God Bless America Guthrie criticized the song, and in 1940 he wrote "This Land Is Your Land," originally titled "God Blessed America For Me," as a response. Anti-Semitic groups such as the Ku Klux Klan also protested against the song due to its authorship by a Jewish immigrant. In 1943, Smith's rendition was featured in the patriotic musical "This is the Army" along with other Berlin songs. The manuscripts in the Library of Congress reveal the evolution of the song from victory to peace. Berlin gave the royalties of the song to The God Bless America Fund for redistribution to Boy Scouts and
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