The Irving Berlin Music Company is the rightsholder, but all royalties go to the Boy Scouts of America.
The Boy Scouts of America
Yes, through the God Bless America Foundation.
Yes all royalties are received by the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America.
He intended to use it in the 1918 show "Yip Yip Yaphank," but it was cut.
Basically he says he wrote this in response to all the American Flags and "God Bless America" bumper stickers. He says something to the effect that God should bless America but also other places in the World are need God's blessings.
God Bless America was originally written by Irving Berlin in 1918, during the First World War. He wrote it for an army camp show at Camp Yaphank on Long Island, where he was stationed. The song was rejected by the show's producers, so Berlin filed it away in a trunk of manuscripts, where it was almost forgotten. In 1938, Kate Smith was America's most popular female singer. Her weekly radio program attracted a large audience. Her producer asked Berlin to write a patriotic song for Kate Smith to sing, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of the First World War (November 11, 1918). Berlin remembered the song he had written twenty years earlier, retrieved it out of the trunk, and made a few minor improvements to it. Kate Smith sang God Bless America on her radio program for the first time on Thursday, November 10, 1938. The switchboard was jammed by enthusiastic callers and became an instant hit. On March 21, 1939, Kate Smith recorded God Bless America. That original recording has been reissued many times since. The royalties from the song all go to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America through the God Bless America Foundation, established by Irving Berlin in 1940. The song has been recorded by a few other artists, but none came close to Kate Smith's rendition. For several years, it was played prior to the start of home games of hockey's Philadelphia Flyers, in place of the National Anthem. (The above information was obtained from The Kate Smith Commemorative Society.)
The Boy Scouts of America.
Yes, through the God Bless America Foundation.
"God Bless America," I think.
Yes all royalties are received by the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America.
Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" gives royalties to both the boy and girl scout organizations with funds currently going to youth in New York City.
God Bless America' is an American patriotic song. The song was written in the year of 1918 by composer, Irving Berlin.
No; "God Bless America" has no official standing.
America; countries are often referred to as "her."
The song writer, Irving Berlin.
Kate Smith made the song bless God Bless America famous with her singing.
Celine Dion song God bless America she is the one that wrote it and has gotten more fame from it. i know because my dance studio did a lyrical dance to it! never wrong!!!
"You belong with me" By Taylor swift "God Bless America"