Name:
Liebowitz, Joseph

Songs written or composed

Wedding Samba

Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Author:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Author:
Small, Allan
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre:
Dance/Samba/Latin
Subject:
Wedding/Marriage/Place/Rio Grande
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man" - See also "Der Nayer Sher" See Heskes 3368
Related information in folder 485:
Document type:
Lyrics
Author:
Internet
Publisher:
International Lyrics Playground
Comments:
Lyrics -- "Wedding Samba erroneously credited to Edmund Ros

Recordings

On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22352
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Arranger Orchestral Version:
Small, Allan
English Lyrics:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Orchestra Leader/Vocal/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Trumpet:
Klein, Rafael Mendez
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Bass:
Breen, Larry
First line:
The wedding is over, good luck, the bride, she's happy...
Track comment:
Originally Recorded Dec 20, 1950
Language:
English
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31689
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Orchestra Leader:
Medoff, Sam
First line:
Way down in the land of the Rio Grande, when people are married
Language:
English
Style:
Lantin/Samba/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:31
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28551
Artist:
Xavier Cugat Orchestra
Violin/Orchestra Director:
Cugat, Xavier
Vocal:
Lane, Abbe
Arranger Orchestral Version:
Small, Allan
First line:
Way down in the land of the Rio Grande, when people are married, they play…
Track comment:
Originally recorded Feb 7, 1950/ Unknown orchestra personel
Language:
English
Style:
Big Band/Latin
On album:
A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
Track ID:
3255
Vocal and Accompaniment:
Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
Host:
Berens, Harold, host
Arranger:
Amstell, Billy, arr
Orchestral Version Arrangement:
Small, Allan
First line:
Way down in thhe land of the Rio Grande, when people are,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Samba
On album:
F-019(a) (More Bagels and Bongos Irving Fields Trio)
Track ID:
3259
Artist:
Fields Trio, Irving
Arrangement/Piano:
Fields, Irving
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental