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Composer of the Week: Irving Berlin

on BBC Radio 3

2: By the 1920s, Berlin was established as a songwriter despite having no formal musical education. His second marriage was, by all accounts, a happy union and provided some useful musical fodder. With Donald Macleod. Music includes:
With You Johnny Marvin
All Alone Dinah Shore with Paul Weston and his Orchestra
Remember (You Forgot to Remember) Connie Boswell with Harry Sosnik and his Orchestra
Always Billie Holiday
Just a Little LongerCharles Hart with Philip Spitalny and his Orchestra Russian Lullaby Savoy Orpheans
Let Me Sing and I 'm Happy; To My Mammy AUolson
Marie Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
Let's Face the Music and Dance
Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and his Orchestra Film soundtrack: Easter Parade (excerpts, including "We 're a Couple of Swells Fred Astaire and Judy Garland

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Donald MacLeod.
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Johnny Marvin
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Dinah Shore
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Paul Weston
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Connie Boswell
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Harry Sosnik
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Longercharles Hart
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Philip Spitalny
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Marie Jack Leonard
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Tommy Dorsey
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Fred Astaire
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Johnny Green
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Fred Astaire
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Judy Garland

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