Name:
Tilton, Martha
Born:
Nov 14, 1915 (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Died:
Dec 8, 2006 (Brentwood, California)
Note:
Obit NY Times Dec 13, 2006

Tracks with this artist

And The Angels Sing

Also known as:
Freylekh In Swing
Author:
Mercer, Johnny
Composer:
Ellman, Ziggy
Genre:
Swing/Pop
Subject:
Love/Angels/Song/Music/Water/Moonlight
Song comment:
Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar"
Origin:
Sheetmusic 1210
Music:
Sheetmusic 1210
On album:
G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
Track ID:
1298
Artist:
Goodman, Benny Orchestra
Trumpet:
Ellman, Ziggy
Vocal:
Tilton, Martha
First line:
You smiled, and the angels sing, and though its just a...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas
Language:
English
Style:
Swing

And The Angels Sing

Also known as:
Freylekh In Swing
Author:
Mercer, Johnny
Composer:
Ellman, Ziggy
Genre:
Swing/Pop
Subject:
Love/Angels/Song/Music/Water/Moonlight
Song comment:
Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar"
Origin:
Sheetmusic 1210
Music:
Sheetmusic 1210
On album:
S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
1303
Artist:
Ziggy Elman Orchestra
Vocal:
Tilton, Martha
Conductor/Trumpet:
Ellman, Ziggy
Track comment:
Also known as "Freilch In Swing" (Based on "Shtiler Bulgar")
Style:
Instrumental/Swing

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
On album:
S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
2060
Artist:
Goodman, Benny Quartet
Vocal:
Tilton, Martha
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Language:
English

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
On album:
G-072(a) (Benny Goodman: Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn — בעני גוטמאַן: בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן)
Track ID:
30992
Clarinet:
Goodman, Benny
Piano:
Wilson, Teddy
Vibraphone:
Hampton, Lionel
Drums:
Krupa, Gene
Vocal:
Tilton, Martha
Trumpet:
Ellman, Ziggy
First line:
Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
Track comment:
Recorded December 1937, commercial release sides "A" and "B"
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Swing/Klezmer