1. So he re - named himself Irving Berlin.

2. Songwriter Irving Berlin was born in Russia in 1888.

3. Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in eighteen-eighty-eight in the Russian village of Temun.

4. Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in 1888 in the Russian village of Temun.

5. The series included songs by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, and others.

6. Irving Berlin also wrote the music for seventeen Broadway plays from the nineteen - twenties to nineteen - fifty.

7. Between 1912 and 1916, Irving Berlin wrote more than 180 songs.

8. Irving Berlin loved America for giving a poor immigrant a chance to succeed.

9. The music of Irving Berlin is scarcely comparable to that of Beethoven.

10. Others like Cole Porter and Irving Berlin were born elsewhere but considered themselves New Yorkers.

11. Here, Irving Berlin sings Oh( ), How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning.

12. The music of Irving Berlin is scarcely comparable to that of Beethove.

13. Irving Berlin retired in 1960 - two years after his last Broadway musical, Mister President, failed.

14. Irving Berlin also wrote the music for seventeen Broadway plays from the 1920 s to 1950 s.

15. As a singer, Bing Crosby's biggest recording success came from a nineteen forty-two movie. In "Holiday Inn" he sang a new song by Irving Berlin.

16. Israel Baline had become I. Berlin. Israel thought the name sounded more American. So he re-named himself Irving Berlin.

17. In 1914, "Watch Your Step, " the first musical revue to feature a score composed entirely by Irving Berlin, opened in New York.