Irving Berlin wrote an estimated 1500 songs during his career.
Prehaps the most famous being God Bless America and White Christmas
Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 for "White Christmas" in Holiday Inn.
US Army Medal of Merit from General George Marshall at the direction of President Harry S. Truman.
Tony Award for Best Original Score in 1951 for the musical Call Me Madam.
Congressional Gold Medal in 1954 from President Dwight D. Eisenhower for contributing many patriotic songs, including "God Bless America".
Special Tony Award in 1963.
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1968.
Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, which "celebrated its First annual Induction and Awards Ceremony in New York City".
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 by President Gerald Ford. The citation reads, in part: "Musician, Composer, Humanitarian, And Patriot, Irving Berlin Has Captured The Fondest Dreams And Deepest Emotions Of The American People In The Form Of Popular Music."
Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre at the 1978 Tony Awards.
Medal of Liberty during centennial celebrations for the Statue of Liberty in 1986.
100th-birthday celebration concert was for the benefit of Carnegie Hall and ASCAP on May 11, 1988.
Jewish–American Hall of Fame in 1988.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 1994.
American Theater Hall of Fame.
Wikipedia Biogaphy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin
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