Yip Yip Yaphank by Irving Berlin.
"God Bless America" was written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938.
He intended to use it in the 1918 show "Yip Yip Yaphank," but it was cut.
Yes all royalties are received by the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America.
God Bless America was originally written by Irving Berlin in 1918, during the First World War. He wrote it for an army camp show at Camp Yaphank on Long Island, where he was stationed. The song was rejected by the show's producers, so Berlin filed it away in a trunk of manuscripts, where it was almost forgotten. In 1938, Kate Smith was America's most popular female singer. Her weekly radio program attracted a large audience. Her producer asked Berlin to write a patriotic song for Kate Smith to sing, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of the First World War (November 11, 1918). Berlin remembered the song he had written twenty years earlier, retrieved it out of the trunk, and made a few minor improvements to it. Kate Smith sang God Bless America on her radio program for the first time on Thursday, November 10, 1938. The switchboard was jammed by enthusiastic callers and became an instant hit. On March 21, 1939, Kate Smith recorded God Bless America. That original recording has been reissued many times since. The royalties from the song all go to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America through the God Bless America Foundation, established by Irving Berlin in 1940. The song has been recorded by a few other artists, but none came close to Kate Smith's rendition. For several years, it was played prior to the start of home games of hockey's Philadelphia Flyers, in place of the National Anthem. (The above information was obtained from The Kate Smith Commemorative Society.)
Irving Berlin (1888-1989) wrote popular music and Broadway show tunes. From Alexander's Rag Time Bandwritten in 1911, God Bless America in 1918, Puttin' on the Ritz in 1930, Easter Parade in 1933, White Christmas in 1942, There's No Business Like Show Business in 1946, Steppin' Out With My Baby in 1948, through the 1950 show Call Me Madam with Ethel Merman. He wrote the scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films. He wrote hundreds of popular songs sung by all the greats of the first half of the twentieth century and many more since then.
Yes; it was written for a 1918 musical called "Yip Yip Yaphank," but was cut.
God Bless America' is an American patriotic song. The song was written in the year of 1918 by composer, Irving Berlin.
It was written by Irving Berlin in 1918, when he was in the Army.
God Bless America was written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and then revised by him in 1938, by some it is considered the unofficial national anthem of the US.
It was written in 1918 for World War I, and revised in 1938 for World War II.
It was written in 1918 to be part of a musical called "Yip Yip Yaphank," but was cut. Composer Irving Berlin revised it in 1938 partly as a reaction to the rise of Hitler, and it became an instant hit.
"God Bless America" was written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938.
It was written for a 1918 show called "Yip Yip Yaphank" but was cut.
It was intended for use in a 1918 show called "Yip Yip Yaphank," but was cut. Composer Irving Berlin revised it in 1938 and it was made popular by Kate Smith.
He intended to use it in the 1918 show "Yip Yip Yaphank," but it was cut.
Yes all royalties are received by the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America.
Sinbad - musical - was created in 1918.