Name:
Reilly, Betty
Related information in folder 940:
Comments:
1. Aricle printed in "Billboard" on May 3, 1947 titled "WHN To Splurge 500G on Live Talent; Teagarden, Etting, Others Already Signed. Betty Reilly referred to in Artice as one who was signed.

Songs written or composed

Ikh Vil A Khusn — איך װיל אַ חתן

Also known as:
I Want A Fellow (Eng, Yid)
Author:
Reilly, Betty
Composer:
Tanzman, Yosef — טאַנזמאַן, יוסף
Genre:
Novelty/Theatre/Vaudville
Subject:
Marriage/Bridegroom/Love
Song comment:
See Hershkes entry 3222

Recordings

On album:
K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)
Track ID:
6997
Vocal:
Kane, Harriet
Accomp.:
Marty Levitt Orchestra
First line:
Ikh vil a khusn, oy s'iz shlekht, that's all I think of...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Melody line is from "Vu Zaynen Mayne Zibn Gute Yor?"
Language:
English/Yiddeish
Style:
Klezmer
On album:
G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)
Track ID:
18615
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty
First line:
In my recent tour abroad, to entertain the GIs there,
First line:
אױ, איך װיל אַ חתן, אױ אַ שרעק,...שטאַרב איך אַװעק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-034(c) (Finjan Crossing Selkirk Avenue)
Track ID:
21043
Vocal:
Fink, Shayla
Vocal:
Posen, Kinzey
Vocal/Accompaniment:
Finjan
First line:
In my recent tour abroad, in each village and each hamlet...
First line:
איך דאַרף אַ מאַן, איך דאַרף אַ קװעטש,
Track comment:
Original credited to Betty Reilly, Joe Lieb, Joe Tanzman
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
On album:
V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
Track ID:
24276
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty
First line:
In my recent tour abroad, to entertain the GIs there,
First line:
אױ, איך װיל אַ חתן, אױ אַ שרעק,...שטאַרב איך אַװעק,
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Swing/Freylekhs

Other tracks with this artist

Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע

Also known as:
Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
Author:
Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Immigration/Lament
Subject:
Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
Origin:
Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Transliteration:
Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Additional song notes:
See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017
Related information in folder 408:
Comments:
1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
061g (Reilly, Betty/ Di Grine Kuzine/ Sebastian)
Track ID:
30607
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty

Di Grine Kuzine (Parody) — די גרינע קוזינע (פּאַראָדיע)

Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
On album:
G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)
Track ID:
18616
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty
First line:
I'm the rose whom Johnny Doughboy married on Erin's isle,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Parody

Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln (Parody, E, Y) — איך װיל זיך שפּילן (פּאַראָדיע)

On album:
G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)
Track ID:
18617
Composer:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty
First line:
Some gals enjoy good music, go to lectures and read books,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish

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
Origin:
Alb K-026(k)2
Transliteration:
Alb K-026(k)2
Translation:
Alb K-026(k)2
Additional song notes:
Yiddish - English
On album:
G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)
Track ID:
18618
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty
First line:
You gotta have a little mazl, cause mazl means good luck,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English

Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע

Also known as:
Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
Author:
Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Immigration/Lament
Subject:
Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
Origin:
Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Transliteration:
Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Additional song notes:
See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017
Related information in folder 408:
Comments:
1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
Track ID:
24271
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty
First line:
I'm the Rose who Johnny Doughboy wed one day on Erin's isle,
First line:
אָט אַ קומט דער אודזער אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען...
Track comment:
Novelty, Variant, Irish, Dialect version
Language:
English/Yiddish

Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln (Parody, E, Y) — איך װיל זיך שפּילן (פּאַראָדיע)

On album:
V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
Track ID:
24274
Composer:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty
First line:
Some gals enjoy good music, go to lectures and read books,
First line:
כ'כאָב אַלײן געזוכט זיך צוהות,
Language:
English/Yiddish

Ikh Vil A Khosn

On album:
052b (Reilly, Betty/ Ikh Vil A Khosn/ Tierra Va Tembla)
Track ID:
30248
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty

Tierra Va Tembla

On album:
052b (Reilly, Betty/ Ikh Vil A Khosn/ Tierra Va Tembla)
Track ID:
30249
Vocal:
Reilly, Betty

Mazl — מזל

Also known as:
Mayn Mazl
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Lament/Waltz
Subject:
Life/Fate/Happiness/Regret
Song comment:
Introduced in the film "Mamele".
Origin:
GYF 48/Alb F-024(e)/Metro Scher 30
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/Warem 136/GYF 48/Alb D-004(k)/Alb W-031(a)/SM Scher 7
Translation:
Alb T-015(c)/GYF 51/Alb D-004(k)/Alb W-031(a)/
Music:
Warem 136/GYF 49/MS Scher 7
Additional song notes:
Luck/Fate Karsten Troyke characterizes this erroneously as "Traditional" On Alb T-028(b) it is recorded under title "Mazl Du Shaynst Amol Far Yeydem"
On album:
022g (Reilly, Betty/ Mazl/ You Don't Learn That In School)
Track ID:
29391
Artist:
Reilly, Betty

You Don't Learn That In School

On album:
022g (Reilly, Betty/ Mazl/ You Don't Learn That In School)
Track ID:
29392
Artist:
Reilly, Betty