Music USA #1422, Irving Berlin Tribute, Part I
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- Voice of America announcement; introduction by Conover (no theme) 0:00:57
- Medley: "Say It With Music," "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody." "Remember" 0:03:22
- Biography of Irving Berlin 0:01:12
- Medley: "Everybody's Doin' It," "Mandy," "Snooky Ookums," "Marie from Sunny Italy," "Ragtime Violin," "Alexander's Ragtime Band" 0:04:31
- Biography continues; "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" 0:04:03
- Conover; excerpt of "Always" 0:02:46
- Guy Lombardo speaks about Irving Berlin; Lombardo orchestra plays "Always" 0:03:21
- Conover 0:01:14
- Conover's introduction; Rudy Vallee speaks about Irving Berlin 0:02:02
- Rudy Vallee, "Say It Isn't So" 0:02:39
- Introduction; medley: "The Piccolino," "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails," "Cheek to Cheek," "Isn't This a Lovely Day," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," "Let Yourself Go" 0:09:01
- Interview with Ginger Rogers 0:01:54
- Ginger Rogers introduces Fred Astaire; interview with Fred Astaire 0:02:43
- Fred Astaire introduces "Isn't This a Lovely Day" 0:04:45
- Louis Armstrong, "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" 0:04:11
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Music USA #1422, Irving Berlin Tribute, Part I, audio recording, November 6, 1958; Washington, D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc824872/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.