Irving Berlin: Perbedaan antara revisi

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<!--<blockquote>''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band]]'' (1911). It was a march, not a rag, and its savviest musicality comprised quotes from a [[bugle call]] and ''[[Swanee River]]''. But the tune, which revived the ragtime fervor that [[Scott Joplin]] had stoked a decade earlier, made Berlin a songwriting star. On its first release, four versions of the tune charted at # 1, # 2, # 3 and # 4. [[Bessie Smith]], in 1927, and [[Louis Armstrong]], in 1937, made the top 20 with their interpretations. In 1938 the song was # 1 again, in a [[duet]] by [[Bing Crosby]] and Connee Boswell; another Crosby duet, this time with [[Al Jolson]], hit the top-20 in 1947. [[Johnny Mercer]] charted a swing version in 1945, and Nellie Lutcher put it on the [[R&B]] charts (# 13) in 1948. Add [[Ray Charles]]' brilliant [[big-band]] take in 1959, and "Alexander" had a dozen hit versions in a bit under a half century.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/sampler/article/0,8599,189846,00.html That Old Christmas Feeling: Irving America. Richard Corliss remembers Irving Berlin, whose career was more than "White Christmas" and "God Bless America"] TIME Magazine. December 24, 2001</ref></blockquote>

 

After the success of "Alexander," Berlin was rumored to be writing a "[[ragtime]] [[opera]]," but instead he produced his first full-length work for the musical stage, "Watch Your Step" (1914), starring [[Vernon and Irene Castle]], the first [[musical comedy]] to make pervasive use of [[syncopated]] rhythms. A similar show entitled "Stop! Look! Listen!" followed in 1915.

 

[[Berkas:BerlinTime.jpg|thumb|right|On the cover of Time magazine: [[May 28]], [[1934]].]]

 

In 1927, one of Berlin's songs, "Blue Skies," a hit from 1926, was featured in the first [[talkie]] (motion picture with sound), ''[[The Jazz Singer (1927 film)|The Jazz Singer]]'', in which it was sung by Al Jolson.

[[Top Hat]] (1935) was the first of a series of distinctive film musicals pioneered by Berlin that featured popular and attractive performers (such as Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, and Ginger Rogers), light romantic plots, and a seemingly endless string of his new and old songs. Others films of this sort included [[On the Avenue]] (1937), [[Holiday Inn]] (1942), [[Blue Skies]] (1946), and [[Easter Parade]] (1948). The film version of [[This Is the Army]] (1943), which featured Berlin himself singing "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," was a success, but film versions of several of his stage musicals, including [[Annie Get Your Gun]] (1950) and [[Call Me Madam]] (1953), were somewhat less successful than his written-for-Hollywood shows.

[[Holiday Inn]] introduced "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]," one of the most-recorded songs in history. First sung in the film by [[Bing Crosby]], it sold over 30 million copies when released as a record. The song was re-used as the title theme of the 1954 musical film, ''White Christmas'', which starred Crosby, [[Danny Kaye]], [[Rosemary Clooney]], and [[Vera-Ellen]]. Crosby's single of "White Christmas" was recognized as the [[List of best selling singles|best-selling single]] in any music category for more than 50 years until 1997, when [[Elton John]]'s tribute to [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], "[[Candle In the Wind]]," overtook it in a matter of months. However, Crosby's recording of "White Christmas" has sold additional millions of copies as part of numerous compilation albums, including his best-selling album ''Merry Christmas'', which was first released as an [[Vinyl record|LP]] in 1949.

[[Berkas:Music_album_record_white_christmas.jpg|250px|right|White Christmas, 1995 re-release CD album cover]].

His friend and fellow songwriter [[Jule Styne]] said of him, "It's easy to be clever. But the really clever thing is to be simple."<ref>[http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20040610-091743-3433r.htm Media met its match] by Mark Steyn (Washington Times)</ref> Asked to define Berlin's place in American music, Jerome Kern said he had none: "Irving Berlin ''is'' American music."

 

[[Berkas:Dorothy Goetz Berlin grave.jpg |thumb|Dorothy Goetz's grave ([[Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo]], NY)]]

 

Irving Berlin died of a [[heart attack]] in [[New York City]] at the [[Centenarians|age of 101]] and was interred in the [[Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx|Woodlawn Cemetery]] in [[The Bronx]], [[New York]]. He had been predeceased by his wife, Ellin.

 

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*Berlin was the only person to ever find his own name on the winners' envelope at the [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], winning the award for best music in an original song for the song "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]" in the film ''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]'' in 1942. [[Bing Crosby]]'s single of that song sold more than 30 million copies. Berlin was nominated for six others during his career.