[bit.listserv.allmusic] Irving Berlin

R_GELINA@UNHH.BITNET (02/08/90)

I heard something incredible on the radio this morning. The composer Irving
Berlin could not read music! He was basically musically illiterate. He could
only play the piano in one key, and he had pianos specially built with levers
that would change the key. Unbelievable!!                   HD