Name:
Gill, Benny

Songs written or composed

Bereles Sher — בערעלעס שער

Composer:
Gill, Benny
Composer:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19673
Clarinet:
Byron, Don & Orch
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Bereles Sherele"
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22340
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trumpet:
Ellman, Ziggy
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Sher
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
2247
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
2248
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Other tracks with this artist

Bar Mitzvah Special

Composer:
Singer, Lewis
Composer:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22339
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Arrranger/Possibly Conductor:
Farber, Nat
Trombone:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:
Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:
Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:
Howard, Terry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
Track comment:
Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Style:
Instrumental

Litvak Square Dance

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22344
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Possibly Conductor:
Farber, Nat
Trombone:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:
Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:
Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:
Howard, Terry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
First line:
Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Track comment:
Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Language:
Yinglish

Mendls Lid — מענדלס ליד

Composer:
Klein, Emmanuel
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22347
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:
Hansell, Ralph
First line:
Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
First line:
װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Memdel's Song."/ August 3, 1952

Simcha Time

Author:
Unknown
Composer:
Unknown
Genre:
Novelty/Dialect/
Subject:
Food/Wedding/Family/Celebration/Klezmer
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22351
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):
Farber, Nat
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trumpet:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:
Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
First line:
Come on, one and all, let's be freylekh, let us have a ball,
Track comment:
Recorded Sep 30, 1964
Language:
Yinglish

Can Can Kozotski

Composer:
Offenbach, Jacques
Genre:
Novelty/Klezmer/Instrumental/Parody
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22353
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):
Farber, Nat
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:
Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
Track comment:
Based on Offenbach Melody
Style:
Instrumental

Sabbath Prayer

Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Sabbath/Faith/Daughters/Prayer//Ruth/Esther/Shield/God
Origin:
Ephemera 1614
Additional song notes:
From "Fiddler on the Roof
Related information in folder 1614:
Comments:
1 2/27/2018 Lyrics to Sabbath Prayer from "Fiddler" entered in ephemera on February 27, 2018
On album:
K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID:
31303
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Manny
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Trombone:
Shepard, Thomas
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Rubin, Meyer
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Percussion:
Flynn, Frank
Percussion:
Bunker, Larry
Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Klezmer/Theatre
Length:
2:33

If I Were A Rich Man

Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wealth/Poverty/House/Livestock/Wife/Servants/Importance/
Additional song notes:
From "Fiddler On the Roof" 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"
On album:
K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID:
31304
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Manny
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Trombone:
Shepard, Thomas
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Rubin, Meyer
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Percussion:
Flynn, Frank
Percussion:
Bunker, Larry
Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Theatre
Length:
2:52