Name:
Sigman, Carl
Born:
Sept 24, 2009 (Brooklyn, NY)
Died:
Sept 26, 2000

Songs written or composed

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:
Comments:
Lyrics

Recordings

On album:
B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID:
33534
Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
Block, Bobby
Keyboards:
Kravitz, Bernie
Percussion:
Sperell, Chic
First line:
Oh, enjoy yourself, its later than you think, enjoy yourself, while you're…
Language:
English
Style:
Pop
Length:
2:30
On album:
K-010(c) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite sing the Yiddish Hit Parade)
Track ID:
4657
Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Enjoy yourself, meg zen a gutn tog, enjoy yourself,
First line:
ענדזױ יאָרסעלף, מעג זען אַ גוטן טאָג, ענדזױ יאָרסעלף,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Pop

Leb Un Lakh — לעב און לאַך

Composer:
Sigman, Carl
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Enjoyment/Time/Fate/Work
Transliteration:
Alb S-022(f)
Additional song notes:
Yiddish adaptation by Ben Tsion Witler of "Enjoy Yourself"

Recordings

On album:
S-022(f) (Yaacov Shapiro Yiddish Traditional Songs)
Track ID:
24328
Yiddish Adaptation:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
Vocal:
Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ
First line:
Ikh hob gezen vos iz geshen, mit mentshn alerley,
First line:
איך האָב געזען װאָס איז געשען, מיט מענטשן אַלערלײ,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Leb Un Lakh"
On album:
W-002(l) (Ben Tsion Witler Live and Laugh — בּן ציון װיטלער לעב און לאַך)
Track ID:
24343
Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
First line:
Ikh hob gezen vos iz geshen, mit mentshn alerley,
First line:
איך האָב געזען װאָס איז געשען, מיט מענטשן אַלערלײ,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Leb Un Lakh"
On album:
F-007(f) (Genia Fajerman/ Mamele — זשעני פֿײַערמאַן \ מאַמעלע)
Track ID:
36423
Vocal:
Fayerman, Genia — פײַערמאַן, געניאַ
First line:
Ikh hob gezen vos iz geshen, mit mentshn alerley,
First line:
איך האָב געזען װאָס איז געשען, מיט מענטשן אַלערלײ,
Style:
Pop/Klezmer
Length:
2:32
On album:
W-002(j) (Chansons Populaires Yiddish Vol 1 Benzion Witler — בּן ציון װיטלער ייִדישע פֿאָלקס לידער)
Track ID:
4658
Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
First line:
Ikh hob gezen vos iz geshen, mit mentshn alerley,
First line:
איך האָב געזען װאָס איז געשען, מיט מענטשן אַלערלײ,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Leb Un Lakh"

Love Story

Also known as:
A Mayse Fun A Libe (Love Story)
Author:
Sigman, Carl
Composer:
Lai, Francis
Genre:
Love/Film
Subject:
Love/Constancy
Additional song notes:
Hebrew Version - "Sipur Ahava" / Yiddish Versions - "A Mayse Fun A Libe", "Ikh Hob Dikh Lib" / First Line of B-28(b)/ Vi heybst men itst on oykh tsu dertsaylen fun a libe fayer../װי הײבסט מען איצט אָן אײַך צו דערצײלען פֿון אַ ליבע פֿײַער פֿלאַם,
Sheet music:
Folder:
889
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
English
Publisher:
Famous Music, Inc
Date:
1970
Provenance:
internet, musicnotes.com
First line:
Where do I begin to tell the story of how great a love can..

Recordings

On album:
B-028(b) (Our Way (Tahka - Tahka) The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
9438
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Vocal Arranger/Conductor:
Graff, Jerry, voc arr & orch cond
Orchestrations:
Tyler, Jim, orchestrations
Yiddish Adaptation:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
First line:
Vi heybst men itst on oykh tsu dertsaylen fun a libe fayer..
First line (Yiddish):
װי הײבסט מען איצט אָן אײַך צו דערצײלען פֿון אַ ליבע פֿײַער פֿלאַם,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
W-014(a) (Yiddish Program For Soviet Jewry Workman's Circle Chorus)
Track ID:
9439
Vocal:
Workmen's Circle Chorus, Phila — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר, פֿילאַ.
Conductor:
Helzner, Morrie — העלזנער, מאָרי
Piano:
Seidman, Claire, piano
First line:
Tifer fun dem yam,
First line (Yiddish):
טיפֿער פֿון דעם ים,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Choral
On album:
B-023(a) (Bashana Haba'ah (Any Time Of The Year) — בּשנה הבּאה)
Track ID:
9437
Vocal:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
Arranger/Hebrew Adaptation:
Atar, Tirza — אתר, תרצה
Language:
Hebrew

What Now My Love (French)

Author:
Delanoe, Pierre
Author:
Sigman, Carl
Composer:
Becaud, Gilbert Francois
Genre:
Pop
Additional song notes:
Delanoe wrote French lyrics, Sigman the English.

Recordings

On album:
xD-006(a)
Track ID:
16950
Author/Composer:
Becaud, Gilbert Francois
Artist:
Dan, Yacov
Track comment:
known as "What Now My Love"
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32988
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary. Riffs from "Lena from Palestina."
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty