His wartime job as a British diplomat in America won him Winston Churchill's admiration-though Churchill, intending to invite Berlin to lunch in Downing Street, ended up with Irving Berlin by mistake.

That's pretty good. Then possibly you'll remember Charlie Kaufman's remark to Irving Berlin.

As a singer, Bing Crosby's biggest recording success came from a nineteen forty-two movie. In "Holiday Inn" he sang a new song by Irving Berlin.