Decó Vocal Jazz of the 30
Biography
Irving Berlin earned thirty-seven cents for his first published song, “Marie of Sunny Italy,” in 1907, but by 1911, he had his first big international hit- “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”. Soon, he started writing shows with songs, skits and dances called revues. It was then he decided his work would sell better if he “Americanized” his name. He changed it from Israel Baline to Irving Berlin.
He wrote many famous musicals as well, including “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Call Me Madam”. He wrote “God Bless America”, the song we sing at every baseball game nowadays. During the twenties he wrote music for Tin Pan Alley and Broadway, and after the rise of the film musical he also wrote for Hollywood. In 1910, he even started making Vaudeville appearances.
Irving’s work greatly influenced society today. You can say that without Thomas Edison, the light bulb would have never been invented. But somebody would have found a source of electronically run light sooner or later. Irving Berlin’s work is something that is worth more than something physical. He wrote songs that bring pleasure to those that hear them. “God Bless America” is a perfect example. We can definitely live without that song, but it has slowly become a big part of the American culture and it makes people feel patriotic when they either sing or hear it. It is now a symbol representing patriotism for our country.
Irving Berlin loved music and dedicated his life to it. But it wasn’t always just the love of music that brought him to it. In the beginning, he depended on music to bring food to his table. He sang famous songs on the street to earn money for his family. When he became richer and more famous, he started to really enjoy it. Irving once said, “A patriotic song is an emotion…”, and for a very good reason. He wrote patriotic songs, where the words came from the heart.
Irving Berlin received many awards for his great composing. In 1942, he won the Academy Award for best song for his “White Christmas”, also winning the Mabel Mercer Award in 1988. On February 18th, 1955, President Eisenhower presented Berlin a gold medal for recognition of his services in composing patriotic songs for the country.
For the last decade of his life, Berlin kept to himself and made no public appearances. An exception was made, however, on his 100th birthday at Carnegie Hall, which was a rather big event. He passed away one year later at age 101 from natural causes.
Although Berlin is gone from us now, his patriotic songs will stay with us forever more. He lived a good life, making thousands of people happy with his kindness and talent in song-writing.