I can't lay hands on it at the moment, but there was an Irving Berlin
Songography.

Steve Smolian

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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Irving Berlin's Dorando

I don't believe that it was recorded but it could have been. Berlin once
sang it on radio -- in the '40s. Could have been on Sinatra's show, IIRC.

Dan Langan


On 6/27/12 3:35 PM, "Neal Lavon" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Does anyone know if Irving Berlin's song about Dorando Petrie, who was
> helped to the finish line of the London 1908 Olympics, was ever
> recorded? One can find the lyrics online but I have not been able to
> easily find a recorded version of the song.
>
> With the Games coming up in London in about a month, this triggered my
> curiosity.