The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin

Robert Kimball, Linda Emmet

Hal Leonard Corporation, 2005 - Music - 530 pages

(Applause Books). Gathered together in one volume for the first time, here are all of the incomparable song lyrics of Irving Berlin the lyrics of more than 1,200 songs, 400 of which have never before appeared in print along with anecdotal, historical, and musicological commentary and dozens of photographs. Berlin came from a poor immigrant family and began his career as a singing waiter, but by the time he was nineteen he was publishing his songs and quickly found fame with "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1911. In the extraordinary six decades that followed, Berlin wrote one popular hit after another: Blue Skies * Always * Cheek to Cheek * White Christmas * God Bless America * There's No Business Like Show Business * and many more. He also wrote a number of the classics of musical theater's Golden Age, climaxing with Annie Get Your Gun . He penned three Astaire and Rogers films Top Hat, Carefree , and Follow the Fleet as well as the scores of Holiday Inn, Easter Parade , and other films. The breadth of his accomplishment is staggering.

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Contents

• Songs of 19071909: 3
• Songs of 1910: 16
• Songs of 1911: 29
• Songs of 1912: 46
• Songs of 1913: 67
• Songs of 1914: 85
• Unpublished Songs of 19071914: 95
• WATCH YOUR STEP 1914: 110
• Songs of 1915 and STOP LOOK LISTEN 1915: 126
• Songs of 1916 and THE CENTURY GIRL 1916: 143
• Songs of 19171918: 151
• YIP YIP YAPHANK 1918: 164
• Songs of 1919 and Unpublished Songs of 19151919: 173
• ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1920: 183
• MUSIC BOX REVUES 19211924: 193
• Songs of 19201924: 219
• Songs of 19251926: 227
• THE COCOANUTS 19251926: 233
• ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1927: 244
• Songs of 19271929 and Unpublished Songs of the 1920s: 250
• REACHING FOR THE MOON 1930: 265
• FACE THE MUSIC 1932: 272
• AS THOUSANDS CHEER 1933: 282
• GOOD GULF PROGRAM 1934 and Other Songs of 19301934: 292
• TOP HAT 1935: 301
• FOLLOW THE FLEET 1936: 304
• ON THE AVENUE 1937: 308
• ALEXANDERS RAGTIME BAND 1938: 313
• CAREFREE 1938: 315
• GOD BLESS AMERICA and Other Songs of 19351939: 320
• MUSIC BOX REVUE OF 19381939: 324
• SECOND FIDDLE 1939: 333
• LOUISIANA PURCHASE 1940: 336
• HOLIDAY INN 1942: 347
• THIS IS THE ARMY 1942: 356
• Other Songs of 19401945: 370
• BLUE SKIES 1946: 378
• 1946: 384
• EASTER PARADE 1948: 398
• STARS ON MY SHOULDERS 1948 and Other Songs of 19461949: 403
• MISS LIBERTY 1949: 410
• CALL ME MADAM 1950: 430
• WHITE CHRISTMAS 1954: 439
• THERES NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS 1954: 446
• SENTIMENTAL GUY 19551956 and Other Songs of the 1950s: 449
• MR PRESIDENT 1962: 467
• SAY IT WITH MUSIC 19631969: 480
• Songs of 19601988: 486
• Epilogue: 502
• Index: 507

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin; G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Editors: Robert Kimball, Linda Emmet
• Contributor: Irving Berlin
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2005
• ISBN: 1557836817, 9781557836816
• Length: 530 pages
• Subjects: Music / General; Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal; Music / Instruction & Study / Songwriting