I love Irving Berlins' songs. Our father used to have our young family learn and sing some of these songs in the early sixties, while he strummed the guitar, which he learned to play while serving as a lieutenant in the Canadian Merchant Marine in World War 2 , on the ships. Berlins songs have meant much to me over the years especially his romantic songs like 'Always', 'Blue Skies', Say It Isn't So', and 'The Song Is Ended'. I love playing them on the piano, and that gives me much pleasure.
So why is it that America now says that Duke Ellington is America’s greatest composer? What about Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein or Jerome Kern. All of the above were Jewish. When someone tells me that Duke is America’s greatest composer I ask them to sing ONE of his songs. They can’t sing one. But they remember “God Bless America” and “White Christmas.” In fact, the great songs attributed to Duke were actually written by Billy Strayhorn including “A Train.” Gee, can anybody explain this curiosity?? Oh, by the way, Duke never wrote a lyric in his life. Berlin did it all himself.
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I love Irving Berlins' songs. Our father used to have our young family learn and sing some of these songs in the early sixties, while he strummed the guitar, which he learned to play while serving as a lieutenant in the Canadian Merchant Marine in World War 2 , on the ships. Berlins songs have meant much to me over the years especially his romantic songs like 'Always', 'Blue Skies', Say It Isn't So', and 'The Song Is Ended'.
I love playing them on the piano, and that gives me much pleasure.
So why is it that America now says that Duke Ellington is America’s greatest composer? What about Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein or Jerome Kern. All of the above were Jewish. When someone tells me that Duke is America’s greatest composer I ask them to sing ONE of his songs. They can’t sing one. But they remember “God Bless America” and “White Christmas.” In fact, the great songs attributed to Duke were actually written by Billy Strayhorn including “A Train.” Gee, can anybody explain this curiosity?? Oh, by the way, Duke never wrote a lyric in his life. Berlin did it all himself.
Or Johnny Mercer or Bob Dylan.....
AI voice..?
.its soulless either way
Man I agree. I had to shut the thing off. It's like listening to a computer read the encyclopedia.
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Wikipedia in pictures. 😂