Berlin, incidentally, could not write music. He could play piano"not too well, and in only one key. He would play, sing, and hum songs that he created, which a musical secretary would then take down and put into written form for him. The typed lyrics that Shaw saved (with the words "you're a dumb kop") may have been typed by Berlin himself or may have been dictated by Berlin to a musical secre…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:56PM on July 3, 2024