Name:
Cahn, Sammy

Songs written or composed

Joseph Joseph

Author:
Steinberg, Samuel
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Composer:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
Composer:
Chaplin, Saul
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop
Subject:
Love/Marriage/Indicision
Music:
Estella 6
Additional song notes:
English adaptation of "Yosl Yosl"

Recordings

On album:
S-035(a) (The Ed Sullivan Singers and Orchestra Sunrise Sunset)
Track ID:
17854
Vocal:
Sullivan, Ed Singers and Orchestra
Conductor:
Macero, Ted
Arranger:
Vincent, Warren
First line:
La la la... Joseph, Joseph, won't you name the day?
Track comment:
With "Sunrise, Sunset"
Language:
English
On album:
G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
Track ID:
17855
Vocal:
Andrews Sisters
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Joseph, Narration
First line:
O Joseph, Joseph, won't you make your mind up? It's time I..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas
Language:
English
On album:
A-014(a) (The Andrews Sisters The Fabulous Century 1930-40)
Track ID:
17856
Vocal:
Andrew Sisters
First line:
A certain girl I know, is so afraid her beau, will never...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
On album:
L-047(a) (L'Chaim Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
26528
Vocal:
Andrews Sisters
Artist:
Schoen, Vic & Orchestra
First line:
A certain maid I know, is so afraid her beau will never...
Track comment:
Recorded 1938
Language:
English
On album:
052c (Andrews Sisters/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/ Joseph! Joseph!)
Track ID:
30251
Artist:
Andrews Sisters
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28547
Artist:
Russ Morgan Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Trombone:
Morgan, Russ
Vocal:
Clarke, Carolyn
First line:
Joseph, Joseph, won't you make your mind up, it's time I know just I spend…
Track comment:
Originally record March 10, 1938, Brunswick 8097/Unknown orchestra personnel
Language:
English
Style:
Swing, Jazz
Length:
02:24
On album:
W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:
43049
Vocal/Trumpet/Arrangement:
Watts, Susan
Bass:
Watsky, Allen
Clarinet:
Kontorovich, Alex
Piano/Orchestration:
Banner, Adrian
Drums:
Mervine, Gregg
Alto Sax:
Welber, Audrey
Violin:
Zakar, Amy
Language:
Some English
Style:
Concert/Latin/Klezmer/Scat Singing
Length:
3:27

Hey! Jealous Lover (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Walker, Bee
Composer:
Twomey, Kay
Composer:
Cahn, Sammy
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Dialect/Yinglish
Subject:
Love/Jealousy
Additional song notes:
Based On "Hey! Jealous Lover" of Sinatra fame. Could not find credits per se for composers.

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31279
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Unidentified Female Vocalist
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Lover, lover, hey jealous lover, why are you so mekhane…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Vaudeville

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
Sheet music:
Folder:
1192
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Clarinet
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
J. & J. Kammen Music Co.
Date:
1959
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bistu tayer vi di
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Notes:
also with Yossel Yossel arranged for tenor sax damaged page

Recordings

On album:
F-019(b) (Bagels and Bongos/ Irving Fields Trio)
Track ID:
35284
Artist:
Irving Fields Trio
Arrangement:
Fields, Irving
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Latin
On album:
Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")
Track ID:
18359
Artist:
Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band
Artist:
Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond
Clarinet:
Pincus, Paul
First line:
Of all the girls that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן ױי אַ...
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
K-063(a) (Kol Simcha Traditional Jewish Music)
Track ID:
18326
Artist:
Kol Simcha (Switzerland) קול שׂימחה (שװײץ)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-060(a) (Baltimore Klezmer Orchestra)
Track ID:
19612
Artist:
Baltimore Klezmer Orch
Director:
Bussey, Aaron
Artist:
Wacks, Diane & Hannah Tobesmann
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the 1933 Yid Musical "I Would If I Could"
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
G-045(a) (Songs From "Go Fight City Hall" "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn")
Track ID:
20365
Artist:
Chester, Allen & Doris Cohen
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-059(a) (Gesang Un Tants Das 2. Festival des Jiddischen Liedes... — געזאַנג און טאַנץ)
Track ID:
20653
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Bay mikh bistu sheyn, bay mikh hostu kheyn, bay mikh bistu..
First line:
בײַ מיך ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיך האַסטו חן, בײַ מיך ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Recording made in Zurich
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
T-024(a) (Bei Mir Twist Du Schon The Temples)
Track ID:
20923
Artist:
Temples
Style:
Instrumental/Twist
On album:
J-022(b) (The Real Complete Jewish Party Collection Volume II / David & The High Spirit)
Track ID:
22102
Artist:
David & The High Spirit
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Part of Jewish Swings/ Az Der Rebe Zingt/ Di Rebe Elimelekh
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-022(c) (The Real Complete Jewish Party Collection / Volume III / David & The High Spirit)
Track ID:
22140
Artist:
David & The High Spirit
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/ Az Der Rebe Zingt/ Der Rebe Elimeylekh
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-020(a)2 (Byidish Ze Nishmma Yoteyr Tov 2(It Sounds Better In Yiddish) — בּאידיש זה נשמע יותר טוב 2)
Track ID:
22196
Artist:
Harele Bar — הראלה בר
First line:
Ikh vil dir zogn, gib glaykh tsuhern, az du vilst mir libe..
First line:
איך װיל דיר זאָגן, גיב גלײַך צוהערן,אַז דו װילסט מיר ליבע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Hebrew commentary at song program at Habima Theatre
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
Y-004(b) (S'benkt Zikh Aheym Di Beste Lider Fun Di Beste Zingers — ס'בענקט זיך אַהײם די בעסטע לידער פֿון די בעסטע זינגערס)
Track ID:
21747
Vocal:
Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Israel Philharmonic Orch, Strings & Bass
Conductor/Arranger:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Tshiribim/ Tum Balalayke/ Di Grine Kuzine/ Sheyn Vi Di..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-015(f) (Talila Chante Le Yiddish Papirossn)
Track ID:
21582
Arranger:
Mortarelli, Pierre
Artist:
Talila
Accordion/Piano/Arranger:
Schaff, Eddy
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-021(a)1 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 1)
Track ID:
23748
Vocal:
Marjane, Leo
Language:
French
On album:
K-059(d) (Daniel Kempin/ Mazl Un Shlamazl — מזל און שלימזל)
Track ID:
22989
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Un ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host...
First line:
און װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אײגעלעך..
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
Y-022(a) (Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band Klezmerized)
Track ID:
23790
Artist:
Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band
Artist:
Weinberger, Irwin
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
N-020(a) (Honey Novick Rising Toward the Seraphim)
Track ID:
23807
Artist:
Novick, Honey
Artist:
Goldhamer, Brahm, piano
Artist:
Sacks, Richard M., percussion
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "A Tribute To Sholem Secunda"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-068(b) (Klezamir Cooks for Tante Barbara — קלעזאַמיר)
Track ID:
24037
Artist:
Klezamir
Vocal:
Bernard, Rhoda
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
Z-011(e) (Talila Ben Zimet et Eddy Schaff Yiddish Cafe)
Track ID:
24773
Vocal:
Zimet, Ben
Vocal:
Talila
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-063(a) (Boris Gammer The Jerusalem Jazz Band Songs My Father Played — בוריס גאמר ג'אז בנד ירושלים שירים שאבא ניגן דיקסי-פֿרײלעך)
Track ID:
24788
Artist:
Jerusalem Jazz Band — ג'אז בנד ירושלים
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
C-037(a) (Freylekh Zol Zayn! The Cincinnati Klezmer Project — פֿרײלעך זאָל זײַן)
Track ID:
24970
Artist:
Moss, Gina
Artist:
Cincinnati Klezmer Project
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Track comment:
Oy Mama, Bin Ikh Farlibt/ Sheyn Vi Di Levone
Language:
English
On album:
Z-019(b) (Idish De Corazon Zoila — האַכום ייִדיש)
Track ID:
26217
Vocal:
Aguinsky, Zoila
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Spanish translat with album - Para mi eres divina
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-025(a) (Yiddish Theatre Ensemble Performance Tape)
Track ID:
25268
Artist:
Yiddish Theatre Ensemble
Artist:
Robboy, David/ Jennie Levinson
Artist:
Levine, Hilda-Price & Michael
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
also Randy Stein and Barry Levine, piano
Language:
English
On album:
L-025(f) (Zwischen den Welten 10 Jahre MANFRED LEMM & ENSEMBLE)
Track ID:
25517
Artist:
Manfred Lemm Ensemble
Vocal:
Lemm, Manfred
Vocal:
Eckert, Achim
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אוף...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-048(f) (Gojim Tscholent Jiddische Lieder / Klezmer Musik)
Track ID:
25406
Artist:
Di Gojim (Austria) די גױעם (עסטרײַך)
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
N-023(b) (Nunu! Klezmo-Copter)
Track ID:
26074
Artist:
Nunu
Vocal:
Jakob, Willi
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26089
Artist:
Bohm, Tomas & Freilach Exp
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-080(a) (Boiberiker Klezmorim — בױבעריקער קלעזמאָרים)
Track ID:
25653
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Artist:
Mulder, Jaap
Artist:
Boiberiker Kapelye — בױבעריקער קאַפּעליע
Track comment:
Hava Nagila - - Part of Khasene Freylekhs
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
A-040(a) (Luce Amen / Remember Me / Farges Mikh Nit / Zakhor Oti — פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט \ זכר אותי)
Track ID:
25713
Artist:
Amen, Luce
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו שענסטער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
A-041(a) (Alosza Awdiejew W Repertuarze Zydowskim)
Track ID:
25751
Vocal:
Awdiejew, Alosza
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Sung with "German" accent. Arrangement reminiscent of Django Reinhardt
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-047(a) (L'Chaim Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
26521
Artist:
Tracy, Arthur (The Street Singer)
Artist:
Studion Orchestra
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Track comment:
Recorded 1937
Language:
English
On album:
M-060(a)
Track ID:
26806
Artist:
Klezmerim [M-060(a)]
Track comment:
From the 1933 Yid Musical "I Would If I Could"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
Track ID:
26705
Artist:
Lemke, Rainer
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-086(a) (The 24th Street Klezmer! Band Bagels & Grits)
Track ID:
27237
Artist:
Johnson, Lisa & 24th St Klezmer
Artist:
Johnson, Lisa, dir
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Language:
English
On album:
F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
28533
Vocal:
Baker, Belle
Artist:
Gene Kardos Orchestra
First line:
Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some, until I first met you I was..
Track comment:
Originally recorded Dec 21, 1937, Brunswick 8042
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Swing
On album:
W-031(a) (Mauro Wrona / The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville)
Track ID:
27860
Vocal:
Wrono, Mauro — װראָנאָ, מאַוראָ
Artist:
Klezmer Brazil Band
Artist:
Klezmer Brazil Band
Piano:
Travossos, Tania Frankiel
Clarinet/Musical Direction:
Travossos, Alexandre Fracalanza
Violin:
Stein, Daniel
Acoustic Bass:
Dias, Neimar
Drums:
Marini, Ricardo
Trombone:
Moreira, Joao Paulo
Trumpet:
Jose de Melo, Luciano
Arranger:
Spielvogel, Erika
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu eyner oyf der velt,
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו אײנער אױף...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Orchestral/Klezmer/Swing/Concert/Pop
Length:
001:37
On album:
C-041(a) (Mike Curtis Klezmer Quartet Street Song)
Track ID:
27691
Clarinet:
Curtis, Mike
Keyboards/Accordion:
Leslie, David
Electric Bass:
Scollard, Dan
Drums:
Storrs, Dave
Artist:
Curtis, Mike Klezmer Quartet
Arranger:
Curtis, Mike Klezmer Quartet
Style:
Instr/Contemporary/Jazz
Length:
5:24
On album:
C-041(a) (Mike Curtis Klezmer Quartet Street Song)
Track ID:
27692
Tarogato:
Curtis, Mike
Keyboards/Accordion:
Leslie, David
Electric Bass:
Scollard, Dan
Drums:
Storrs, Dave
Artist:
Curtis, Mike Klezmer Quartet
Arranger:
Curtis, Mike
Style:
Instr/Contemporary/Jazz
Length:
5:32
On album:
S-096(b) (Gregori Schechter's Klezmer Festival Band /Echoes of the Shtetl)
Track ID:
27976
Director/Clarinet/Saxaphone:
Schechter, Gregori
Artist:
Gregori Schechter Klezmer Festival Band
Saxophone/Clarinet/Flute:
Curtis, Stewart
Tuba:
Korn, Dovid
Trumpet, Flugelhorn:
Jayasinha, Paul
Keyboards:
Baron-Cohen, Erran
Guitar:
Gee, Ronnie
Drums:
Israeli, Eli
Drums:
Ferrao, Hans
Arranger:
Schechter, Gregori
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Swing/Jazz
On album:
S-068(d) (Shirim / Oy! It's Good /The Art of Yiddish Song)
Track ID:
28199
Artist:
Shirim
Clarinet:
Dickson, Glenn
Trombone:
Harris, David
Piano/Accordion:
McLaughlin, Michael
Drums:
Rosenthal, Eric
Tuba:
Gray, Jim
Banjo:
Fitzpatrick, Pete
Vocal:
Silberman, Betty
First line:
Un nor du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, un host eygelekh vi a kuter, un ven..
First line:
און װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, און האָסט אײגעלעך װי..
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Swing/Jazz
Length:
004:26
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31670
Artist:
Garland, Judy
First line:
Baym mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Cabaret/Orchestra Accompaniment
Length:
2:52
On album:
G-072(a) (Benny Goodman: Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn — בעני גוטמאַן: בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן)
Track ID:
30992
Clarinet:
Goodman, Benny
Piano:
Wilson, Teddy
Vibraphone:
Hampton, Lionel
Drums:
Krupa, Gene
Vocal:
Tilton, Martha
Trumpet:
Ellman, Ziggy
First line:
Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
Track comment:
Recorded December 1937, commercial release sides "A" and "B"
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Swing/Klezmer
On album:
G-072(a) (Benny Goodman: Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn — בעני גוטמאַן: בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן)
Track ID:
30993
First line:
Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
Track comment:
Recorded 1938, arrangement for Carnegie Hall concert by Jimmy Mundy
Style:
Swing/Klezmer
On album:
K-035(d)1
Track ID:
32879
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain da in jazz,
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
4:14
On album:
K-094(a) (Tsigayner Klezmer, Rolinha Kross Trio)
Track ID:
30986
Accordion/Midibass/Arrangement:
van Tol, Theo
Vocals/Arrangement:
Kross, Rolinha
Cimbalom/Arrangement:
Vink, Bokkie
Artist:
Rolinha Kross Trio
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi bay a koter
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי בײַ אַ קאָטער
Track comment:
toter = Tatar, koter = tomcat
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Cabaret
On album:
P-038(a) (Pressburger Klezmer Band [LAJV])
Track ID:
32546
Arrangement:
Pressburger Klezmer Band — פּ ק בּ
Violin:
Werner, Andrej
Clarinet:
Lago, Miro
Viola:
Alexander, Daniel
Piano/Sampler:
Suska, Pavol
Zbor/Double Bass:
Alexander, Samo
Drums:
Oros, Martin
Vocal:
Ballova, Linda
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן,
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Swing/Modern/Klezmer
Length:
7:22
On album:
052c (Andrews Sisters/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/ Joseph! Joseph!)
Track ID:
30250
Artist:
Andrews Sisters
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-058(a) (Listen Up! A Capella - Jewphoria)
Track ID:
31113
Vocal Solo:
Singer, Rebecca
Vocal:
Mann, Moshe
Vocal/Arranger:
Mendelson, Michael
Vocal:
Singer, Steve
First line:
Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
Language:
English
Style:
A Cappella/Jazz/Swing
On album:
R-048(a) (Romantic Jewish Songs / Nightclub Music)
Track ID:
28113
Soprano Sax/Tenor Sax:
Vratil, Ladislav
Violin/Viola:
Hudak, Zdenek
Piano, Keyboards:
Hindls, Richard
Keyboards, Programming:
Linhart, Radim
Arranger:
Linhart, Radim
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz/Pop
Length:
01:46
On album:
T-028(d)1 (Karsten Troyke / Live Klezmer Concert)
Track ID:
42530
Vocal:
Troyke, Karsten — טרױקע, קאַרסטען
Violin:
Dessiatnik, Gennadi
Accordion:
Khoryshman, Valeri
Contrabass:
Jach, Michael
First line:
Zolst mir libe derclaren, day vel ikh far dir libe shvern, ven du hingst oyf…
First line:
זאָלסט מיר ליבע דערקלערן דאַן וועל איך דיט ליבע שווערן, ווען דו הינגסט ציביסלעך
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Concert/Jazz/Swing/Klezmer
Length:
5:14
On album:
R-042(c) (Vilde Mekhaye/Wild Ecstacy/Eleanor Reissa/Frank London/Klezmer Allstars)
Track ID:
42015
Vocal/Arranger:
Reissa, Eleanor
Trumpet:
London, Frank
Drums:
Alexander, Aaron
Tuba:
Caswell, Ron
Accordion:
Farrell, Patrick
Guitar:
Seabrook, Brandon
Clarinet:
Winograd, Michael — ווינאָגראַד, מ.
Guitar:
Drye, Brian
Artist:
Klezmer Brass Allstars
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi a kuter, un ven du…
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ קוטער,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop/Concert
Length:
2:53
On album:
Z-040(a) (Zing / Yiddish Song Project — זינג \ ייִדיש ליד פּרייִיעקט)
Track ID:
39790
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
5:37
On album:
B-114(b)3 (Dan Blacksberg/ Eleanor Reissa/ Freedman Fifteenth Anniversary Concert/Highlights)
Track ID:
41599
Artist:
Dan Blacksberg Modern Yiddish Ensemble
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop/Concert
Length:
8:00
On album:
C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
Track ID:
42381
Vocal:
Powell, Ed
Trumpet:
Cheatham, Doc
Trumpet:
Oles, Lou
Trumpet:
Terry, Clark
Timbals:
Rodriguez, Willie
Piano:
Palmieri, Charles
Lute/Arranger:
Cali, John
Conga/Bongos:
Barretto, Ray
Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
Calle, Juan
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
Russell, Shelly
Bass:
Marshall, Wendell
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu eyner oyf der velt,…
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַערע אױף דער וועלט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Concert/Pop/Latin/Dance/Merengue
Length:
2:41
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42309
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Vocal:
DeLuca, Rosina
Vocal:
Wright, Janet
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Klezmer/Swing/Concert/Duet
Length:
3:15
On album:
D-041(a) (Lillian Davis: Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
42413
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu eyner oyf der velt,…
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַערע אױף דער וועלט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella
Length:
0:47
On album:
B-209(a) (Anatholy Bonder/Gevolt AlefBase)
Track ID:
42172
Vocal/Arranger:
Bonder, Anatholy
Synthesizers:
Lifshitz, Dmitry
Violins:
Iframov, Eva
Guitars:
Gimmervert, Michael
Bass Guitars:
Lekhovitser, Mark
Drums:
Weinstein, Vadim
Arranger:
Gevolt
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Hard Rock/Concert/Heavy Metal
Length:
4:30
On album:
P-038(e) (Andre Ochodio & Pressburger Klezmer Band/ Shalom)
Track ID:
43068
Double Bass:
Alexander, Samo
Accordion:
Jovic-Werner, Snezana
Vocal:
Ochodlo, Andre
Percussion Instruments:
Oros, Martin
Artist:
Pressburger Klezmer Band — פּ ק בּ
Piano:
Suska, Pavol
Clarinet:
Tago, Miro
Fiddle:
Werner, Andrej
Double Bass/Music Supervisor:
Zuchowski, Adam
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven dos oygn vi a koter, un zenen…zogt ikh…un ven du host a narishn seykhl, un ven
First line (Yiddish):
ווען דו זאָלסט זײַן שווערץ ווי אַ טאָטער, ווען דאָס אויגן ווי בײַ אַ קאָטער, און זענען...זאָגט איך...און ווען דו האָסט....
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Klezmer/Swing
Length:
3:25
On album:
S-022(c) (The 18 Pearls of Yiddish Songs Yaacov Shapiro — די 18 פּירל פֿון ייִדישן ליד יעקב שפּירו)
Track ID:
2045
Vocal:
Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Israel Philharmonic Orch, Strings & Bass
Conductor/Arranger:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Tshiribim/ Tum Balalayke/ Di Grine Kuzine/ Sheyn Vi Di..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-021(a) (Jewish Songs Sung By Golda Tenser The Small Town of Belz.. — דאָס שטעטעלע בעלז... ייִדישע לידער געזונגען דורך גאָלדע טענצער)
Track ID:
2047
Vocal:
Tentser, Golda — טענצער, גאָלדאַ
Conductor:
Baiazheieur, P. — באַיאַדזשעיעור, פּ.
Arranger:
Dobzhansky, M. — דאָבזשאַנסקי, מ.
Arranger:
Kozlowski, Leopold — קאָזלאָװסקי, ל.
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ...
Track comment:
Recording made in Poland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-009(a) (Jewish Folk Songs Joey Adams - Sholom Secunda with Guests)
Track ID:
2048
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Adams, Joey
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Medley, Mayn Yidishe Meydele, Tshirbim
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-028(b) (Our Way (Tahka - Tahka) The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
2049
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Graff, Jerry, voc arr & orch cond
Artist:
Tyler, Jim, orchestrations
First line:
Kh'vil dir zogn, ikh glaykh tsuhern, az du zolst mir libe..
First line (Yiddish):
כ'װיל דיר זאָגן, איך גלײַך צוהערן,אַז דו זאָלסט מיר ליבע ערקלערן
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
2050
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
Vocal:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn" ? ("I Would If I Could"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
2051
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
with Eng version- "In Mayne Oygn Bistu Sheyn" with M. Picon
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-024(e) (David Fisher My Mother's Language 22 Songs Mamma L'shon — דודו פישר מאַמע לשון שפת אימי מיטב השירים ביידיש)
Track ID:
2052
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
Arranger:
Weiss, Roni — וייס, רוני,
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Medley with Tshiribim/ Sheyn Vi Di Levone
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
Track ID:
2053
Artist:
Mazeltones
Vocal:
Marcus, Wendy
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
2054
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain da in jazz,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
4:14
On album:
K-029(e) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band A Jumpin' Night...)
Track ID:
2055
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Language:
English
On album:
S-019(a) (Yiddish American Sing-A-Long Solomon Schwartz Orchestra)
Track ID:
2056
Artist:
Schwartz, Solomon and his Orch
Artist:
Fisher, Emmanuel Singers
First line:
Of all the girls that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Language:
English
On album:
S-035(a) (The Ed Sullivan Singers and Orchestra Sunrise Sunset)
Track ID:
2057
Artist:
Sullivan, Ed Singers and Orchestra
Conductor:
Macero, Ted
Arranger:
Vincent, Warren
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz
On album:
G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
Track ID:
2058
Artist:
Andrews Sister
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Jacob
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas
Language:
English
On album:
A-014(a) (The Andrews Sisters The Fabulous Century 1930-40)
Track ID:
2059
Vocal:
Andrew Sisters
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Classic version
Language:
English
On album:
S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
2060
Artist:
Goodman, Benny Quartet
Vocal:
Tilton, Martha
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Language:
English
On album:
A-033(a) (The Austin Klezmorim Texas Klez)
Track ID:
2061
Artist:
Austin Klezmorim
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
On album:
F-022(b) (Yiddish Maestro Please The Feder Sisters)
Track ID:
2062
Vocal:
Feder Sisters — פֿעדער שװעסטער
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Sloan, Mimi
Artist:
Feder, Sylvia — פֿעדער, סילװיע
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Of all the boys I've known and I've known some,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
H-022(a) (More Than Chicken Soup Featuring Hasha Musha)
Track ID:
2063
Artist:
Hasha Musha
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley with "Sheyn Vi Di Levone"
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
B-014(a) (Wenn Die Jidden Lachen Belina Jens Brenke)
Track ID:
2064
Vocal:
Belina and Jens Brenke
First line:
Oy, bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן,
Track comment:
Recording made in Germany
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
L-034(a) (Dayne Oygn Francois Lilienfed und "Galizianer" — דײַנע אױגן)
Track ID:
2065
Vocal:
Lilienfeld, Francois
Artist:
Galitsianer
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
L-034(b) (Simkhes Un Tsures Francois Lilienfeld /Ensemble Galitsianer — שׂמחות און צרות)
Track ID:
2066
Vocal/Arranger:
Lilienfeld, Francois
Artist:
Galitsianer
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Of all the boys I've known and I've known some,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
O-007(a) (The Old World Folk Band II Dancing In The Aisles — קלעזמער)
Track ID:
2067
Vocal:
Leviton, Susan
Artist:
Old World Folk Band
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-024(c) (Childhood Years Yiddish Soul Music David Fisher — שנות ילדות שירי נשמה אידיים דודו פישר)
Track ID:
2068
Hebrew Adaptation:
Koren, Avi — קורן, אבי
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Yafe beynai, akhat bekayai, akhat vikhida at beolam.
First line (Hebrew):
יפה בּעיני, אחת בּחיי, אחת ויחידה אתּ בּעוֹלם.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley with "Tshiribim" and "Sheyn Vi Di Levone" - Heb
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
2069
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
J-009(a) (Soul of a People Arranged and Conducted by Gordon Jenkins)
Track ID:
2070
Artist:
Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
Arranger/Conductor:
Jenkins, Gordon
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
M-012(a) (Mazel Tov CBS Israel Dance Orchestra Conducted by Alex Weiss — מזל טובֿ! תזמורת סי בּי אס ישׂראל המנצח: אלכּס ווייס)
Track ID:
2071
Artist:
CBS Israel Dance Orchestra — תזמורת סי בּי אס ישׂראל
Conductor:
Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Part of medley in "Shuffle" style.
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
R-028(a) (Paul Rothman & His Orchestra present A Taste of Israel)
Track ID:
2072
Artist:
Paul Rothman Orchestra
Conductor Orchestra:
Rothman, Paul
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Funky
On album:
S-011(b) (Traditional Jewish Melodies Orch & Chr of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID:
2073
Artist:
Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor:
Silberman, Benedict
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
S-027(b) (An Evening With Jacob Sandler — אײן אָװענט מיט יעקבֿ סאַנדלער)
Track ID:
2074
Artist:
Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Negreanu, Mani, arr and cond a — נעגריאַנו, מאַני, אַראַנ און דיריגענט
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
H-023(a) (The Hester Street Troupe Generation To Generation)
Track ID:
2075
Artist:
Hester Street Troupe
Track comment:
Medley with Eyshes Khayil and Yosl Yosl
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
Z-016(b) (Nigunim Of Gold Israel Zohar — ניגונים של זהב ישׂראל זוהר)
Track ID:
2076
Clarinet:
Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל
Track comment:
From the 1933 Yid Musical "I Would If I Could"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
2080
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi..
First line:
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
T-023(a) (Those Were The Days)
Track ID:
2081
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Accomp:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
Vocal:
Wilner, Lori
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host…
First line:
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אײגעלעך װי..
Track comment:
From "Those Were The Days"
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
M-044(a) (Machaya Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
2082
Vocal:
Enoch, Frieda
Artist:
Machaya Klezmer Band
Artist:
McCrensky, Jay, dir
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Modern Klezmer & Jazz Arrangement
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
K-059(a) (Daniel Kempin Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
2083
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Bay mikh bistu sheyn, bay mikh hostu kheyn, bay mikh bistu..
First line:
בײַ מיך ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיך האַסטו חן, בײַ מיך ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
2085
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn Orchestra — בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן אָרקעסטער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
A-022(a) (Aleph Duo A to Z in Jewish Music)
Track ID:
2038
Artist:
Aleph Duo
Vocal:
Albrecht, Avraham — אלבריט, אַבֿרהם
Artist:
Moshiakh, Ilan, music dir & cond
Vocal:
Avsholom, Zfira
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Tshiribim/ Yome Yome/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/ Sheyn Vi Di...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-007(a) (Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)
Track ID:
2039
Artist:
Kurz, Marv
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, Bist eyne bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Trasnliteration of chorus with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-024(b) (Golden Yiddish Favorites 20 Songs David Fisher — גולדענע לידער 20 לידער די בעסטע ייִדישע לידער דודו פישר)
Track ID:
2040
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Ikh vil dir zogn, gib glaykh tsuhern, az du vilst mir libe..
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל דיר זאָגן, גיב גלײַך צוהערן,אַז דו װילסט מיר ליבע...
Track comment:
Medley with "Tshiribim" and "Sheyn Vi Di Levone"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-017(a) (Music for a Jewish Wedding Lenny Kaye and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
2041
Artist:
Kaye, Lenny and his Orchestra
Vocal:
Reid, Florence
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Medley with Sheyn Vi Di Levone and Mayn Shtetele Belz
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
On album:
M-032(a) (Maxwell Street Days Maxwell St. Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
2042
Artist:
Maxwell St. Klezmer Band
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, Bist eyne bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Medley with Yosl, Yosl and Sherele
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-017(b) (Dany Delmin 19 chansons "yiddish" eternelles — דאַני דעלמאַן 19 אײביקע ייִדיש לידער)
Track ID:
2043
Artist:
Delmin, Dany, Orchestra & Chorus — דעלמין, דאַני, אָרקעסטער און כאָב
Conductor:
Delmin, Dany, conductor — דעלמין, דאַני, דיריגענט
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Recording made in France.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-016(a) (Shalom America Jackie Jacob Sings)
Track ID:
2044
Vocal:
Jacobs, Jackie
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-019(a) (Tamara Songs of a Soviet Jewess)
Track ID:
2357
Artist:
Tamara
Piano:
Shalit, Vladimir
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (English):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַץ..
Track comment:
Medley with Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib and Grine Kuzine
Language:
English
On album:
R-016(g) (A..Caravan..Stars Featuring Seymour Rechtzeit & Molly Picon)
Track ID:
23641
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
Track comment:
with "In Mayne Oygn Bistu Sheyn - Eng & Yid
Language:
Yiddish

Joseph! Joseph!

Author:
Cahn, Sammy

Recordings

On album:
F-019(b) (Bagels and Bongos/ Irving Fields Trio)
Track ID:
35278
Vocal:
Irving Fields Trio
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
On album:
A-014(b) (The Andrews Sisters Greatest Hits)
Track ID:
35036
Vocal:
Andrew Sisters
Language:
English
Length:
1:56