God Bless America an example of Berlin's "habit of interpolating bits of half-remembered songs into his own numbers." Berlin, born Israel Baline, had himself written several Jewish-themed novelty tunes. In 1938, with the rise of Adolf Hitler, Irving Berlin, who was Jewish and had arrived in America from Russia at the age of five, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song," and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938, sung by Kate Smith on her radio show. Berlin had made some minor changes; by this time, "to the right" might have been considered a call to
God Bless the Child (Shania Twain song) radio, "God Bless the Child" became Twain's fourth appearance on the "Billboard" Hot 100 where it peaked at number 75, it also reached number 50 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. US Single Canada Maxi-CD God Bless the Child (Shania Twain song) "God Bless the Child" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Shania Twain. It was released in October 1996 as the eighth and final single from her 1995 album "The Woman in Me". The song was written by Twain and an extended version co-written by Mutt Lange. The song became Twain's first single