Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites

Album ID:
F-014(a)
Format:
33 13 rpm 12"
Publisher:
MGM E3869
Language:
Yiddish
Provenance:
Courtesy of Lazer Trachtenberg, March 2013
Genre:
Pop/Concert/Theater
Where produced:
USA

Contents

A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע
Also known as:
Yiddishe Mame
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Memory/Family
Subject:
Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin:
GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301
Music:
GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
755
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had my goodly share
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט בעסער אין דער װעלט,
Language:
English/Yiddish
Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib — איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב
Also known as:
I Love You Much Too Much
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Anger/Love/Rejection/Fool/Revenge
Origin:
Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
Translation:
Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
Music:
SM Scher 2
Additional song notes:
I Love You Much To Much Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533 Translate - Alb P-038(a)
Related information in folder 122:
Document type:
Email
Author:
Olshanetsky, Alexander
Publisher:
Friedman, RA
Comments:
Transliterated songtext from original sheet music. Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
7175
Vocal:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Arranger:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, Ikh trog oyf dir keyn has,
First line:
איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, איך טראַג אױף דיר קײן האַס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה
Also known as:
Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
Also known as:
Living With the H Tune
Author:
Nathanson, Moshe
Genre:
Folk/Hora
Subject:
Dance/Celebration/Joy
Song comment:
See Page 130 for extended info on the song
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
Transliteration:
Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
Additional song notes:
Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.
Related information in folder 832:
Comments:
1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
6257
Vocal:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Arranger:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismakha. Uru...
First line:
הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew/English
Khasene Vals — חתונה װאַלס
Also known as:
Danube Waves
Also known as:
Anniversary Song
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Ivanovice, Ivan
Composer:
Ivanovice, Ivan
Genre:
Waltz/Love
Subject:
Wedding/Anniversary/Dance/Ballroom
Origin:
Alb T-005(a)
Transliteration:
Alb K-051(a)
Additional song notes:
Same melody as Anniverary Waltz - See entry 3271 in Herskes
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
8129
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Akh, yene nakht, yene gliklekhe nakht, hot...un a shir...
First line:
אַך, יענע נאַכט, יענע גליקלעכע נאַכט, האָט...אָן אַ שיר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז
Also known as:
Belz
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
Subject:
Place/Belz/Childhood
Origin:
GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
Music:
GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
Additional song notes:
From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b) Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
9976
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Mamele (Goodheart) — מאַמעלע (גאָדהאַרט)
Author:
Alstone, Alex
Author:
Parish, Mitchell
Composer:
Goodheart, A.
Genre:
Nostalgia
Subject:
Mother/Shabos/Sabbath/Candles
Origin:
Alb L-023(a)
Transliteration:
Alb L-023(a)
Translation:
Alb L-023(a)
Related information in folder 511:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Text transliterated Text translated and transliterated
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
9719
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
As I watched you light the sabbath candles, there's a...
First line:
איך דעגענק װי דו פֿלעגסט מיך באַװיגן, אַ קינד פֿון דרײַ בלױז,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Oyfn Pripetshik (Warshavsky) — אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק (וואַרשאַווסקי)
Also known as:
Der Alef Beys
Also known as:
In The Fireplace
Also known as:
Afn Pripetshik
Also known as:
Oifm Pripezik
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Children/Alphabet/Education/Learning/Rebbe/Kheyder/School
Origin:
ML MTAG 2/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 24/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)
Transliteration:
Alb R-022(a)/ML MTAG 2/Alb B-004(c)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)
Translation:
Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-024(b)/GYF 27/Kinderbuch 167/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 196/
Music:
ML MTAG 2/GYF 25/SM Scher 13/Lefko Folk 72
Additional song notes:
At The Fireplace See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Translation and Transliteration at Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012/ Eng Translit - Alb P-038€
Related information in folder 332:
Document type:
Translation
Author:
Max Rosenfeld
Comments:
Singable English adaptation by Max Rosenfeld. 2. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher." 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
11925
Vocal:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Arranger:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Oyfn pripetshik brent a fayerl, un in shtub iz heys.
First line (Yiddish):
אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק ברענט אַ פֿײַערל, און אין שטוב איז הײס.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Sheyn Vi Di Levone — שײן װי די לבֿנה
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Love/Pop
Subject:
Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered
Origin:
GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)
Music:
Warem 182/GYF 37/SM Scher 1
Additional song notes:
Also translated on CD B-076(a)
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
13722
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern, fun himel a matone
First line:
שײן װי די לבֿנה, ליכטיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתּנה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Tsena Tsena — צאנה צאנה
Author:
Miron, Issacar — מירון, ישׂשׂכּר
Composer:
Khagiz, Yechiel — הגיז, יהיאָל
Genre:
Israeli
Subject:
Girls/Soldiers/Courting
Origin:
Alb O-001(d)/DeRoy 48
Transliteration:
G-005(a)/Alb O-001(d)
Translation:
Alb O-001(d)
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
15525
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Tsena, tsena tsena, tsena, habanot urena khayalim bemosheva
First line (Hebrew):
צאנה, צאנה, צאנה, צאנה, הבּנוֹת וּראינה חילים בּמושבה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito — װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ
Also known as:
Vos Geven Iz Nishtu
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudeville/Lament
Subject:
Aging/Memory
Origin:
ML PYS 274
Transliteration:
Warem 224/ML PYS 274/Alb J-024(a)1/Estella 8
Translation:
Alb T-015(a)/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 224/ML PYS 275/Estella 8
Additional song notes:
What Was Once Is No More
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
16685
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho.
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע שעה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Yosl Yosl — יאָסל יאָסל
Author:
Steinberg, Samuel
Composer:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Love/Desire/Attraction
Song comment:
See "Joseph Joseph" - English Adaptation
Origin:
Alb K-068(d)/Alb K-007(a)/
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/Estella 6/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-068(d)/ephemera 1456
Translation:
Alb K-068(d)
Music:
Estella 6
Additional song notes:
Also see "Joseph Joseph" for English adaptation
Related information in folder 1456:
Comments:
1. 3/10/15 Transliterated text provided by Chava Kramer via internet and entered in Ephemera on March 10, 2015
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
17843
Vocal:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Arranger:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Oy, yosl, yosl, mayn khies geyt mikh azhe oys nokh dir,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, יאָסל, יאָסל, מײַן חיות גײט מיך אַשז אַרױס נאָך דיר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish