In this colorful history, we learn how Russian immigrant and singing waiter Israel Baline reinvented himself as the dapper but reserved Irving Berlin, one of America's greatest composers of popular music (''God Bless America,'' ''White Christmas''). As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin is a vivid biography, with the sweeping range that a crowded, century-long life requires. A


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