Irving Berlin

This week Nick's Summer Songbook Series continues, with a show dedicated to the music of Irving Berlin. Audio

This week Nick's Summer Songbook Series continues, with a show dedicated to the music of Irving Berlin. Audio

As his star began to dim, Irving Berlin said "You don't have to stop yourself writing songs, the people who listen to your songs tell you to stop." The series ends with what Steve Danby calls 'the… Audio

One of the biggest-selling songs in history was Berlin's White Christmas from his movie 'Holiday Inn', his 1946 musical 'Annie Get Your Gun' was full of hit songs, and his movie 'Easter Parade'… Audio

Irving Berlin wrote the songs for the Fred & Ginger movies in Hollywood, more stage shows on Broadway and stand-alone songs such as God Bless America. Audio

Although the associated movies often flopped, some of the songs from Irving Berlin's early musicals turned out to have 'legs' such as Puttin' on the Ritz. Audio

In 1911, Irving Berlin's song Alexander's Ragtime Band became a world-wide craze and the twenty-three year old Irving became a celebrity. Audio

Steve Danby escorts us into the toe-tapping world of Irving Berlin Audio