Well, I guess we have to take the composer at his word, since he starts out like this: The sun is shining, the grass is green, The orange and Palm Trees sway; There’s never been such a day In Beverly Hills, L.A. And I am longing to be up north . . Those who have studied the matter think that Irvin Berlin was in Beverly Hills working on a movie when the original idea for this song came to him. He was separated from his family over Christmas of that year, 1937, and very homesick. Looking at those orange and ... Read more

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