Look up artist Cantor, Eddie


Name: Cantor, Eddie

Songs written or composed


Title: My Yiddishe Mammy
Author: Cantor, Eddie
Composer: Cantor, Eddie
Genre: Novelty/Humorous/Vaudeville
Subject: Mother/Place/South/Swanee/Dixie/Cotton
Additional song notes: Taakeoff on "My Yidishe Mame" and "Mammy"

Recordings:


On album: K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
Track ID: 22799
Artist: Gross, Ken
Artist: Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Artist: Sapoznik, Henry -- סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Artist: Sokolow, Pete -- סוקולוב, פּסח
Artist: Levitt, David
Artist: Rubinstein, Danny
Artist: Horn, Shelly
Artist: Abruzzo, Tom
Artist: Chernet, Joel
First line: Down south, that's where all the cotton grows, down south where the Swannee…
Language: English
Style: Jazz
Length: 3:28

On album: K-035(d)2
Track ID: 32890
Artist: Abruzzo, Tom
Artist: Chernet, Joel
Artist: Gross, Ken
Artist: Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Artist: Sapoznik, Henry -- סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Artist: Sokolow, Pete -- סוקולוב, פּסח
Artist: Levitt, David
Artist: Rubinstein, Danny
Artist: Horn, Shelly
First line: Down south, that's where all the cotton grows, down south where the Swannee…
Language: English
Style: Jazz
Length: 3:28

Title: My Yiddisha Mammy
Author: Gerber, Alex
Author: Schwartz, Jean
Author: Cantor, Eddie
Genre: Vaudeville/Novelty/Humorous/Race/Parody
Subject: M other/South/Place/Bronx
Additional song notes: Parodies Al Jolson's "My Mammy"

Recording:


On album: J-035(a) (Jewface)
Track ID: 33538
Artist: Kaufman, Irving
First line: Down south where the Swanee River flows, down south, that's where all of the…
Language: English
Style: Vaudeville/Dialect
Length: 2:43

Other tracks with this artist


Title: If You Knew Susie (Eng)
On album: S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID: 7066
Artist: De Sylva, Buddy
Artist: Cantor, Eddie
First line: I have got a sweetie known as Suzy, in the words of...

Title: The Argentines, The Portuguese...
On album: S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
Track ID: 21430
Artist: Swanstrom/ Morgan
Artist: Cantor, Eddie
First line: Columbus discovered America in 1492, then came the English..
Track comment: "The Argentines, The Portuguese, And The Greeks"

Title: Lena From Palestina
Also known as: Palesteena
Author: Conrad, Con
Author: Robinson, J. Russel
Composer: Robinson, J. Russel
Composer: Robinson, J. Russel
Composer: Conrad, Con
Composer: Conrad, Con
Genre: Theatre/Vaudville/Dixieland/Jazz/Novelty
Subject: Lena/Fat Lady/Palestine/Courting/Concertina/Arab
Additional song notes: Same melody for entries titled "Chaim Popukal", "Unter Belzer - Himlen", "Gereist Un Getroffen", and "Nokh A Bisl".

Related information in folder 584:On album: F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID: 28537
Artist: Cantor, Eddie
First line: In the Bronx of New YorkCity, there live a girl, she's not so pretty, Lena is
Track comment: Originally recorded Nov 1920, Emerson 10292/ Unknown Orchestra
Language: English
Style: Dixieland
Length: 02:35

Title: The Legend of Jewish Humor
Genre: Documentary/Performances
Subject: Humor/Culture/Jews/Comedians
On album: V0006
Track ID: 33828
Artist: Brice, Fanny
Artist: Cantor, Eddie
Artist: Marx Brothers
Artist: Caesar, Sid
Artist: Berle, Milton
Artist: Rivers, Joan
Artist: Lewis, Jerry
Artist: Waldoks, Moshe
Artist: King, Alan
Artist: Crystal, Billy
Artist: Bloomstein, Rex
Language: English
Length: 60:00

Title: From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video)
Genre: Documentary/Show Business
Subject: Immigration/Integration/Music/Acculturation/Music/Persona
On album: V0147 (From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video))
Track ID: 35728
Artist: Brice, Fanny
Artist: Calloway, Cab
Artist: Cantor, Eddie
Artist: Garland, Judy
Artist: Jolson, Al
Artist: Marx Brothers
Artist: Picon, Molly -- פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Artist: Schwartz, Maurice
Artist: Tucker, Sophie
Artist: Berlin, Irving
Artist: Fierstein, Harvey
Language: English
Style: Narrative/Performances/Spoken Word

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