Look up artist Gill, Benny


Name: Gill, Benny

Songs written or composed


Title: Bereles Sher -- בערעלעס שער
Composer: Farber, Nat
Composer: Gill, Benny
Genre: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings:


On album: B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID: 19673
Artist: 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
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Breen, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Zentner, Sy
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: 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
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


Title: Bar Mitzvah Special
Composer: Farber, Nat
Composer: Singer, Lewis
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
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Diner, Harold
Artist: DeRosa, Vince
Artist: Jacob, Jules
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Howard, Terry
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Gaines, Earl
Artist: Singer, Lewis
Track comment: Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Style: Instrumental

Title: Freylekh Jamboree
Composer: Katz, Mickey
Genre: Klezmer/Novelty
On album: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID: 22341
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: Zentner, Sy
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Bain, Bob
Artist: Breen, Larry
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Singer, Lewis
Track comment: Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style: Klezmer/Instrumental

Title: Grandma's Draydl
Composer: Katz, Mickey
Composer: Farber, Nat
Genre: Klezmer/Novelty
On album: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID: 22342
Artist: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: Zentner, Sy
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Breen, Larry
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Hansell, Ralph
Track comment: Joel Grey sings "Papa, Play For Me" to this melody/Recorded Oct 3, 1952

Title: 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
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Diner, Harold
Artist: DeRosa, Vince
Artist: Jacob, Jules
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Howard, Terry
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Gaines, Earl
Artist: Singer, Lewis
First line: Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Track comment: Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Language: Yinglish

Title: Mazl Tov Dances
Composer: Katz, Mickey
Composer: Farber, Nat
Genre: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID: 22346
Artist: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: Zentner, Sy
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Breen, Larry
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Track comment: Recorded Aug 18, 1952

Title: Mendls Lid -- מענדלס ליד
Composer: Katz, Mickey
Composer: Klein, Emmanuel
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
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: Zentner, Sy
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Breen, Larry
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: 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

Title: The Family Dances
Composer: Katz, Mickey
Composer: Farber, Nat
Genre: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID: 22348
Artist: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: Zentner, Sy
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Breen, Larry
Artist: Weiss, Sam

Title: The Wedding Dance
Composer: Katz, Mickey
Genre: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID: 22349
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: Zentner, Sy
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Breen, Larry
Artist: Singer, Lewis
Artist: Bain, Bob
Track comment: Recorded Nov 28, 1956
Style: Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs

Title: 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
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: Diner, Harold
Artist: DeRosa, Vince
Artist: Webb, Champ
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Gaines, Earl
Artist: 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

Title: 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
Artist: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist: Farber, Nat
Artist: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Artist: Diner, Harold
Artist: DeRosa, Vince
Artist: Webb, Champ
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Gaines, Earl
Artist: Singer, Lewis
Track comment: Based on Offenbach Melody
Style: Instrumental

Title: The Bonesetter's Last Dance
Genre: Instrumental/Karshlama/Taksim
On album: Z-014(f) (Klezmer: Café Jew Zoo: Yale Strom)
Track ID: 30818
Artist: Strom, Yale
Artist: Seidel Rovner's Choir
Artist: Zentner, Sy
Artist: Confurius, Marty
Artist: Gill, Benny
Length: 6:52

Title: Now I Have Everything (Instrumental)
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31305
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:15

Title: Far From The Home I Love (Instrumental)
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31306
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre

Title: Anatevke (Instrumental)
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31307
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre

Title: To Life (Instrumental)
Author: Harnick, Sheldon
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31308
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:13

Title: Sunrise, Sunset (Instrumental)
Genre: Instrumental/Neo Klezmer/Fusion
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31309
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:10

Title: Miracle Of Miracles (Instrumental)
Author: Harnick, Sheldon
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31310
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:04

Title: Tradition (Instrumental)
Author: Harnick, Sheldon
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31312
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:35

Title: Sabbath Prayer
Author: Harnick, Sheldon
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31303
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:33

Title: 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
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Instrumental/Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:52

Title: Fiddler On The Roof (Instrumental)
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31302
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:18

Title: Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Instrumental)
Author: Harnick, Sheldon
Composer: Bock, Jerry
On album: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID: 31311
Artist: Katz, Mickey
Artist: Klein, Manny
Artist: Gill, Benny
Artist: Bercov, Morris
Artist: Shepard, Thomas
Artist: Sherman, Ray
Artist: Rubin, Meyer
Artist: Weiss, Sam
Artist: Flynn, Frank
Artist: Bunker, Larry
Artist: Farber, Nat
Style: Klezmer/Theatre
Length: 2:35

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