Name:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra

Tracks with this artist

Beygelekh — בײגעלעך

Also known as:
Bublitshki
Also known as:
Question
Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
Origin:
Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/
Music:
Moskow SM 61
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
2346
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
First line:
Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh shtey a kranker un trakht,
First line:
עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך שטײ אַ קראַנקער און טראַכט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Dayenu — דינוּ

Genre:
Holiday/Haggadah/Passover/
Subject:
Sufficiency/Torah/Sabbath/Israel/Exodus/Egypt/Thankfullness
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 54
Transliteration:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb K-022(b)/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
Related information in folder 696:
Comments:
1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
2931
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
American klezmer, rock, twist style
Style:
Instrumental

Der Twistin' Sher (Der Nayer Sher) — דער נײַער שער

On album:
xK-040(a)
Track ID:
3433
Author/Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
First line:
Hey, du klezmer, nem dem fidl, shpil dos naye lidl, tantsn..
First line (Yiddish):
הײ דו קלעזצער, נעם דעם פֿידל, שפּיל דאָס נײַע לידל, טאַנצן װעט...
Track comment:
English title is "The Wedding Samba."
Language:
Yiddish

Der Nayer Sher — דער נײַער שער

Also known as:
Dem Nayem Sher
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer
Subject:
Sher/Klezmer/Dance/Wedding
Transliteration:
Warem 40/Alb K-030(d)
Translation:
Alb K-030(d)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 40
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
3254
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

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/Fool/Revenge
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:
SM Scher 2
Additional song notes:
I Love You Much To Much Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533 Translate - Alb P-038(a)
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:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
7169
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
First line:
Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, Ikh trog oyf dir keyn has,
First line:
איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, איך טראַג אױף דיר קײן האַס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Kale, Kale (Instr) — כּלה, כּלה

On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
7800
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Twist rock beat with a sher.

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:
Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
Also known as:
Living With the H Tune
Author:
Nathanson, Moshe
Genre:
Folk/Hora
Subject:
Dance/Celebration/Joy
Song comment:
See Page 130 for extended info on the song
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
Transliteration:
Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
Additional song notes:
Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.
Related information in folder 832:
Comments:
1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
6280
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז

Also known as:
Belz
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
Subject:
Place/Belz/Childhood
Origin:
GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
Music:
GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
Additional song notes:
From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b) Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
9986
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
American style rock or twist beat.
Style:
Instrumental

Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן

Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht
Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
Also known as:
El Chiclerito
Also known as:
Freylekhe Yidelekh
Also known as:
Sigaryot
Also known as:
Kupite Papirosy
Author:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Composer:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
Origin:
Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
Music:
Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
Additional song notes:
Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
12100
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
First line:
A kalte nakht, a nebeldike finster umetum, shteyt a...
First line:
אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Sheyn Vi Di Levone — שײן װי די לבֿנה

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Love/Pop
Subject:
Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered
Origin:
GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)
Music:
Warem 182/GYF 37/SM Scher 1
Additional song notes:
Also translated on CD B-076(a)
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
13729
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
American klezmer, latin beat
Style:
Instrumental

Tsena Tsena — צאנה צאנה

Author:
Miron, Issacar — מירון, ישׂשׂכּר
Composer:
Khagiz, Yechiel — הגיז, יהיאָל
Genre:
Israeli
Subject:
Girls/Soldiers/Courting
Origin:
Alb O-001(d)/DeRoy 48
Transliteration:
G-005(a)/Alb O-001(d)
Translation:
Alb O-001(d)
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
15527
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
First line:
צאנה, צאנה, צאנה, צאנה, הבּנוֹת וּראינה חילים בּמושבה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה

Also known as:
Tum Balalayke
Also known as:
Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
Also known as:
Play Balalaike
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
15817
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
First line:
Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse...
First line:
שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Latin, twist, rock beat.
Style:
Instrumental