Jones." "Cheek to Cheek." "God Bless America." "Theres No Business Like Show Business"-it is astounding to realize Just how many of his songs are familiar to every citizen. His compositions are our favorite patriotic songs. holiday hymns. romantic melodies. It is especially fitting that the man who defined American music was so quintessentially an American success story. He arrived In New York in 1893. a young child of a penniless immigrant family. He worked as a newspaper boy and as a singing waiter before he found his calling. And from this unexceptional background emerged a composer unique in American music.
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