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  • The centerpiece of Ms. Andrade's show which was produced by Pat and Ettore Phillips, who have made a speciality of bringing foreign acts to Birdland was "Esta Tarde vi Llover," by Armando Manzanero, the 75-year-old songwriter from the Yucatan who has been described as the Irving Berlin of Mexico.

    Blues From Brazil to China Will Friedwald 2011

  • Begin with one ironic fact: At summer camps across the country, all-American boys and girls roast marshmallows, belt out the national anthem, salute Old Glory-and stage musicals produced by the likes of Israel Baline, Jacob and Israel Gershowitz and Asa Yoelson (better known as Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin and Al Jolson).

    How Jews Play the Part: Assimilation with a Score 2004

  • Ted Chapin, president of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, the group that controls the rights to the work of the songwriting team, as well as of composers such as Irving Berlin, says until the recent revival of "South Pacific," he'd never heard a Rodgers and Hammerstein score on Broadway with its complete original contingent of instruments.

    A high point in the pit Peter Marks 2010

  • UPDATE: Commenters reasonably point out that I omitted some important candidates, such as Irving Berlin, primarily because I had not bothered to check whether these people mostly Russian Jews were born in Russia or elsewhere in Eastern Europe.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Was Ayn Rand the Most Influential Russian Immigrant to the United States? 2009

  • Her latest disc, last year's self-titled record, was another classy collection of songs by classic songwriters such as Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern, all sung with Cole's trademark sass and no-nonsense delivery and put across by her crack, swinging small band.

    Projo.com Projo Local News 2009

  • Hart concentrated mostly on directing, and sometimes producing, shows such as Irving Berlin's

    NewMexiKen 2008

  • Although early in her career she tried to appear less “ethnic” by changing her name to Brice (after all, she didn’t even speak Yiddish), she found early on that it was her comic specialty numbers — such as Irving Berlin’s “Sadie Salome, Go Home” sung with a Yiddish accent — that won her audiences.

    Theater in the United States. 2009

  • It took me a longer time to appreciate Oscar Hammerstein and also Irving Berlin.

    Lining Up for a Lyric Legend Will Friedwald 2011

  • Filled with songs by Irving Berlin, There's No Business Like Show Business is sometimes like a trip down memory lane.

    George Heymont: Can't Stop the Music George Heymont 2012

  • VG: Yes, not Rufus this time, but we got Loudon to do an Irish song that was just very moving, very powerful dramatic song, and then Martha sings "All By Myself," an Irving Berlin song.

    Mike Ragogna: Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano Mike Ragogna 2011

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