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    BornIsrael Isidore Beilin · May 11, 1888 · Tyumen, Russian Empire
    DiedSeptember 22, 1989 (aged 101) · New York City, U.S.
    Children4, including Mary Ellin Barrett
    OccupationSongwriter
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    Irving Berlin: From Penniless Immigrant to America’s Unlikely Composer
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    Irving Berlin: From Penniless Immigrant to America’s Unlikely Composer
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    How Irving Berlin Wrote America's Soundtrack
    How Irving Berlin Wrote America's Soundtrack
    Irving Berlin was one of the most prolific and beloved composers of American popular music. He wrote over 1,500 songs, many of them classics that have been sung for generations.
    Early life

    Berlin was born Israel Beilin on May 11, 1888, in the Russian Empire. Although his family came from the shtetl of Tolochin (Yiddish: טאָלאָטשין; today Talachyn, Талачын, in Belarus), Berlin later learned that he wa… See more

    Songwriting career

    Berlin rose as a songwriter in Tin Pan Alley and on Broadway. In 1911, Emma Carus introduced his first world-famous hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", followed by a performance from Berlin himself at the Friars' Froli… See more

    Film scores

    In 1927, his song "Blue Skies" was featured in the first feature-length talkie, The Jazz Singer, with Al Jolson. Later, movies such as Top Hat (1935) became the first of a series of distinctive film musicals by Berlin starring per… See more

    Songwriting methods

    According to Saul Bornstein (a.k.a. Sol Bourne, Saul Bourne), Berlin's publishing company manager, "It was a ritual for Berlin to write a complete song, words and music, every day." Berlin said that he "did not believe in i… See more

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