Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; Yiddish: ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five. He published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy", in 1907, receiving 33 cents for the publishing rights, and had his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", in 1911. He also was an owner of the Music Box Theatre on Broadway. It is commonly believed that Berlin could not read sheet music, and was such a limited piano player that he could only play in the key of F-sharp using his custom piano equipped with a transposing lever.
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| Full name at birth | Israel Isidore Baline
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| Claim to fame | God Bless America", "White Christmas", "Anything You Can Do
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| Date of birth | 11 May 1888
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| Place of birth | Mogilev, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
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| Date of death | 22 September 1989
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| Age | 101 (age at death)
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| Place of death | New York, New York, USA
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| Cause of death | Natural Causes
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- During his 60-year career he wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, including the scores for 20 original Broadway shows and 15 original Hollywood films, with his songs nominated eight times for Academy Awards.
- He wrote hundreds of songs, many becoming major hits, which made him famous before he turned thirty.
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