Question: Where was the songwriter who wrote the songs for the album "Song Hits from Holiday Inn" born?

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The Barefoot Man: The Barefoot Man, born George Nowak, is an entertainer and songwriter who performs primarily in the Cayman Islands, specifically on the largest island of Grand Cayman.  He has composed about 2,000 songs and has recorded nearly 500 of them.  The Barefoot Man and his Band performed for many years at the Holiday Inn on the Seven Mile Beach of Grand Cayman.  This hotel, however, no longer exists.  He now performs primarily at the Reef Resort and at The Wharf in Grand Cayman.  The Barefoot Man has been commonly compared to other island performers and songwriters like Jimmy Buffett.

Calling Dr. Love: "Calling Dr. Love" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1976 album "Rock and Roll Over".  It was written by bassist Gene Simmons, who sings lead vocals on the song, at a Holiday Inn in Evansville, Indiana.  The song's title came from Simmons' recollection of The Three Stooges film "Men in Black", which contained a hospital intercom announcement, "Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard."  The song was the second single released from the album, and the band's fourth US Top 20 single, reaching #16 in "Billboard".  In Canada, the song reached number two, and is ranked as the 54th biggest Canadian hit of 1977.

Song Hits from Holiday Inn: Song Hits from Holiday Inn is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire released in July 1942 featuring songs presented in the American musical film "Holiday Inn".  These are the longer studio recorded versions of the songs presented in the film.  For the songs that were actually in the film, see Holiday Inn (soundtrack).  This album is not only notable because it is one of the greatest works of the highly regarded songwriter Irving Berlin, but it is only Crosby's third studio album.  This was also the first release of Crosby's signature song "White Christmas" on shellac disc record.  The 1942 version would only be released only one more time, in "Merry Christmas" in 1945 before the song was re-recorded (because the original master recording wore out) and the later version became the standard.

Blue Skies (Decca album): Blue Skies is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire released in 1946 featuring songs that were presented in the American musical film "Blue Skies".  Like "Song Hits from Holiday Inn", the entire 78 rpm album would be composed of Irving Berlin songs written specifically for the film.  This was the first release of one of Astaire's greatest songs, "Puttin' On the Ritz", on shellac disc record.

Irving Berlin: Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.  His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook.  Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five.  He published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy", in 1907, receiving 33 cents for the publishing rights, and had his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1911.  He also was an owner of the Music Box Theatre on Broadway.

Kyle Andrews: Kyle Andrews is an American songwriter and performer born in Chicago, IL and based in Nashville, TN.  He has released albums on Portland's Badman Recording Co. as well as his own Elephant Lady Records imprint.  His 2010 song "You Always Make Me Smile" (co-written with friend Neil Mason) was featured in a worldwide Holiday Inn ad.  The music video for the song was filmed in Utah during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest water balloon fight and went viral.  His interactive video for "Sushi" (directed by Dennis Liu) was made from 1.4 million tiles, and thousands of unique YouTube video stills.  In 2010 it was shortlisted for the Guggenheim's YouTube Play Exhibit.

Next Time (album): Next Time (Macedonian: "Некст Тајм" ) is the debut album of the Macedonian pop rock duo also called Next Time.  The release of the album marked Next Time's fast gained success as part of the Macedonian music scene.  After releasing 4 singles in just about 4 months, Next Time entered the studio for completing their first musical project and recorded 9 other songs.  The finished album contained 13 songs, two of which were sung in a language other than Macedonian.  It was a mix of slow and fast songs, topped with a bonus track in English and a cover from an old Italian pop-opera song.  At the promotion for the album held in the hotel Holiday Inn in Skopje, Macedonia over 2,000 people were present to support the newly formed duo and their first album.  After a brief note from producer Jovan Jovanov, the duo performed 6 songs from the CD live at the promotion to the pleasure of the gathered crowd.

Holiday Inn (soundtrack): Soundtrack from Holiday Inn is a soundtrack album of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire singing Irving Berlin songs that were taken directly from the musical film "Holiday Inn".  This soundtrack was first released on vinyl LP.  These songs differ slightly and are often faster to save time than the ones released to the public on 78 rpm phonograph records.

Bing's Hollywood vols.1-15: The Bing’s Hollywood series was a Decca Records 15-album set by Bing Crosby of commercial recordings of songs used in his films from 1934 to 1956.  Numbered in order from Decca DL4250 to DL4264, the LPs included "Easy to Remember", "Pennies from Heaven", "Pocket Full of Dreams", "East Side of Heaven", "The Road Begins", "Only Forever", "Holiday Inn", "Swinging on a Star", "Accentuate the Positive", "Blue Skies", "But Beautiful", "Sunshine Cake", "Cool of the Evening", "Zing a Little Zong" and "Anything Goes."  In the UK, Brunswick Records issued the set with the numbers BING1 to BING 15.  In 1988 MCA Universal began reissuing "Bing's Hollywood" on compact disc, but poor sales abruptly halted the series following the release of "Holiday Inn", "Swinging on a Star" and "Blue Skies."

Holiday Inn (film): Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.  With music by Irving Berlin, the composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas."  The film features the complete reuse of "Easter Parade," written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue "As Thousands Cheer".  The film's choreography was by Danny Dare.

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Answer: Russia