it wouldn't be the holiday season without the music of irving berlin.e "white christmas" along with literally thousands of other tunes, many of them you can still hum along to, even decades after his death. mo raqqa looks back on berlin's life and incredible legacy. >> reporter: that king cole lit up a room with him. ♪ blue skies smiling at me ♪ what will i do >> reporter: judy garland broke hearts with him. ♪ are far away >> reporter: and fred astaire danced to him. ♪ and you don't know where to go to ♪ ♪ why don't you go where fashion sits ♪ >> reporter: as did gene wilder and peter boyle, sort of. in "young frankenstein." as a fellow songwriter once said, the man who wrote all those songs, irving berlin has no place in american music, he is american music. ♪ there's no business like show business ♪ ♪ like no business i know ♪ everything about it is appealing ♪ ♪ everything that traffic will allow ♪ >> reporter: broadway musical director andy is a longtime fan of irving berlin's. >> i think what's interesting now is we hear these songs and we define t

his name was irving berlin -- maybe the greatest of them all. and he held that song close to his heart for more than 20 years. he did not release the song until 1938, as the world learned of hitler's evil atrocities against the jewish people. on november 10th of that year, his song broadcast through the radio and into the homes all across the country. millions and millions of people were inspired. it was the first time americans heard irving berlin's timeless hymn, "god bless america." [applause] these words became the prayer of our nation, the prayer that traveled to the islands of the pacific, to the beaches of normandy, and all the way to nazi territory, where american soldiers open the gates of concentration camps and liberated jewish survivors. it's the prayer that americans sang as we faced down communism and as we came together as one nation after 9/11. it's the prayer that still unites us today and the hope that burns bright in our hearts, because we are proud american patriots. we love this magnificent nation with every ounce of our tre

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