Woody Guthrie in Will Geer's apartment. Guthrie made his first recordings—several hours of conversation and songs recorded by the folklorist Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress—as well as an album, "Dust Bowl Ballads," for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey. In February 1940 he wrote his most famous song, "This Land Is Your Land", as a response to what he felt was an overplaying of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on the radio. Guthrie thought the lyrics were unrealistic and complacent. He adapted the melody from an old gospel song, "Oh My Loving Brother", which had been adapted by the country
All by Myself (Irving Berlin song) alongside Al Jolson. This performance was broadcast live on Crosby's radio show on May 7, 1947. All by Myself (Irving Berlin song) "All by Myself" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin, published in 1921. It was introduced in "The Music Box Revue of 1922". Popular recordings in 1921 were by Ted Lewis, Frank Crumit, Aileen Stanley, Benny Krueger's Orchestra, Vaughn De Leath and by Ben Selvin (vocal by Ernest Hare). Part of the song is sung by Betty Boop (Mae Questel) in the 1933 animated short film "Is My Palm Read" It was performed by Bing Crosby and