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Composer of the Week: Irving Berlin

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3: Irving Berlin's career hit a slump in the 1930s but he managed to rise above it. Donald Macleod also looks at Berlin's response to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Music includes: Reaching for the Moon with Raieda Costa ; I Never Had Chance and Say It Isn't So with Greta Keller ; Cheek to Cheek with Fred Astaire ; I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm with Dick Powell ; He Ain't Got Rhythm with Alice Faye ; / Threw a Kiss in the Ocean with Peggy Lee ; This Is the Army, Mr Jones performed by the Composer; and Puttin' On the Ritz with Fred Astaire.

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Donald MacLeod
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Raieda Costa
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Greta Keller
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Fred Astaire
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Dick Powell
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Alice Faye
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Peggy Lee
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Mr Jones
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Fred Astaire.
Source: Radio Times

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