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"Always" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1925, as a wedding gift for his wife Ellin Mackay, whom he married in 1926, and to whom he presented the substantial royalties. Background [ edit ]
According to the New York Public Library, whose Irving Berlin collection comprises 555 non-commercial recordings radio broadcasts, live performances, and private recordings, [4] he published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy", in 1907 and had his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", in 1911.
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 ...
"Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone" is a World War I era song written by Irving Berlin and published as sheet music in 1917. [1] [2] The song, recorded by Al Jolson for Columbia Records (catalog No. A-2124) on September 19, 1916 [3] was very popular that year.
Berlin gave the royalties of the song to The God Bless America Fund for redistribution to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in New York City. [9] Smith performed the song on her two NBC television series in the 1950s. [10] "God Bless America" also spawned another of Irving Berlin's tunes, "Heaven Watch The Philippines," during the end of World War II.
Lazy (Irving Berlin song) Let Yourself Go (Irving Berlin song) Let's All Be Americans Now; Let's Face the Music and Dance; Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee; Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (Irving Berlin song)
The song's lyric is referenced in Ira Gershwin's verse to "They Can't Take That Away from Me", in the line "the song is ended, but as the songwriter wrote, the melody lingers on". Berlin himself used the "melody lingers on" idea in the opening line of the verse to his earlier song " All Alone " (1924): "Just like a melody that lingers on / You ...
Rosemary Clooney released a version on her album Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin (1984). [18] Elkie Brooks covers the song on her album Screen Gems (1984). [19] Michael Crawford, with the London Symphony Orchestra, recorded a version for his album Songs from the Stage and Screen (1987). [20]