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Irving Berlin Over the course of his career, Irving Berlin wrote more than 800 songs as well as scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 movies.

Irving Berlin

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Irving Berlin (born May 11, 1888, Tyumen, Russiaā€”died September 22, 1989, New York, New York, U.S.) was an American composer and songwriter who played a leading role in the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals. His easy mastery of a wide range of song styles, for both stage and motion pictures, made him one of the greatest and most enduring of American songwriters....

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