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Irving Berlin
Composer and lyricist. From 1905 to 1907, he worked as a
singing waiter at a cafe in Chinatown and learned to pick out
tunes on an upright piano. He wrote the lyrics to his first
published song, "Marie from Sunny Italy," in 1907, with music
by a pianist at the cafe. Berlin composed by picking out, by
ear, notes that a pianist-arranger then wrote down. In 1911,
he wrote "Alexander's Ragtime Band," the song that made him
an international celebrity. Berlin became one of the most
popular composers of ragtime, the jazzy dance music that became
a veritable craze. In recognition of his ensuing legendary
patriotism, Berlin received the Army's Medal of Merit from
President Harry Truman in 1945; he also received a
Congressional Gold Medal from President Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1955 for "God Bless America" and his many other patriotic
contributions to popular music. In 1974, upon his official
retirement, Berlin presented his piano to the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, D.C.
Died: September 22, 1989
Born: May 11, 1888
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