{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-jewish-lives-podcast.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Firving-berlin-dRERdlOU","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"IRVING BERLIN ","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7e61671a-647a-43e2-ad04-abc6424c5ac5/30a01da7-a0c0-4592-ab4b-1636fbfd3dbb/berlin-podcast.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/a5e4502b-3e6a-4626-b629-4e1479bec2cb\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"IRVING BERLIN \" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Irving Berlin has been called—by George Gershwin, among others—the greatest songwriter of the golden age of American popular song.\n\nJames Kaplan, author of the Jewish Lives biography Irving Berlin: New York Genius, underscores Berlin’s unique brilliance as a composer, his witty, wily, and tough Jewish immigrant experience, and his continued relevance in American popular culture today.\n\nMusic in this Episode: \nEthel Merman - There's No Business Like Show Business \nFred Astaire - Puttin' on the Ritz\nLouis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - Cheek to Cheek \nFrank Sinatra - Cheek to Cheek \nLady Gaga & Tony Bennett - Cheek to Cheek \nBing Crosby - Play a Simple Melody\nNat King Cole - I Love a Piano \nBillie Holiday - Isn't This a Lovely Day\nKate Smith - God Bless America\nSam Cooke - The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers on) \nEthel Waters - Supper Time\nThe Drifters - White Christmas\nTony Bennett - When I Lost You \nAnita O'Day - Let's Face the Music and Dance\nEva Cassidy - Blue Skies \n"}