Look up artist Kravitz, Bernie
Name: Kravitz, Bernie
Tracks with this artist
Title: Tsu Lang -- צו לאַנג
Genre: Love
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30786
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Parker, Jim
Style: InstrumentalRumba
Length: 3:18
Title: Medley Of Yiddish Love Songs
Genre: Instrumental/Dance
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30787
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Parker, Jim
Style: Instrumental/Rumba
Length: 5:52
Title: Philly Bulgar
Genre: Instrumental/Klezmer
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30788
Artist: Parker, Jim
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Style: Instrumental/Klezmer Freylekhs
Length: 2:38
Title: Tarras Bulgar -- טאַראַס בולגאַר
Genre: Instrumental/Klezmer
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30789
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Parker, Jim
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Style: Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs
Length: 1:49
Title: Yiddish Medley (Block) -- ייִדיש מעדלי (בלאָק)
Genre: Instrumental
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30790
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Parker, Jim
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Style: Instrumental/Klezmer/Danceable
Length: 3:20
Title: Mezinke Medley (Block) -- מעזינקע מעדלי (בלאָק)
Genre: Instrumental/Klezmer/Wedding
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30791
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Parker, Jim
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Style: Instrumental/Klezmer
Length: 4:04
Title: Farges Mikh Nit -- פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט
Author: Jacobs, Jacob -- זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer: Ellstein, Abe -- עלשטײַן, אײב
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30792
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Parker, Jim
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Style: Instrumental/Fox Trot
Length: 3:28
Title: Pacey's Freylekh
Genre: Klezmer/Instrumental
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30785
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Parker, Jim
Track comment: From melody taken from "Because of our Sins"
Style: Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylkhs
Length: 1:39
Title: Russian Medley (Block)
Genre: Instrumental
On album: B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID: 30793
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Parker, Jim
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Track comment: Potpourri of Russian Melodies
Style: Instrumental
Length: 2:43
Title: You Got To Have A Little Mazl -- אַז מע האָט אַ ביסל מזל
Also known as: A Mensh Darf Hobn Mazl
Author: Beekman, Jack
Author: Wayne, Artie
Composer: Fuld, Leo -- פֿולד, לעאָ
Genre: Pop/Swing/Scat
Subject: Luck/Fate/Money/Possessions/World
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33518
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: You gotta have a little mazl, mazl means good luck,
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 2:13
Title: Mayn Yidishe Meydele -- מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע
Author: Schorr, Anshel -- שאָר, אַנשעל
Composer: Secunda, Sholom -- סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre: Theater
Subject: Charm/Beauty/Love
Origin: Kammen 25F 61
Transliteration: Warem 132/Alb K-029(h)/Kammen 25F 12/Ephemera 399
Translation: Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemeral 399
Music: Kammen 25F 61/ Warem 132
Additional song notes: From Yiddish Musical Titled "Mayn Yidishe Meydele," 1926
Related information in folder 370:- Document type: Article
Author: Chana Mlotek
Publisher: Yiddish Forward
Date: August 13, 1999
Comments: Backround and Yiddish text of Mayn Yidishe Meydele.
Also, transliteration and English adaptation by Judy Bressler.
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33520
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: Mayn Yidishe meydele, zi iz azoy sheyn, Mayn Yidishe…
First line (Yiddish):מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, זי איז אַזױ שײן, מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, מיט…
Language: Yiddish
Style: Pop/Rumba
Length: 3:17
Title: Oyfn Pripetshik (Warshavsky) -- אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק (וואַרשאַווסקי)
Also known as: Der Alef Beys
Also known as: In The Fireplace
Also known as: Afn Pripetshik
Author: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre: Folk
Subject: Children/Alphabet/Education/Learning/Rebbe/Kheyder/School
Origin: ML MTAG 2/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 24/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)
Transliteration: Alb R-022(a)/ML MTAG 2/Alb B-004(c)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)/
Translation: Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-024(b)/GYF 27/Kinderbuch 167/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 196/
Music: ML MTAG 2/GYF 25/Metro Scher 24
Additional song notes: See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 332:- Document type: Translation
Author: Max Rosenfeld
Comments: Singable English adaptation by Max Rosenfeld.
2. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher."
3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33522
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: Afn pripetshik brent a fayerl, un in shtub iz heys.
First line (Yiddish):אַפֿן פּריפּעטשיק ברענט אַ פֿײַערל, און אין שטוב איז הײס
Language: Yiddish
Style: Pop
Length: 3:16
Title: Beygelekh -- בײגעלעך
Also known as: Bublitshki
Genre: Folk/Lament
Subject: Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
Origin: Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/
Transliteration: Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/
Translation: Alb B-007(c)/
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33523
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Style: Instrumental/Pop/Swing/Blues
Length: 3:16
Title: Block, Bobby Medley #2
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33524
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Language: Yiddish
Style: Medley/Pop/Swing/Klezmer
Length: 4:33
Title: Ochi Chyornye
Also known as: Dark Eyes
Author: Grebenka, Evheniy
Composer: Hermann, Florian
Genre: Folk/Love/Gypsy
Subject: Love/Eyes/Lament/Romance/Passion
Origin: Alb B H-009(c) [Heb Version]/Alb O-007(d)/
Translation: Alb O-007(d)
Additional song notes: Dark Eyes
Related information in folder 395:- Document type: Text
Publisher: www
Comments: English adaptation. Russian text
Related information in folder 1266:- Comments: 1. 5/7/2013 Article from Wikepedia as of May 7, 2013 under title "Dark Eyes (Song)" giving detailed information regarding Ochi Chornye.
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33525
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: I once had a dream, of a love supreme, then you came my way,
Language: English
Style: Pop/Waltz/Swing
Length: 2:28
Title: Mayn Yidishe Mame (Parody)
Genre: Humorous/Parody
Subject: Modern/Shopping/Face Lift/Golf/Mother/Children/Weight/Style
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33526
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: My yidishe mame, I tried to call her twice a day, she was out on the golf course
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 2:03
Title: Ikh Bin A Border Bay Mayn Vayb -- איך בין אַ באָרדער בײַ מײַן װײַב
Author: Doctor, Rubin -- דאָקטאָר, רובין
Composer: Doctor, Rubin -- דאָקטאָר, רובין
Genre: Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
Subject: Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
Origin: ML PYS 254
Transliteration: ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)
Translation: Alb W-031(a)
Music: ML PYS 254
Related information in folder 495:- Comments: 1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik
2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253.
3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33527
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: Oy, Ikh bin a border bay mayn vayb, mener iz dos a tayerer job,
First line:אָוי, איך בין אַ באָרדער בײַ מײַן װײַב, מענער, איז דאָס אַ טײַערער דזאָב,
Language: Yiddish/English
Style: Pop
Length: 2:07
Title: Vu Iz Dos Gesele -- װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע
Also known as: Vi Iz Dos Gesele
Genre: Folk/Love/Waltz/Lament
Subject: Love/Dwelling/Memory/Street
Origin: Alb H-007(a)/Jaffee Kam 13/Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/ Oyfn Veg 121
Transliteration: Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121/ Oyfn Veg 121
Translation: Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121
Music: Jaffe Kam 13/Estella 6/
Additional song notes: Where Is The Little Street (Alleyway?)
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33528
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: Lay da lay…avu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos ikh hob lib
First line (Yiddish):לײַ די לײַ...אַװוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס..
Language: Yiddish
Style: Pop/Waltz
Length: 3:21
Title: Block, Bobby Medley #3
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33529
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Language: Yiddish/Hebrew/English
Style: Pop
Length: 4:14
Title: Those Were The Days
Also known as: Di Yurn Geyen Avek
Also known as: Farbay Di Teg
Also known as: Ka'ayleh Hayu Hayamim
Author: Raskin, Eugene
Composer: Raskin, Eugene
Genre: Folk/Theater
Subject: Aging/Time/Memory/Youth/Tavern/Drinking
Origin: Ephemera 393/Sheet Music
Transliteration: Alb B-095(b)
Translation: Alb B-095(b)
Additional song notes: Many versions in various languages. Gene Raskin credited with English version and as composer. But according to liner notes on Alb A-016(a) "Those Were The Days" is actually an old Russian tune by Boris Fomin titled "The Long Road".
Related information in folder 373:- Document type: Text
Author: Nat Zumoff
Comments: Yiddish adaptation in transliteration.
2. English Lyrics as sung by Mary Hopkins
- Document type: Text
Author: Gene Raskin
Comments: English adaptation of "Those Were The Days". Also, Russian text
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33530
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: Once upon a time there was a tavern, where we used to raise a glass or two,
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 3:12
Title: Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib -- איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב
Also known as: I Love You Much Too Much
Author: Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer: Olshanetsky, Alexander -- אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre: Theater/Lament
Subject: Anger/Love/Rejection
Song Comment: From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533
Origin: Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration: Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
Translation: Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
Music: Metro Scher 2
Additional song notes: I Love You Much To Much
Related information in folder 122:- Document type: Email
Author: Olshanetsky, Alexander
Publisher: Friedman, RA
Comments: Transliterated songtext from original sheet music.
Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33531
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, Ikh trog oyf dir keyn has,
First line (Yiddish):איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, איך טראַג אױף דיר קײן האַס,
Language: Yiddish
Style: Pop/Rumba
Length: 2:51
Title: Tarras Bulgar -- טאַראַס בולגאַר
Genre: Instrumental/Klezmer
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33532
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Style: Instrumental/Klezmer
Length: 1:47
Title: Block, Bobby Medley #4
On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33533
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
Style: Instrumental/Rumba/Waltz
Length: 4:03
Title: Enjoy Yourself
Author: Magidson, Herb
Author: Sigman, Carl
Composer: Magidson, Herb
Genre: Pop
Subject: Work/Relaxation/Pleasure/Age/Education
Origin: Ephemera 774
Additional song notes: See "Leb Un Lakh" for Yiddish adaptation by Ben Tsion Witler.
Related information in folder 774:On album: B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID: 33534
Artist: Block, Bobby
Artist: Kravitz, Bernie
Artist: Sperell, Chic
First line: Oh, enjoy yourself, its later than you think, enjoy yourself, while you're…
Language: English
Style: Pop
Length: 2:30
Contact: yidsong@pobox.upenn.edu