UMPG to manage Irving Berlin catalog

The Universal Music Posting Group will administer the background music posting catalog of Irving Berlin -- the songwriter who composed such perennials as "Whitened Christmas," "There Is No Business Like Show Business," "Puttin' Around The Ritz" and also the "God Bless America" -- for privileges outdoors of The United States.Based on the announcement by Paul Connolly, UMPG's leader of Europe & Uk, together with Berlin's kids Mary Ellin Barrett, Linda Emmet and Elizabeth Peters who partially manage the songwriter's trust, UMPG gets control administration for the majority of the catalog through the territory effective immediately, along with other tunes incorporated later.Based on ASCAP, "Whitened Christmas" is easily the most recorded holiday song ever, with more than 500 versions in a large number of languages.Over Berlin's 60-year career he authored 1,500 tunes, 19 Broadway shows and gained nine Oscar nominations and something win. His chart-topping tunes happen to be construed by the kind of Sinatra, Streisand, Garland, Merman, Jolson, Crosby and Billie Holiday, among numerous others.Berlin's tunes, stated Connolly inside a statement, "truly transcend decades and they are woven in to the very fabric in our culture." Contact Steve Chagollan at steve.chagollan@variety.com