IRVING BERLIN. Signature: "Irving Berlin", 3¾x1 irregularly cut. Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Berlin wrote hundreds of songs, including some of the most popular and well-known tunes in American history. He was inducted into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame in 1988 and Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. His music continues to be enjoyed by audiences around the world. 

Born Israel Isidore Baline in Tumen, Siberia, Russia, was such a force in American music that in 1924, when Berlin was just 37, songwriter Jerome Kern gave this assessment: "Irving Berlin has no place in American music. 

He is American music.

Wrote: “God Bless America,” and “White Christmas.”