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ave equaled but none have surpassed the new york times 9 the song was written by berlin twenty years earlier but he filed it away until 1938 when kate smith needed a patriotic song to mark the 20th anniversary of armistice day celebrating the end of world war i 25 its release near the end of the depression which had by then gone on for nine years enshrined a strain of official patriotism intertwined with a religious faith that runs deep in the american psyche stated the new york times 9 berlin s daughter mary ellin barrett states that the song was actually very personal for her father and was intended as an expression of his deep gratitude to the nation for merely allowing him an immigrant raised in poverty to become a successful songwriter 38 to me said berlin god bless america was not just a song but an expression of my feeling toward the country to which i owe what i have and what i am 39 the economist magazine writes that berlin was producing a deep felt paean to the country that had given him what he would have said was everything 40 singing of god bless america at the pentagon memorial dedication september 11 2008 it quickly became a second national anthem 1 after america entered world war ii a few years later over the decades it has earned millions for the boy scouts and girl scouts to whom berlin assigned all royalties 25 30 unreliable source in 1954 berlin received a special congressional gold medal from president dwight d eisenhower for contributing the song 41 the song was heard after september 11 2001 as u s senators and congressmen stood on the capitol steps and sang it after the terrorist attacks on the world trade center it is often played by sports teams such as major league baseball the philadelphia flyers hockey team started playing it before crucial contests when the 1980 u s olympic hockey team pulled off the greatest upset in sports history referred to as the miracle on ice the players spontaneously sang it as americans were overcome by patriotism 42 43 other songs edit though most of his works for the broadway stage took the form of revues collections of songs with no unifying plot he did write a number of book shows the cocoanuts 1929 was a light comedy with a cast featuring among others the marx brothers face the music 1932 was a political satire with a book by moss hart and louisiana purchase 1940 was a satire of a southern politician obviously based on the exploits of huey long as thousands cheer 1933 was a revue also with book by moss hart with a theme each number was presented as an item in a newspaper some of them touching on issues of the day the show yielded a succession of hit songs including easter parade sung by marilyn miller and clifton webb heat wave presented as the weather forecast harlem on my mind and supper time a song about racial violence inspired by a newspaper headline about a lynching sung by ethel waters she once said about the song if one song can tell the whole tragic history of a race supper time was that song in singing it i was telling my comfortable well fed well dressed listeners about my people those who had been slaves and those who were now downtrodden and oppressed 44 1941 to 1962 edit world war ii patriotism this is the army 1943 edit irving berlin singing and conducting aboard uss arkansas 1944 berlin loved his country and wrote many songs reflecting his patriotism treasury secretary henry morgenthau requested a song to inspire americans to buy war bonds for which he wrote any bonds today 1 he assigned all royalties to the united states treasury department he then wrote songs for various government agencies and likewise assigned all profits to them angels of mercy for the american red cross arms for the love of america for the u s army ordnance department and i paid my income tax today 45 again to treasury 25 when the united states joined world war ii after the attack on pearl harbor in december 1941 berlin immediately began composing a number of patriotic songs his most notable and valuable contribution to the war effort was a stage show he wrote called this is the army it was taken to broadway and then on to washington d c where president franklin d roosevelt attended it was eventually shown at military bases throughout the world including london north africa italy middle east and pacific countries sometimes in close proximity to battle zones berlin wrote nearly three dozen songs for the show which contained a cast of 300 men he supervised the production and traveled with it always singing oh how i hate to get up in the morning the show kept him away from his family for three and a half years during which time he took neither salary nor expenses and turned over all profits to the army emergency relief fund 46 81 the play was adapted into a movie of the same name in 1943 directed by michael curtiz co starring joan leslie and ronald reagan who was then an army lieutenant kate smith also sang god bless america in the film with a backdrop showing families anxious over the coming war the show became a hit movie and a morale boosting road show that toured the battlefronts of europe 47 the shows and movie combined raised more than 10 million for the army 25 and in recognition of his contributions to troop morale berlin was awarded the medal for merit by president harry s truman berlin s daughter mary ellin barrett who was 15 when she was at the opening night performance of this is the army on broadway remembered that when her father who normally shunned the spotlight appeared in the second act in soldier s garb to sing oh how i hate to get up in the morning he was greeted with a standing ovation that lasted 10 minutes she adds that he was in his mid 50s at the time and later declared those years with the show were the most thrilling time of his life 47 annie get your gun 1946 edit the grueling tours berlin did performing this is the army left him exhausted but when his longtime close friend jerome kern who was the composer for annie get your gun died suddenly producers richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein ii persuaded berlin to take over composing the score what distinguishes berlin is the brilliance of his lyrics you can t get a man with a gun that s as good a comic song as has ever been written by anybody you look at the jokes and how quickly they re told and it still has a plot to it it s sophisticated and very underrated composer lyricist stephen sondheim 48 49 loosely based on the life of sharpshooter annie oakley the music and lyrics were written by berlin with a book by herbert fields and his sister dorothy fields and directed by joshua logan at first berlin refused to take on the job claiming that he knew nothing about hillbilly music but the show ran for 1 147 performances and became his most successful score and biggest box office success 19 it is said that the showstopper song there s no business like show business was almost left out of the show altogether because berlin mistakenly thought that rodgers and hammerstein didn t like it however it became the ultimate uptempo show tune on the origin of another of the play s leading songs logan described how he and hammerstein privately discussed wanting another duet between annie and frank berlin overheard their conversation and although the show was to go into rehearsal within days he wrote the song anything you can do a few hours later 50 one reviewer commented about the play s score that its tough wisecracking lyrics are as tersely all knowing as its melody which is nailed down in brassy syncopated lines that have been copied but never equaled in sheer melodic memorability by hundreds of theater composers ever since 9 singer and musicologist susannah mccorkle writes that the score meant more to me than ever now that i knew that he wrote it after a grueling world tour and years of separation from his wife and daughters 46 81 historian and composer alec wilder says that the perfection of the score when compared to his earlier works was a profound shock 51 94 apparently the creative spurt in which berlin turned out several songs for the score in a single weekend was an anomaly according to his daughter he usually sweated blood to write his songs 47 annie get your gun is considered to be berlin s best musical theatre score not only because of the number of hits it contains but because its songs successfully combine character and plot development the song there s no business like show business became ethel merman s trademark 9 final shows edit berlin sings god bless america with president richard nixon at the white house vietnam pow dinner 1973 berlin s next show miss liberty 1949 was disappointing but call me madam 1950 starring ethel merman as sally adams a washington d c socialite loosely based on the famous washington hostess perle mesta fared better giving him his second greatest success berlin made two attempts to write a musical about his friend the colorful addison mizner and addison s con man brother wilson the first was the uncompleted the last resorts 1952 a manuscript of act i is in the library of congress wise guy 1956 was completed but never produced although songs have been published and recorded on the unsung irving berlin 1995 after a failed attempt at retirement in 1962 at the age of 74 he returned to broadway with mr president although it ran for eight months with the premiere attended by president john f kennedy it was not one of his successful plays 25 afterwards berlin officially announced his retirement and spent his remaining years in new york he did however write one new song an old fashioned wedding for the 1966 broadway revival of annie get your gun starring ethel merman though he lived 23 more years this was one of berlin s final published compositions berlin maintained a low profile through the last decades of his life almost never appearing in public after the late 1960s even for events held in his honor however he continued to maintain control of his songs through his own music publishing company which remained in operation for the rest of his life film scores edit 1920s 1950s edit 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 performers bing crosby fred astaire judy garland ginger rogers and alice faye top hat featured a brand new score as did several more including follow the fleet 1936 on the avenue 1937 carefree 1938 and second fiddle 1939 starting with alexander s ragtime band 1938 he often blended new songs with existing ones from his catalog he continued this process with the films holiday inn 1942 blue skies 1946 and easter parade 1948 with judy garland and fred astaire and there s no business like show business 1954 1 white christmas 1942 edit the 1942 film holiday inn introduced white christmas one of the most recorded songs in history first sung in the film by bing crosby along with marjorie reynolds whose voice was dubbed by martha mears 52 it stayed no 1 on the pop and r b charts for 10 weeks and went on to over 50 million records crosby s version is the best selling single of all time music critic stephen holden credits this partly to the fact that the song also evokes a primal nostalgia a pure childlike longing for roots home and childhood that goes way beyond the greeting imagery 9 richard corliss also notes that the song was even more significant having been released soon after america entered world war ii it connected with gis in their first winter away from home to them it voiced the ache of separation and the wistfulness they felt for the girl back home for the innocence of youth 25 poet carl sandburg wrote we have learned to be a little sad and a little lonesome without being sickly about it this feeling is caught in the song of a thousand jukeboxes and tune whistled in streets and homes i m dreaming of a white christmas when we sing that we don t hate anybody and there are things we love that we re going to have sometimes if the breaks are not too bad against us way down under this latest hit of his irving berlin catches us where we love peace 25 1 white christmas won berlin the academy award for best music in an original song one of seven oscar nominations he received during his career in subsequent years it was re recorded and became a top 10 seller for numerous artists frank sinatra jo stafford ernest tubb the ravens and the drifters it would also be the last time a berlin song went to no 1 upon its release berlin is the only academy award presenter and academy award winner to open the envelope and read his or her own name for white christmas this result was so awkward for berlin since he had to present the oscar to himself that the academy changed the rules of protocol the following year to prevent this situation from arising again talking about irving berlin s white christmas composer lyricist garrison hintz stated that although songwriting can be a complicated process its final result should sound simple considering the fact that white christmas has only eight sentences in the entire song lyrically mr berlin achieved all that was necessary to eventually sell over 100 million copies and capture the hearts of the american public at the same time 53 songwriting methods edit 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 51 92 berlin said that he did not believe in inspiration and felt that although he might be gifted in certain areas his most successful compositions were a result of work he said that he did most of his work under pressure he would typically begin writing after dinner and continue until 4 or 5 in the morning each day i would attend rehearsals he said and at night write another song and bring it down the next day 54 not always certain about his own writing abilities he once asked a songwriter friend victor herbert whether he should study composition you have a natural gift for words and music mr herbert told him learning theory might help you a little but it could cramp your style berlin took his advice herbert later became a moving force behind the creation of ascap the american society of composers authors and publishers in 1914 berlin joined him as a charter member of the organization that has protected the royalties of composers and writers ever since 7 in 1920 irving berlin became a member of sacem the french society of authors composers and publishers 1 in later years berlin emphasized his conviction saying that it s the lyrics that makes a song a hit although the tune of course is what makes it last 55 234 he played almost entirely in the key of f sharp so that he could stay on the black keys and owned three transposing pianos so as to change keys by moving a lever 56 though berlin eventually learned how to produce written music he n...