novelty

Recording

On album:

K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))

Track ID:

11424

Vocal/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Oy, dat old black smidgick has me in its spell,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

K-011(a) (Jenny Kessler Sings — זשעני קעסלער זינגט)

Track ID:

11472

Yiddish Adaption:

Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה

Composer:

Loewe, Frederick

Artist:

Kessler, Jenny — קעסלער, זשיני

Conductor:

Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין

First line:

Kh'hob dos gesl shoyn toyzent mol gezeyn, Keynmol nisht…

First line (Yiddish):

כ'האָב דאָס געסל שױן טױזענט מאָל געזען, קײנמאָל נישט באַמערקט...

Track comment:

From Yiddish version of "My Fair Lady" - "לײדי שײנע "מײַן

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

M-009(a) (Mein Sheine Lady/My Fair Lady — מײַן שײנע לײדי)

Track ID:

11473

Yiddish Adaption:

Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה

Vocal:

Toper, Ino

First line:

Kh'hob dos gesl shoyn toyzent mol gezen, keyn mol nisht…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Yiddish text and transliteration with album notes.

Language:

Yiddish

Recordings

On album:

F-009(d) (Leo Fuchs Sings Yiddish Theatre Favorites)

Track ID:

11612

Vocal:

Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ

First line:

Ot ot ot dos vil ikh, ot ot ot dos darf ikh, ikh darf a...

First line (Yiddish):

אָט אָט אָט דאָס װיל איך, אָט אָט אָט דאָס דאַרף איך, איך דאַרף אַ...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

F-034(a) (Finjan Klezmer Orchestra From Ship To Shore)

Track ID:

11613

Vocal:

Herscovits, Eli

Artist:

Finjan

First line:

Ot ot ot dos vil ikh, ot ot ot dos darf ikh, ikh darf a...

First line (Yiddish):

אָט אָט אָט דאָס װיל איך, אָט אָט אָט דאָס דאַרף איך, איך דאַרף אַ...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Recording

On album:

K-076(a) (The Kabalas Martinis and Bagels — הקבלוֹת)

Track ID:

24623

Trap Set/Frame Drum/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Dick, Joel ("Mr")

Artist:

Kabalas — הקבלוֹת

Accordion/Bongos/Guitar/Auxiliiary Percussion/Vocal:

Morschhauser, Scott

Saxaphone, Soprano, Tenor/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Smith, Neal ("Nervous")

Accordion/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Wolf, Barry (the Wolfman")

First line:

A spacecraft falls out of the sky, the clocks are wrong...

Language:

English

Length:

3:20

Recording

On album:

K-076(a) (The Kabalas Martinis and Bagels — הקבלוֹת)

Track ID:

24624

Trap Set/Frame Drum/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Dick, Joel ("Mr")

Artist:

Kabalas — הקבלוֹת

Accordion/Bongos/Guitar/Auxiliiary Percussion/Vocal:

Morschhauser, Scott

Saxaphone, Soprano, Tenor/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Smith, Neal ("Nervous")

Accordion/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Wolf, Barry (the Wolfman")

First line:

Deli dectective, he's on the case, if you steal a bagel...

Language:

English

Length:

3:22

Recordings

On album:

K-003(a) (Songs and Tunes From the Ghetto Jeno Kohn (vocalist))

Track ID:

13453

Artist:

Trio Lorand

Vocal:

Kohn, Jeno

Piano:

Lorand, Marcel

First line:

Der Rebe zitst zikh oyvn on, shabos nokhn kugl,

First line (Yiddish):

דער רבּי זיצט זיך אױװן אָן, שבּת נאָכן קוגל, חסידים זיצן אַרום...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Shabos Nokn Kugl

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-012(a) (A Khasene In Shtetl Oysgefirt Durkh Di 4 Burshteyns — אַ חתונה אין שטעטל אױסגעפֿירט דורך די פֿיר בורשטײנס)

Track ID:

13454

Vocal:

Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

First line:

Der tate zitst zikh oyf zayn shtil, oy, shabos nukhn kugl,

First line (Yiddish):

דער טאַטע זיצט זיך אױף זײן שטיל, אױ, שבּת נאָכן קוגל,

Track comment:

From "A Khasene In Shtetl"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Duet

On album:

B-012(i) (A Wedding In Shtetl Lillian Lux Peseach & Mike Burstein — אַ חתונה אין שטעטל ליליאַן לוקס פּסח בורסטײן מײַק בורשטײן)

Track ID:

13455

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Vocal:

Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע

First line:

Der tate zitst zikh oyf zayn shtil, oy, shabos nukhn kugl,

First line (Yiddish):

דער טאַטע זיצט זיך אױף זײן שטיל, אױ, שבּת נאָכן קוגל,

Track comment:

From "A Khasene In Shtetl"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Duet

On album:

L-014(c) (Jiddische Stikele/Jewish Songs From The Prague Ghetto/Trio Lorand/Jeno Kohn vocal/Marcel Lorand piano/)

Track ID:

34805

Vocal:

Kohn, Jeno

Piano:

Lorand, Marcel

Vocal:

Lorand Trio

First line:

Der tate zitst zikh oyf zayn shtil, oy, shabos nukhn kugl,

First line (Yiddish):

דער טאַטע זיצט זיך אױף זײן שטיל, אױ, שבּת נאָכן קוגל,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

1:52

On album:

V0440 (Selected Video & DVD Clips of Klezmer, Folk and Theater Songs (Video))

Track ID:

41857

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Vocal:

Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע

First line:

Der tate zitst zikh oyf zayn shtul, shabos nokh dem kugl, arum im zitsn chasidim

First line (Yiddish):

דער טאַטע זיצט זיך אַויף זײַן שטול, שבּת נאָך דעם קוגל, אַרום אים זיצן יסידים

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater/Vaudeville/Pop

Length:

1:48

Recordings

On album:

K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)

Track ID:

13568

Vocal/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

She'll be coming around the katzkills when she come,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)

Track ID:

21135

Vocal/Orchesta Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

She'll be coming around the katzkills when she come,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

S-022(d) (Yaacov Shapiro Sings "Geshmakene Yiddish Songs" — יעקב שפּירו זינגט געשמאַקענע לידער אין ייִדיש)

Track ID:

13970

Vocal:

Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ

Director/Arranger:

Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין

First line:

S'iz do verter in yidish vos in ivrit toygn zey nit,

First line:

ס'איז דאָ װערטער אין ייִדיש װאָס אין עבֿרית טױגן זײַן ניט,

On album:

A-028(a) (Yiddish Songs Mama Never Taught Me Patsy Abbott — שירים בּאידית, אמא לא לימדה אותי.)

Track ID:

13971

Composer:

Jaffe - Levy

Artist:

Jaffe, Ben & Orch

Vocal:

Abbott, Patsy

First line:

S'iz do verter in yidish vos in english toygn zey nit,

First line:

ס'איז דאָ װערטער אין ייִדיש װאָס אין ענגליש טױגן זײַן ניט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Also see Yaacov Shapire - S-22(d)

Recordings

On album:

E-025(a) (Europaisches Jiddish-Festival Leverkusen 1993)

Track ID:

26895

Vocal:

Troyke, Karsten — טרױקע, קאַרסטען

First line:

Shustershe vaybelekh hobn gezugt, az zey darfn di dratve...

First line (Yiddish):

שוסטערשע װײַבלעך האָבן געזאָגט, אַז זײ דאַרפֿן די דראַװע מאַכן,

Track comment:

Relate this song to "Sheyn bin Ikh Sheyn"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

J-033(a) (Lin Jaldati / Jiddischer Lieder)

Track ID:

31386

Vocal:

Jaldati, Lin — יאַלדאַטי, לין

Artist:

Martin Hoffman Orchestra — מאַרטין האָפֿמאַן אָרקעסטער

Conductor/Arranger:

Hoffman, Martin — האָפֿמאַן, מאַרטין

First line:

Shustershe vaybelekh hobn gezugt, zey darfn di dratve makhn,

First line (Yiddish):

שוסטערשע װײַבלעך האָבן געזאָגט, זײ דאַרפֿן די דראַװע מאַכן,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

2:57

Recording

On album:

K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)

Track ID:

22351

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):

Farber, Nat

Trumpet:

Klein, Emmanuel

Trumpet:

Diner, Harold

French Horn:

DeRosa, Vince

Woodwinds:

Webb, Champ

Woodwinds:

Bercov, Morris

Violin:

Gill, Benny

Piano:

Sherman, Ray

Bass:

Gaines, Earl

Drums:

Singer, Lewis

First line:

Come on, one and all, let's be freylekh, let us have a ball,

Track comment:

Recorded Sep 30, 1964

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)

Track ID:

21129

Vocal/Orchesta Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

You're in the army,..., du bist nisht in der heym,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Parody of service marching song

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)

Track ID:

42970

Vocal/ Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

You're in the army,..., du bist nisht in der heym,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Parody of service marching song

Language:

Yinglish

Recording

On album:

K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))

Track ID:

14669

Vocal/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Oh, I hate to see that evenen sun go down, Ikh glakh nit...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)

Track ID:

23685

Vocal/English Adaptation:

Waldman, Gary

Composer:

Lowenworth, Sam

Vocal/English Adaptation:

Waldman, Janice

Artist:

Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra

Piano/Conductor:

Delfin, Jon

First line:

Sitting here, its three am, and we can't get to sleep,

First line:

סטיִם, סטיִם סטיִם, ס'איז קאַלט װי און אַ קבֿק, סטיִם, סטיִם סטיִם...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From "Paved With Gold"

Language:

Yiddish/English

On album:

N-020(a) (Honey Novick Rising Toward the Seraphim)

Track ID:

23805

Author/Composer:

Lowenworth, Sam

Vocal:

Novick, Honey

Piano:

Goldhamer, Brahm, piano

Percussion:

Sacks, Richard M., percussion

First line:

Shney, es vet bald faln, in der shtot es vert a kelt,

First line (Yiddish):

שנײ, עס װעט באַלד פֿאַלן, אין דער שטאָט עס װערט אַ קעלט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Recording

On album:

K-076(a) (The Kabalas Martinis and Bagels — הקבלוֹת)

Track ID:

24638

Trap Set/Frame Drum/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Dick, Joel ("Mr")

Artist:

Kabalas — הקבלוֹת

Accordion/Bongos/Guitar/Auxiliiary Percussion/Vocal:

Morschhauser, Scott

Saxaphone, Soprano, Tenor/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Smith, Neal ("Nervous")

Accordion/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Wolf, Barry (the Wolfman")

First line:

I find myself engulfed, entwined every afternoon,

Language:

English

Length:

3:35

Recordings

On album:

K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)

Track ID:

21131

Vocal/Orchesta Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Matzos and knishes, its so delicious, listen you all,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)

Track ID:

14974

Vocal/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Matzos and knishes, its so delicious, listen you all,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

xG-029(b)

Track ID:

14975

Artist:

Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers

First line:

Matzos and knishes, its so delicious, listen you all,...

Track comment:

See also "Nervn Mit Vantsn"

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)

Track ID:

36092

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Style:

Novelty

Recording

On album:

K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))

Track ID:

14991

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

The life span of most people is called "From the cradle..."

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recitation

Recordings

On album:

K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)

Track ID:

22348

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:

Katz, Mickey

Trumpet:

Klein, Emmanuel

Trombone:

Zentner, Sy

Reeds:

Bercov, Morris

Violin:

Gill, Benny

Piano/Arranger:

Farber, Nat

Bass:

Breen, Larry

Drums:

Weiss, Sam

On album:

O-012(a) (Orient Express, Moving Shnorers)

Track ID:

27223

Artist:

Orient Express Moving Schnorers

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)

Track ID:

15040

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Style:

Instrumental

Recordings

On album:

L-027(a) (Stanley Laudan and his Ensemble YIDDISH COCKTAIL)

Track ID:

15109

Artist:

Stanley Laudan Ensemble

Vocal/Ensemble Conductor:

Laudan, Stanley

First line:

This is a story, a true one, a very old story but always...

First line:

אין אַ קלײן שטעלע װאָס האָט געהײסן פֿינטשאָקאַ, דאָס לעבן טאַקאַ...

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer/Narration

On album:

L-027(b) (Yiddish Family Album Featuring Rita Marlowe & Stanley Laudan)

Track ID:

15110

Artist:

Stanley Laudan Ensemble

Vocal/Ensemble Conductor:

Laudan, Stanley

First line:

This iz a story, a true one, a very old story,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer/Narration

Recording

On album:

K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))

Track ID:

15125

Vocal/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Hia, I went a walking bay Moyshe's delicatessen,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

F-034(a) (Finjan Klezmer Orchestra From Ship To Shore)

Track ID:

15182

Vocal:

Herscovits, Eli

Artist:

Finjan

First line:

There's a Czechoslovak who's waitin down by the sea in...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Subtitled "There's a Czechoslovak Waiting For Me"

Language:

English

Style:

Theatre/Humorous

On album:

V0048

Track ID:

34094

Vocal:

Herscovits, Eli

Vocal:

Fink, Shayla

Artist:

Finjan

Clarinet:

Friesn, John

Acoustic Bass:

Posen, Kinzey

Violin:

Schultz, Victor

Guitar:

Koulack, Daniel

Saxophone:

Bouchouka, Sasha

Language:

English

Style:

Duet/Novelty/Humorous

Recordings

On album:

K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)

Track ID:

15208

Artist:

Original Klezmer Jazz Band

Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:

Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך

Trumpet:

Gross, Ken

Clarinet/Alto Sax:

Chernet, Joel

Bass:

Abruzzo, Tom

First line:

On the east side of New York, on Avenue B, is a gut...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

Style:

Jazz/Dixieland/Duet

Length:

3:28

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28542

Vocal:

Crumit, Frank

First line:

On the east side of New York, on Avenue B, there's a guy creating talk,

Track comment:

Originally recorded May 9, 1922, Columbia A3625/ Unknown Orchestra

Language:

English

Style:

Jazz/Dixieland

On album:

K-035(d)1

Track ID:

32886

Artist:

Original Klezmer Jazz Band

Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:

Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך

Trumpet:

Gross, Ken

Clarinet/Alto Sax:

Chernet, Joel

Bass:

Abruzzo, Tom

First line:

On the east side of New York, on Avenue B, is a gut...

Language:

English

Style:

Jazz/Dixieland/Duet

Length:

3:28

Recordings

On album:

K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)

Track ID:

15257

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs.

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

19677

Composer:

Katz, Mickey

Clarinet:

Byron, Don & Orch

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs.

On album:

K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)

Track ID:

22349

Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Trumpet:

Klein, Emmanuel

Trombone:

Zentner, Sy

Violin:

Gill, Benny

Piano/Arranger:

Farber, Nat

Bass:

Breen, Larry

Xylophone:

Singer, Lewis

Guitar:

Bain, Bob

Track comment:

Recorded Nov 28, 1956

Style:

Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs

Recording

On album:

K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))

Track ID:

15406

Vocal/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Train leaving for Liberty, Monticello, Mt. Clemens,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

S-068(a) (Shirim Klezmer Orchestra ...of angels and horseradish)

Track ID:

15467

Artist:

Shirim Klezmer Orchestra

Vocal:

Waldoks, Moshe, Avi Hoffman, et al

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)

Track ID:

15468

Artist:

Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers

First line:

Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.

First line (Yinglish):

אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)

Track ID:

15469

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.

First line (Yinglish):

אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

19667

Artist:

Don Byron Orchestra

Vocal:

Sklamberg, Lorin

First line:

Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.

First line (Yinglish):

אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)

Track ID:

22350

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Vocal/Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.

First line (Yinglish):

אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,

Track comment:

Recorded Jan 3, 1955

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

K-029(c) (A Touch of Klez! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)

Track ID:

15488

Artist:

Klezmer Conservatory Band

Author:

Bressler, Judy

Vocal:

Bressler, Judy

Artist:

Netsky, Hankus

First line:

Every thing is hatske-tatske, lomir tantsn a kazatske,

First line:

עװרי טהינג איז האַצקע-טאַצקע, לאָמיר טאַנצן אַ קאַזאַצקע,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Introduces members of the band.

Language:

English/Yiddish/Yinglish

On album:

K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)

Track ID:

15489

Composer/Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Every thing is hatske-tatske, lomir tantsn a kazatske,

First line:

עװרי טהינג איז האַצקע-טאַצקע, לאָמיר טאַנצן אַ קאַזאַצקע,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Introduces members of the band. From Victor Record 25 5084 B

Language:

English/Yiddish/Yinglish

Recording

On album:

A-036(a) (Bonnie Abrams A Sudenyu Of Yiddish Song)

Track ID:

22433

Vocal:

Abrams, Bonnie

First line:

Well, its a country-western world, and I'm an eastern city..

First line (English):

בײַ יעדן טיר ליגט אַ שטײן, אײן איז גרױס און אײן איז קלײן,

Language:

English

Style:

Folk/Country Western

Recording

On album:

xK-022(c)

Track ID:

15852

Author:

Katz, Mickey

Composer:

Bizet, Georges

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Oy, mayn Meyer, du brenst a fayer, every time that you...

Track comment:

See "Toreador Song (Parody)" - From the opera "Carmen"

Recording

On album:

K-076(a) (The Kabalas Martinis and Bagels — הקבלוֹת)

Track ID:

24632

Trap Set/Frame Drum/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Dick, Joel ("Mr")

Artist:

Kabalas — הקבלוֹת

Accordion/Bongos/Guitar/Auxiliiary Percussion/Vocal:

Morschhauser, Scott

Saxaphone, Soprano, Tenor/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Smith, Neal ("Nervous")

Accordion/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Wolf, Barry (the Wolfman")

First line:

There's no need to fear, underdog is here!

Language:

English

Length:

1:15

Recordings

On album:

S-027(b) (An Evening With Jacob Sandler — אײן אָװענט מיט יעקבֿ סאַנדלער)

Track ID:

16189

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Artist:

Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ

Artist:

Negreanu, Mani, arr and cond — נעגריאַנו, מאַני, אַראַנ און דיריגענט

First line:

Du bist mayn rukhele, mayn mazl, mayn brukhele,

First line:

דו ביסט מײַן רחל'ע, מײַן מזל, מײַן בּרכהלע, מײַן קלײנע, מײַן...

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Mein Rukhele, Mayn Brukhele"

On album:

W-002(e) (Remembering Benzion Witler with Shifra Lerer — בּן-ציון װיטלער מיט שפֿרה לערער)

Track ID:

16190

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Artist:

Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון

Artist:

Stein Orch

First line:

Shtendik bay dayn zayt, keyn mol fun dir vayt,

First line:

שטענדיק בײַ דײַן זײַט, קײן מאָל פֿון דיר װײַט,

Track comment:

Recorded under "Mayn Rukhele"

On album:

B-012(d) (Songs From Two Great Yiddish Musicals Burstein — בורשטײן לידער פֿון צװײ גרױסע ייִדישע אָפּערעטעס)

Track ID:

16191

Author:

Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Vocal:

Burstein, Susan — בורשטייַן, זיסל

First line:

Shtendik bay mayn zayt, keyn mol fun mir vayt,

First line (Yiddish):

שטענדיק בײַ מײַן זײַט, קײן מאָל פֿון מיר װײַט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From the musical "Tate Hob Khasene"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-012(r) (Di Beste Lider Fun Mike Burstein — די בעסטע לידער פֿון מײַק בורשטײן)

Track ID:

16192

Author:

Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Vocal:

Burstein, Susan — בורשטייַן, זיסל

First line:

Shtendik bay mayn zayt, keyn mol fun mir vayt,

First line:

שטענדיק בײַ מײַן זײַט, קײן מאָל פֿון מיר װײַט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From the musical "Tate Hob Khasene" a/k/a "Di Rebetsin"

On album:

B-028(e) (At Home With The Barry Sisters)

Track ID:

16193

Author:

Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Artist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

Yingele, yingele, zing a sheyn lidele, fun a meydele,

First line:

ייִנגעלע, ייִנגעלע, זינג אַ שײן לידעלע, פֿון אַ מײדעלע

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

On album:

R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)

Track ID:

16188

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Vocal:

Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר

Artist:

Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער

Clarinet:

Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ

First line:

Du bist mayn rukhele, mayn mazl, mayn brukhele,

First line:

דו ביסט מײַן רחל'ע, מײַן מזל, מײַן בּרכהלע, מײַן קלײנע, מײַן...

On album:

B-012(q) (The Burstein Family III. Cast Album)

Track ID:

37045

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Vocal:

Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע

Vocal:

Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן

Vocal:

Burstein, Susan — בורשטייַן, זיסל

First line:

Shtendik bay mayn zayt, keyn mol fun mir vayt,

First line (Yiddish):

שטענדיק בײַ מײַן זײַט, קײן מאָל פֿון מיר װײַט,

Track comment:

From the musical "Tate Hob Khasene"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-012(s) (Mike Burstein/ Ai Bai/ Yababi - His Greatest Yiddish Songs — מײַק סורשטײן - אײ בײ יאַבאַבאי)

Track ID:

26718

Author:

Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Vocal:

Burstein, Susan — בורשטייַן, זיסל

First line:

Shtendik bay mayn zayt, keyn mol fun mir vayt,

First line:

שטענדיק בײַ מײַן זײַט, קײן מאָל פֿון מיר װײַט,

Track comment:

From the musical "Tate Hob Khasene" a/k/a "Di Rebetsin"

On album:

P-068(b) (Jane Peppler/ Cabaret Warsaw/ Yiddish & Polish Hits of the 1920s-1930s/Performed by Mappamundi)

Track ID:

36853

Artist:

Mappamundi

Piano:

Enoch, Aviva

Bass:

Vasile, Bob

Vocal/Fiddle/Concertina/Piano:

Peppler, Jane

Violin:

Holmgren, Beth

Guitar/Clarinet/Bouzouki/Bowed Dulcimer:

Bloom, Ken

Bass:

Baird, Jim

First line:

Shtendik bay mayn zayt, keyn mol fun mir vayt dikh drikn tsu mayn hartsn…

First line (Yiddish):

שטענדיק בײַ מײַן זײַט, קיין מאָל פֿון מיר ווײַט דיך דריקן צו מײַן האַרצן...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater/Love/Cabaret/Concert/Novelty

Length:

2:32

On album:

B-012(u) (The Burstein Family/ Di Freylikhe Kaptsunim — די פֿריילעכע קבצנים)

Track ID:

41724

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Vocal:

Burstein, Susan — בורשטייַן, זיסל

First line:

Shtendik bay mayn zayt, keyn mol fun mir vayt gedrikt zikh mayn hartsn mit gefil

First line (Yiddish):

שטענדיק בײַ מײַן זײַט קײן מאָל פֿון מיר װײַט, געדריקט זיך מײַן האַרטצן מיט געפֿיל

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Jazz/Swing/Duet

Length:

1:59

Recording

On album:

K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))

Track ID:

16703

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recitation

Recording

On album:

K-076(a) (The Kabalas Martinis and Bagels — הקבלוֹת)

Track ID:

24634

Trap Set/Frame Drum/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Dick, Joel ("Mr")

Artist:

Kabalas — הקבלוֹת

Accordion/Bongos/Guitar/Auxiliiary Percussion/Vocal:

Morschhauser, Scott

Saxaphone, Soprano, Tenor/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Smith, Neal ("Nervous")

Accordion/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Wolf, Barry (the Wolfman")

First line:

All the towns are building store malls by the score,

Language:

English

Length:

3:38

Recordings

On album:

S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)

Track ID:

21434

Artist:

Howard, Willie

First line:

I nearly dead, oy vat a head, how I wish I vas home in my...

Track comment:

When Nathan was mmarried to Rose of Washington Square,

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28543

Vocal:

Howard, Willie

First line:

I was nearly dead, oy vot a head, how I wish I was home in my bed,

Track comment:

Originally recorded Sep 3, 1925, Columbia 455D/ Unknown Orchestra

Language:

English

Recordings

On album:

B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

19668

Clarinet:

Byron, Don & Orch

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

On album:

K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)

Track ID:

22339

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Clarinet:

Katz, Mickey

Arrranger/Possibly Conductor:

Farber, Nat

Trombone:

Diner, Harold

French Horn:

DeRosa, Vince

Woodwind:

Jacob, Jules

Woodwind:

Bercov, Morris

Woodwind:

Howard, Terry

Violin:

Gill, Benny

Piano:

Sherman, Ray

Bass:

Gaines, Earl

Drums:

Singer, Lewis

Track comment:

Recorded Aug 25, 1964

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)

Track ID:

1927

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Instrumental

Recordings

On album:

K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)

Track ID:

17439

Vocal/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Mule train, v'yo, mule train, oy, platsn zolstu,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)

Track ID:

17440

Author:

Glickman / Lang / Heath

Artist:

Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers

First line:

Mule train, tek'yo, mule train, platsn zolstu paskudnak,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

On album:

K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)

Track ID:

21136

Vocal/Orchesta Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

Mule train, v'yo, mule train, oy, platsn zolstu,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)

Track ID:

17489

Author/Composer:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers

First line:

Yidl mit fidl, berl mitn bas, kum shpilt a lidl, oyfn mitn..

First line:

ייִדל מיטן פֿידל, בערל מיטן באַס, קום שפּילט אַ לידל, אױפֿן מיטן...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish/English/Yinglish

On album:

K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)

Track ID:

22356

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Orchestra Leader/Vocal/Clarinet:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Yidl mitn fidl, oy, yankl mitn bas, kumt shpilt a lidl,

First line:

ייִדל מיטן פֿידל, אױ יאַנקל מיטן באַס, קומט שפּילט אַ לידל,

Track comment:

Recorded circa 1966

Language:

Yiddish/English/Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

L-027(a) (Stanley Laudan and his Ensemble YIDDISH COCKTAIL)

Track ID:

17520

Artist:

Stanley Laudan Ensemble

Vocal/Ensemble Conductor:

Laudan, Stanley

First line:

Yidishe samba, di yidishe samba, es ritmen, es ...

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Latin/Samba/Pop

On album:

L-027(b) (Yiddish Family Album Featuring Rita Marlowe & Stanley Laudan)

Track ID:

3807

Artist:

Stanley Laudan Ensemble

Ensemble Conductor:

Laudan, Stanley

First line:

Yidishe samba, di yidishe samba, has rhythm, has life,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish/English

Recordings

On album:

S-022(d) (Yaacov Shapiro Sings "Geshmakene Yiddish Songs" — יעקב שפּירו זינגט געשמאַקענע לידער אין ייִדיש)

Track ID:

18010

Vocal:

Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ

Director/Arranger:

Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין

First line:

Zets, s'iz voyl..zets, vu nemt er zets, oy oy der zets,

First line (Yiddish):

זעץ, ס'איז װאױל..זעץ, װוּ נעמט ער זעץ, אױ אױ דער זעץ,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Freylekhs/Romanian Melody

On album:

A-028(a) (Yiddish Songs Mama Never Taught Me Patsy Abbott — שירים בּאידית, אמא לא לימדה אותי.)

Track ID:

18011

Composer:

Jaffe - Levy

Artist:

Jaffe, Ben & Orch

Vocal:

Abbott, Patsy

First line:

Zets, kum brider, zets, kum...zets, oy oy oy zets,

First line (Yiddish):

זעץ, קום ברידער, זעץ, קום...זעטס, אױ אױ אױ זעץ,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Freylekhs/Romanian Melody/Klezmer

Recordings

On album:

S-025(b) (Ludwig Satz Sings His Most Famous Yiddish Theatre Classics 3)

Track ID:

18024

Vocal:

Satz, Ludwig — זאַץ, לודװיג

First line:

Ikh volt gevolt geshtokhn zayn, vi kishan, un a shir,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װאָלט געװאָלט געשטאָכן זײַן, װי קישאָן, אָן אַ שיר,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Z-011(f) (Talila & Ben Zimet / Yiddish Atmosphere)

Track ID:

28740

Piano:

Schaff, Eddy

Vocal:

Zimet, Ben

Vocal:

Talila

Trumpet:

Derouin, Michel

Contrabass:

Mortarelli, Pierre

Piano:

Schaff, Eddy

First line:

Ikh volt gevolt geshtokhn zayn, vi kishan, un a shir,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װאָלט געװאָלט געשטאָכן זײַן, װי קישאָן, אָן אַ שיר,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Swing/Duet

Length:

003:30

On album:

051p (Satz, Ludwig/ Zi (She)/ Papa)

Track ID:

30236

Vocal:

Satz, Ludwig — זאַץ, לודװיג

First line:

Ikh volt gevolt geshtokhn zayn, vi kishon, un a shir,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װאָלט געװאָלט געשטאָכן, װי קישאָן, אָן אַ שיר,

Language:

Yiddish

Recordings

On album:

L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)

Track ID:

27665

Vocalist:

Weisman, G.

First line:

Vilt ir a kusher yidl zayn, reb yidl, gib gelt, gib gelt.

First line (Yiddish):

װילט איר אַ כּשר ייִדל זײַן, רבּ ייִדל, גיב געלט, גיב געלט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Columbia E6104 78rpm

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer/Concert

On album:

P-068(g) (Der East Side Fun Amol/ Jane Peppler & Friends)

Track ID:

41507

Vocal:

Peppler, Jane

Piano:

Enoch, Aviva

First line:

Vilst a kushere yidele zayn Reb Yidl gib gelt, Reb Yidl gib gelt, a plombe af…

First line (Yiddish):

ווילסטו אַ כּשרערע ייִדל זײַן, רעבּ ייִדל גיב געלט, רעבּ ייִדל גיב געלט,...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

2:22

Recording

On album:

L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)

Track ID:

27676

Composer:

Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס

Vocalist:

Paskel, Simon — פּאַסקאַל, סײַמאָן

First line:

..oy zi hot es, oy oy zi hot es, zi iz a beauty

First line:

..אױ זי האָט עס, אױ אױ זי האָט עס, זי איז אַ ביוטי,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Emerson 13232 78rpm

Style:

Instr/Klezmer

Recording

On album:

K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)

Track ID:

28342

Vocal:

Serebroff, Muni

Conductor, Orchestra:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Vocal:

Jacobson, Irving

First line:

Lekhaim briderlekh, a trink iz der iker, hot gezogt der feter yoshke,

First line (Yiddish):

לחיים ברידעלעך, אַ טרינק איז דער עיקר, האָט געזאָקט דער פֿעטער יאָשקע…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Duet

Recording

On album:

K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)

Track ID:

28343

Vocal:

Schoenfeld, Mae

Vocal:

Adler, Julius

Vocal:

Jacobson, Henrietta

Vocal:

Saltzman, Esta — זאַלצמאַן, עסטע

Conductor, Orchestra:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Vocal:

Adler, Bruce

First line:

Mazl tov (3), dos vintshet zikh bnai yisroel, mazl tov (2) mirtshem (2) bay dir

First line:

מזל טובֿ (3), דאָס װינטשעט זיך בּני ישׂראל, מזל טובֿ (2) מירטשעם..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Congratulatory

Recording

On album:

K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)

Track ID:

28344

Vocal:

Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי

Conductor, Orchestra:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

First line:

Ven a man zogt dir, "du bist mayn one and only gal", zolst visn s'iz gefonfetת

First line:

װען אַ מאַן זאָגט דיר, "דו ביסט מײַן װאָן און אָנלי גאַל" זאָלסטו...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish/English/Yinglish

Style:

Humerous

Recordings

On album:

K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)

Track ID:

28345

Vocal:

Adler, Julius

Vocal:

Saltzman, Esta — זאַלצמאַן, עסטע

Conductor, Orchestra:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

First line:

Ikh darf dikh hobn vi a lokh in kop, vi a milkhike blintse darf a fleyshikn top

First line (Yiddish):

איך דאַרף דיך האָבן װי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ, װי אַ מילכיקע בלינצע..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Humerous/Swing/Song and Dance

On album:

L-059(a) (Lider Fun Boydem 2/Di Beste Lider Fun 78 Platen/Songs From The Attic/The Best of 78 Records/ Ikh Lib Dikh — לידער פֿון בוידעם 2\די בעסטע לידער פֿון 78 פּלאַטען\ איך ליב דיך)

Track ID:

32954

Vocal:

Rosner, Mildred — ראָסנער, מילדרעד

First line:

Ikh darf dikh vi a hering darf potatos, ikh darf dikh vi pickles darf tomatoes,

First line (Yiddish):

איך דאַרף דיך ווי אַ הערינג דאַרף פּאָטאַטאָס, איך דאַרף דיך ווי פּיקעלס דאַרף טאָמייטאָס,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater/Vaudeville

Length:

02:59

Recording

On album:

K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)

Track ID:

28340

Vocal:

Schoenfeld, Mae

Vocal:

Jacobson, Henrietta

Conductor, Orchestra:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

First line:

Mir zenen di belles fun bell harbor, mir zenen di bell harbor chicks

First line:

מיר זענען די בעלס פֿון בעל האַרבאָר, מיר זענען די בעל האַרבאָר...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish/English/Yinglish

Style:

Duet/Waltz/Song and Dance/Humorous/Light

Recording

On album:

F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)

Track ID:

28517

Vocal:

Medoff, David

First line:

Gevald, ikh vel meshege vern, shtendik halt ikh fun eyn hern, "Yes we have.."

First line (Yiddish):

געוואַלד, איך וועל משוגע ווערן, שטענדיק האַלט איך פֿון איין הערן, "יעס ווי.."

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer/Parody/Humor

Length:

02:42

Recording

On album:

F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)

Track ID:

28524

Vocal:

Zanger, Jacob — זאַנגער, יעקבֿ

First line:

Gevald, vos tut men tsu mayne nerven, kum aheym fun der arbet, meyn ikh..

First line (Yiddish):

געװאַלד, װאָס טוט מען צן מייִנע נערװען, קום אַהייִם פֿון דער אַרבעט, מייִן איך...

Track comment:

Originally Recorded New York, Spring 1925/ Columbia 8057F

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Couplets

Recordings

On album:

F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)

Track ID:

28527

Vocal:

Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע

First line:

Ver geyt dort in gas aleyn, ver zet oys azoy yung un sheyn.

First line (Yiddish):

װער גייט דאַרט אין גאַס אַליין, װער זעט אױס אַזױ יונג און שיין

Track comment:

Originally Recorded December 18, 1925, Columbia 8099f/Unknown Orchestra

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Charleston/Klezmer/Jazz

Length:

02:55

On album:

T-030(a) (Miscellaneous Transfers from 78's/ Diamond Discs Not In Collection (TCD-1))

Track ID:

30905

Vocal:

Cohan, Charlie

First line:

Ver geyt dort in gas aleyn, ver zet oys azoy yung un sheyn

First line (Yiddish):

װער גייט דאַרט אין גאַס אַליין, װער זעט אױס אַזױ יונג און שיין

Track comment:

From Victor Disc # 78473

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theatre

Recording

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28541

Vocal:

Rose, Julian

First line:

Hello everbody, say, I want to tell you something, no, I didn't tell you...

Track comment:

Originally Recorded 1922, Edison Records/ Unknown Orchestra

Language:

English

Style:

Dialect/Jazz/Dixieland

Recording

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28544

Vocal:

The Happiness Boys

Vocal:

Jones, Billy

Vocal:

Hare, Earnest

First line:

Oy, oy gevald! Vot's di matter, Abram? Did you see the Yiddishe journal...

Language:

English

Style:

Immigrant Dialect/Duet

Length:

03:09

Recordings

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28552

Violin:

Venuti, Joe

Piano:

Wall, Phil

First line:

One two three four, five four three, one two three four, who are we

Track comment:

Originally recorded May 31, 1933

Language:

English

Style:

Harmony

Length:

03:18

On album:

G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)

Track ID:

31656

Artist:

Paul Whiteman Orchestra

First line:

We really think you ought to know that we were born right in the middle of...

Language:

English

Style:

Four Part Harmony/Pop/Orchestral/

Length:

3:10

Recording

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28553

Vocal:

Yacht Club Boys

Vocal:

Kelly

Vocal:

Adler (No First Name Given)

Vocal:

Mann

Vocal:

Kern

Clarinet:

Goodman, Benny

First line:

Attention please, attention, we just came back from the coast, we brought a…

Track comment:

Originally recorded Jan 16, 1934, Columbia 2887 D/ Unknown studio orchestra

Language:

English

Style:

Jazz/Swing

Length:

02:57

Recording

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28555

Vocal/Guitar:

Gaillard, Slim

Artist:

Flat Foot Floogie Boys

Trumpet:

Newman, Cyril

Tenor Saxaphone:

Hollon, Kenneth

Piano:

Morgan, Lounell

String Bass:

Smith, William

Drums:

Pettaway, Herbert

First line:

Matza balls, gefilte fish, best l'il dish I ever ever had, now matza balls…

Track comment:

Originally recorded Oct 4, 1929, Vocalion 5301

Language:

English

Style:

Swing/Jazz

Length:

02:36

Recordings

On album:

K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)

Track ID:

22805

Bass:

Abruzzo, Tom

Clarinet/Alto Sax:

Chernet, Joel

Trumpet:

Gross, Ken

Artist:

Original Klezmer Jazz Band

Banjo/Guitar:

Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך

Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

Trombone:

Levitt, David

Tenor Sax/Clarinet:

Rubinstein, Danny

Drums:

Horn, Shelly

First line:

My mother used to sing to me, a plaintive little melody,

Track comment:

Part of "Ot Azoy Medley" - This Song from Cab Calloway

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28556

Leader/Vocal:

Calloway, Cab

Trumpet:

Bauza, Mario

Trumpet:

Wright, Lamar

Trumpet:

Cheatham, Doc

Trombone:

Jones, Jean Claude

Trombone:

Wheeler, De Priest

Trombone:

Johnson, Keg

Clarinet/Alto Saxaphone:

Haughton, Chauncey

Clarinet/Alto Saxaphone:

Brown, Andrew

Tenor Saxaphone:

Thomas, Walter

Tenor Saxaphone:

Berry, Choo

Piano:

Payne, Bennie

Guitar:

Barker, Danny

String Bass:

Hinton, Milt

Drums:

Cole, Cozy

Artist:

Cab Calloway Orchestra

First line:

My mother used to sing to me a haunting little melody

Track comment:

Originally recorded July 17, 1939, Vocalion 5062

Language:

English

Style:

Swing/Big Band/Scat

Length:

02:55

On album:

K-035(d)2

Track ID:

32895

Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

Trombone:

Levitt, David

Tenor Sax/Clarinet:

Rubinstein, Danny

Drums:

Horn, Shelly

Bass:

Abruzzo, Tom

Clarinet/Alto Sax:

Chernet, Joel

Trumpet:

Gross, Ken

Artist:

Original Klezmer Jazz Band

Banjo/Guitar:

Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך

First line:

My mother used to sing to me, a plaintive little melody,

Track comment:

Part of "Ot Azoy Medley" - This Song from Cab Calloway

On album:

G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)

Track ID:

31705

Vocal:

Calloway, Cab

First line:

Ot azoy sings the tailor as he fashions pretty clothes

Language:

English

Style:

Jazz/Scat/Orchestral Accompaniment

Length:

1:11

On album:

J-069(a) (The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People)

Track ID:

42741

Klezmer Clarinet:

Statman, Andy

Conductor/Arranger/Accordion:

Haskell, Jimmie

Vocal Arrangements:

Siegel, Janis

Vocal Arrangements:

Paul, Alan

Artist:

The Manhattan Transfer

Bass:

Berghofer, Chuck

Drums:

Field, Gregg

Guitar:

Chiodini, John

Tenor Saxaphone/Clarinet:

Scott, Tom

Trombone:

Loper, Charles

Trumpet:

Findley, Chuck

Saxaphone:

Koz, Dave

First line:

Ot azoy sings a tailor as he fashions pretty clothes, ot azoy sings a tailor as

Language:

English

Style:

Swing

Length:

3:41

Recording

On album:

F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)

Track ID:

28557

Vocal:

Bailey, Mildred

Trumpet:

Eldridge, Roy

Clarinet/Alto Saxaphone:

Burns, Robert

Clarinet/Alto Saxaphone:

Merrill, Reggie

Bass Clarinet:

Prager, Carl

Flute:

Powell, Eddie

Oboe/French Horn:

Miller, Mitch

Piano:

Wilson, Teddy

Guitar:

Collis, John

String Bass:

Peterson, Pete

Drums:

Beason, Bill

Arranger:

Wilder, Alec

First line:

I never knew a hep cat from a square, and I was called a bringdown everywhere,

Track comment:

Originally recorded Jan 25, 1940, Columbia 35409/ Recorded as "A Bee Gezind"

Language:

English

Style:

Swing/Pop/Big Band

Length:

02:58

Recording

On album:

Z-011(f) (Talila & Ben Zimet / Yiddish Atmosphere)

Track ID:

28753

Vocal:

Zimet, Ben

Vocal:

Talila

Accordion:

Schaff, Eddy

Trumpet/Trombone/Percussion/Clarinet:

Derouin, Michel

First line:

All you lonely girls, whose hubbies stay out nights, don't be chumps all...

First line:

הער זיך אייִן מייִן מאַן, איך האָב עפּעס צו דיר, עס איז גאָר נישט קייִן פּלאַן...

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Duet/Swing/Humorous

Length:

02:50

Recordings

On album:

G-070(c) (Arkady Gendler (c), Field Recording)

Track ID:

28768

Vocal:

Gendler, Arkady — גענדלער, אַרקאַדי

Piano:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

Mit a fidl, un a fidl, vider klingt a yidish lidl, mame loshen iz dokh a...

First line (Yiddish):

מיט אַ פֿידל, אָן אַ פֿידל, װידער קלינגט אַ ייִדיש לידל, מאַמע לשון איז דאָך אַ...

Track comment:

With comments by Gendler

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Spirited, Enthusiastic

On album:

B-095(a) (Hilda Bronstein sings Yiddish songs old and new)

Track ID:

33394

Vocal:

Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ

Violin:

Hamilton, Meg

Artist:

Merlin Shepherd Quartet

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet:

Shepherd, Merlin — שעפּהערד, מערלין

Accordion/Keyboard:

Shepherd, Polina — שעפּהערד, פּאָלינאַ

Double Bass:

Russell, Simon C.

First line:

Mit a fidl, un a fidl, vider klingt a yidish lidl, mame loshen-iz dos a…

First line (Yiddish):

מיט אַ פֿידל, אָן אַ פֿידל, װידער קלינגט אַ ייִדיש לידל, מאַמע לשון-איז דאָס אַ…

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Klezmer/Folk

Length:

3:39

On album:

G-070(d) (Arkady Gendler / Yidishe Lider)

Track ID:

38734

Vocals:

Gendler, Arkady — גענדלער, אַרקאַדי

Violin:

Szederkenyi, Nador

Viola, Violin:

Fuhrlinger, Agnes

Violincello:

Hilmar, Merike

Piano, Accordion:

Bern, Alan

First line:

Mit a fidl, on a fidl: Vider klingt a yidish lidl, Mame-loshn-s'iz dokh a mekhay

First line (Yiddish):

מיט אַ פֿידל, אָן אַ פֿידל ווידער קלינגט אַ ייִדיש לידל, מאַמע־לשן-ס'איז דאָך אַ מחוה

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

3:52

Recordings

On album:

047j (Hodes, Billy.../ Esn -/ teyl 1 and 2)

Track ID:

30133

Vocal:

Hodes, Billy

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Audio courtesy of Geoffrey Lerner, Yorba Linda, CA

Language:

English

On album:

006r (Tully, Lee/ Bernie Share Orch/ Esn/)

Track ID:

28968

Artist:

Bernie Share Orch

Language:

English

On album:

A-048(a) (All for you: collection of love songs — הכל בשבילך: אוסף שירי אהבה)

Track ID:

31736

Vocal:

Hodes, Billy

Artist:

Bernie Share Orch

First line:

You get tired of sitting on the porch, so you play poker, gin...

Language:

English

On album:

V-005(c) (20th Century Yiddish Humor)

Track ID:

4835

Vocal:

Hodes, Billy

First line:

Ah, s'mekhaye, o, what a beautiful day. I'm so glad...

Language:

English

Recordings

On album:

033v (Casman, Nellie/ Vos Zol Ikh Ton Az Ikh Hob.../ Molly Dolly)

Track ID:

29734

Artist:

Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי

On album:

004f (Picon, Molly/ Vos Zol Ikh Ton Az Ikh Hob.../ Molly Dolly)

Track ID:

28892

Artist:

Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי

On album:

051e (Casman, Nellie/ Molly Dolly/ Vos Zol Ikh Ton Az Ikh Hob...)

Track ID:

30214

Artist:

Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי

Recordings

On album:

K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)

Track ID:

30711

Bass:

Abruzzo, Tom

Trombone:

Bernardi, Paul

Clarinet/Alto Sax:

Chernet, Joel

Trumpet:

Gross, Ken

Tenor Sax:

Leshaw, Howie

Artist:

Original Klezmer Jazz Band

Drums:

Salzberg, Si

Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:

Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך

Arranger/Musical Director/Vocal/Piano:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

First line:

O Hymie sailed from Rotterdam, but first stopped in Amsterdam

First line:

איך זינג יעצט פֿון סאַמי קאַץ, ער איז נישט קייִן יאָלד, און נישט קייִן לץ,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Dialect/Duet

Length:

3:34

On album:

002r (Cohan, Charlie/ Als Far Gelt/ O Katerina)

Track ID:

28844

Vocal:

Cohan, Charlie

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

002p (Intnatl Novelty Orch & Hall,A./ O Katerina/ Titina)

Track ID:

28839

Vocal:

Intnatl Novelty Orch & Hall,A.

Language:

English

On album:

059e (Burshteyn, Peysekhe/ O Katarina/ Gelakht un Gevaynt (Cha, Cha, Cha))

Track ID:

30563

Vocal:

Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע

Recording

On album:

032i (Howard, Willie/ Imitations of Jessel, Jolson, Cantor/ Comes the Revolution)

Track ID:

29690

Artist:

Howard, Willie

Recording

On album:

008b (Zwerling, Yetta/ Yukl/ Der Khosn Vos Ken Nit Arayn)

Track ID:

29000

Accompanist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Vocal:

Zwerling, Yetta

Language:

Yiddish

Recordings

On album:

054g (Silverbush, S./Wachtel, M./ Der Alter Tate/ Di Bobe Bantsi Un Tsifre Bandl)

Track ID:

30351

Artist:

Silverbush, Sam

Artist:

Wachtel, M.

On album:

A-060(d) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 6/ The Best of 78 Records/ Comical Duets — לידער פֿון בוידעם 6\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן קאָמיקאַל דועטס)

Track ID:

36103

Vocal:

Silverbush, Sam

Vocal:

Wachtel, M.

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater/Comedy/Humor/Vaudville/Parody/Khazunish

Length:

2:50

Recordings

On album:

019b (Silberbush & Miller/ Der Tsadik Geyt In Triater/ Kalmen Shadkhn Un Suzi Bren)

Track ID:

29312

Artist:

Miller, Suzy — מילר, סוזי

Artist:

Silberbush, Sam

On album:

A-060(d) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 6/ The Best of 78 Records/ Comical Duets — לידער פֿון בוידעם 6\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן קאָמיקאַל דועטס)

Track ID:

36106

Vocal:

Silverbush, Sam

Vocal:

Miller, Suzy — מילר, סוזי

First line:

A taynik tsu zayn a yid, zol ikh gezunt zayn, ay vey, vist azoy...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater/Comedy/Humor/Vaudville/Sketch/Spoken Word

Length:

3:26

Recordings

On album:

019b (Silberbush & Miller/ Der Tsadik Geyt In Triater/ Kalmen Shadkhn Un Suzi Bren)

Track ID:

29311

Artist:

Miller, Suzy — מילר, סוזי

Artist:

Silberbush, Sam

On album:

A-060(d) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 6/ The Best of 78 Records/ Comical Duets — לידער פֿון בוידעם 6\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן קאָמיקאַל דועטס)

Track ID:

36105

Vocal:

Silverbush, Sam

Vocal:

Miller, Suzy — מילר, סוזי

First line:

..mayn man, a klug tsu dir, vi bistu geven azoy shpet, di vetshera...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater/Comedy/Humor/Vaudville/Sketch/Spoken Word

Length:

3:00

Recording

On album:

032i (Howard, Willie/ Imitations of Jessel, Jolson, Cantor/ Comes the Revolution)

Track ID:

29689

Artist:

Howard, Willie

Recordings

On album:

F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)

Track ID:

28525

Vocal:

Lubin, Annie

First line:

Ikh ken shoyn nisht oyshaltn, der kop vert mir tsushpaltn, mayn meyer iz...

First line (Yiddish):

איך קען שױן נישט אױסהאַלטן, דער קאָפּ װערט מיר צושפּאַלטן, מייִן מייִער אַיז...

Track comment:

Originally recorded June 28, 1927, Columbia 8140P

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer

Length:

03:03

On album:

034c (Lubin, Annie/ Mayer!/ Annie, Ikh Shtarb Avek Nokh...)

Track ID:

29739

Vocal:

Lubin, Annie

First line:

Ikh ken shoyn nisht oyshaltn, der kop vert mir tsushpaltn, mayn meyer iz…

First line (Yiddish):

איך קען שױן נישט אױסהאַלטן, דער קאָפּ װערט מיר צושפּאַלטן, מייִן מייִער אַיז..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer

Recordings

On album:

B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

19673

Clarinet:

Byron, Don & Orch

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Bereles Sherele"

On album:

K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)

Track ID:

22340

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Drums:

Weiss, Sam

Bass:

Breen, Larry

Piano/Arranger:

Farber, Nat

Trombone:

Zentner, Sy

Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Trumpet:

Klein, Emmanuel

Trumpet:

Ellman, Ziggy

Style:

Instrumental/Klezmer/Sher

On album:

K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)

Track ID:

2247

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)

Track ID:

2248

Artist:

Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Recording

On album:

017a (Katz, Mickey & Orch/ Gehakte Mambo/ Chiny Town)

Track ID:

29256

Orchestra Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Recording

On album:

A-028(a) (Yiddish Songs Mama Never Taught Me Patsy Abbott — שירים בּאידית, אמא לא לימדה אותי.)

Track ID:

2264

Composer:

Jaffe - Levy

Artist:

Jaffe, Ben & Orch

Vocal:

Abbott, Patsy

First line:

Oy ken berl bluzn, zolst mir please excusn,

First line:

אױ קען בערל בלוזן, זאָלסט מיר פּליס עקסון,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

See Y. Shapiro S-22(d) Patterned after Mickey Katz song

Recording

On album:

047i (Hodes, Billy/ My Mekhaye From Hawaii/ Gitl)

Track ID:

30131

Vocal:

Hodes, Billy

Recordings

On album:

047a (Barton Brothers/ Joe and Paul/)

Track ID:

37736

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Audio courtesy of Geoffrey Lerner, Yorba Linda, CA

Language:

Yiddish, part 2

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)

Track ID:

7652

Author:

Barton Brothers

Artist:

Krause, Mark

Accomp:

Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra

Orchestration:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

Artist:

Kapelye — קאַפּעליע

First line:

A gutn frimorgn aykh, mayne libe radio tsuherers,

First line:

אַ גוטן פֿרימאָרגן אײַך, מײַנע ליבע ראַדיאָ צוהערערס,

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

047a (Barton Brothers/ Joe and Paul/)

Track ID:

30116

Artist:

Barton Brothers

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Audio courtesy of Geoffrey Lerner, Yorba Linda, CA

Language:

Yiddish, part 1

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

B-072(c) (The Barton Brothers Jewish Comedy Songs)

Track ID:

32743

Singers/ Comedians:

Barton Brothers

First line:

Ya, Ya, Yubay, Yubabay, Yububay, WBVD…

Track comment:

Parts 1 & 2

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

K-030(d) (Kapelye On The Air Old Time Jewish American Radio)

Track ID:

22407

Artist:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

Accomp:

Kapelye — קאַפּעליע

First line:

Joe and Paul..a farganign, Joe and Paul, dos vet ir bilig...

Track comment:

Part of WBBC Brooklyn, Brooklyn Talent Hunters

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)

Track ID:

24275

Author/Artist:

Barton Brothers

First line:

Yay bay yababa yababay bay bay, WVBD, hay bab a rebab,

First line:

יאײַ בײַ יאַבאַבאַ יאַבאַבײַ בײַ בײַ, WVBD, הײ באַב אַ ריבאַב,

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

B-072(a) (Joe & Paul Meet Cockeye Jenny / Barton Brothers / Jewish Comedy Songs)

Track ID:

24283

Author/Artist:

Barton Brothers

First line:

Yay bay yababa yababay bay bay, WVBD, hay bab a rebab,

First line (Yiddish, part 1):

יאײַ בײַ יאַבאַבאַ יאַבאַבײַ בײַ בײַ, WVBD, הײ באַב אַ ריבאַב,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish, part 1

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

B-072(a) (Joe & Paul Meet Cockeye Jenny / Barton Brothers / Jewish Comedy Songs)

Track ID:

24284

Author/Artist:

Barton Brothers

First line:

Cut, speech, mir brengen aykh yetst finuf minit fun der...

First line (Yiddish, part 2):

קוט, שפּיש, מיר ברענגען אײַך יעצט פּיניף מיניט פֿון דער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish, part 2

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

L-047(a) (L'Chaim Music of the Jewish People)

Track ID:

26527

Artist:

Carroll, Irv & Orchestra

Vocal:

Barton Brothers

First line:

Yay bay yababa yababay bay bay, WVBD, hay bab a rebab,

First line:

יאײַ בײַ יאַבאַבאַ יאַבאַבײַ בײַ בײַ, WVBD, הײ באַב אַ ריבאַב,

Track comment:

Recorded 1947

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

A-027(b) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre -Act II-)

Track ID:

26490

Author:

Barton Brothers

Composer:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Artist:

Adler, Bruce

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

A gutn frimorgn aykh, mayne libe radio tsuherers,

First line:

אַ גוטן פֿרימאָרגן אײַך, מײַנע ליבע ראַדיאָ צוהערערס,

Track comment:

Recorded under WEVD/Joe & Paul's Sung with "WEVD Melody"

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

On album:

J-069(a) (The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People)

Track ID:

42750

Vocal/Tambourine:

Shaffer, Paul

Vocal:

Belzer, Richard

Conductor/Piano/Arranger:

Della, Joe

Bass:

Leonhart, Jay

Drums:

Pelton, Shawn

Clarinet:

Musiker, Ray

Trumpet:

Soloff, Lou

Violin:

Svigals, Alicia

First line:

Yom bom bom..WEVD, oy..delicious,..yom bom..WEVD, oy get your free card,..

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer

Length:

3:15

Recordings

On album:

037p (Goldstein, Gus/ Yes, kh'hob nit keyn bananas/ Der Boardwalk)

Track ID:

29881

Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:

Goldstein, Gus

Language:

Yiddish/Dialect

Style:

Comic

On album:

A-048(a) (All for you: collection of love songs — הכל בשבילך: אוסף שירי אהבה)

Track ID:

31729

Vocal/Yiddish Adaption:

Goldstein, Gus

First line:

In christie strit vi ikh voyn,

First line:

אין קריסטי סטריט ווי איך וואוין,

Language:

Yiddish/Dialect

Style:

Comic

On album:

M-047(c) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection A)

Track ID:

35539

Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:

Goldstein, Gus

Orchestra Conductor:

Shilkret, Nathaniel

First line:

In christie strit vi ikh voyn,

First line:

אין קריסטי סטריט ווי איך וואוין,

Language:

Yiddish/Dialect

Style:

Comic

Length:

3:02

Recording

On album:

S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)

Track ID:

30443

First line:

Der vunder groyser held, barasht di gantse velt, in zayn aroplan, fun new york

First line (Yiddish):

דער װוּנדער גרױסעער העלד, באַראַשט די גאַנצע װעלט, אין זייִן אַראָפּלאָן, פֿון ניו יאָק

Track comment:

Originally recorded New York, June 1927 / Columbia 8138 F

Language:

Yiddish

Length:

3:11

Recording

On album:

S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)

Track ID:

30452

Vocal:

Goldstein, Gus

Orchestra Director:

Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב

First line:

Hey, hey mister,vot da matter mit you, vos loyfstu azoy shnel

Track comment:

Originally recorded New York, Oct 1923/ Columbia 8005 F

Language:

Yiddish

Length:

3:00

Recording

On album:

059b (Annie Lubin/ Gevald Rooms/ Yontif)

Track ID:

30512

Vocal:

Lubin, Annie

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Vaudeville

Recordings

On album:

A-060(d) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 6/ The Best of 78 Records/ Comical Duets — לידער פֿון בוידעם 6\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן קאָמיקאַל דועטס)

Track ID:

36101

First line:

Hello missus fine, hello missus vine, vohin geyt ir, in turkishn bod,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater/Comedy/Humor/Vaudville/Sketch/Spoken Word

Length:

3:34

On album:

059f (Hoffman, Anna/ Jacobs, Betty/ Hoffman, Anna/ Jacobs, Jacob/ Froyen Nakht in a Terkishe Bod/ Yenta Beim Dentist)

Track ID:

30565

Speaker:

Hoffman, Anna

Speaker:

Jacobs, Betty — דזהייקאָבס, בעטי

Language:

Yiddish

Recordings

On album:

A-060(d) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 6/ The Best of 78 Records/ Comical Duets — לידער פֿון בוידעם 6\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן קאָמיקאַל דועטס)

Track ID:

36102

Vocal:

Hoffman, Anna

Vocal:

Jacobs, Betty — דזהייקאָבס, בעטי

First line:

Shoyn, du bist tseyn doktor, anshuldikt missus, do voynt nishto a tseyn doktor,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater/Comedy/Humor/Vaudville/Sketch/Spoken Word

Length:

3:23

On album:

059f (Hoffman, Anna/ Jacobs, Betty/ Hoffman, Anna/ Jacobs, Jacob/ Froyen Nakht in a Terkishe Bod/ Yenta Beim Dentist)

Track ID:

30566

Speaker:

Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב

Speaker:

Hoffman, Anna

Language:

Yiddish

Recording

On album:

060c (Goldstein, Morris/ Der Shnayderl Zingt Zikh A Lidele/ Khanele)

Track ID:

30580

Vocal:

Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס

Recording

On album:

S-022(d) (Yaacov Shapiro Sings "Geshmakene Yiddish Songs" — יעקב שפּירו זינגט געשמאַקענע לידער אין ייִדיש)

Track ID:

30652

Vocal:

Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ

Director/Arranger:

Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין

First line:

Oy kum aher, gib a kish dayn feter meyer, ven ikh…

First line (Yiddish):

אױ קום אַהער, גיב אַ קניש דייִן פֿעטער מיאיר, װען איך...

Language:

Yiddish

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30713

Vocal with chorus:

Streisand, Barbara

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

It's darker than the dark bottom, rumbles more than the rumba, if you think..

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

1:57

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30714

Vocal:

Jun, Rose Marie

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

Vocal:

Carroll, Jack

First line:

I've decided the only way I can woo you, is to take a hint from the A F of L..

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/Duet

Length:

2:53

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30715

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Vocal with Chorus/Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

First line:

O, list to the story we sing you, of everything that came to pass, of Bertha..

Language:

English

Style:

Waltz

Length:

3:03

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30716

Vocal:

Streisand, Barbara

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

I want men that I can please, that I can squeeze, that I can tease, two or...

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

4:13

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30717

Vocal:

Jun, Rose Marie

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

Vocal:

Carroll, Jack

First line:

Some folks say that love is a luxury, but I'm afraid I don't agree,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/Duet

Length:

4:36

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30718

Vocal:

Streisand, Barbara

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

It's not cricket to picket, not cricket, oh no, it's just not coming forth..

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

2:30

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30719

Vocal with Chorus:

Carroll, Jack

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

Hey, here comes Joe, now runnin' down the street, hey Joe, he must have news

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/Jazz

Length:

2:11

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30720

Vocal with Chorus:

Streisand, Barbara

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

Are you ready to hear your lesson for today? Yes teacher (2x), are you ready..

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

4:23

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30721

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Vocal/Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

When I grow up, I don't wanna' be a fireman, oh, that's just kid's stuff,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

2:46

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30722

Vocal:

Jun, Rose Marie

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

When I was young I studied hard and thirsted after knowledge,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

3:48

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30723

Vocal:

Streisand, Barbara

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Vocal/Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

Vocal:

Carroll, Jack

Vocal:

Sokoloff, Alan

First line:

Four little angels of peace are we, loving our neighbors so peacefully,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/Waltz

Length:

3:29

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30724

Vocal with Chorus:

Carroll, Jack

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

All week song I work in the shop, I work and work and never stop,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

3:29

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30725

Vocal:

Streisand, Barbara

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

Everywhere I go I hear sweet songs about the moon, songs about the stars above

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

3:32

Recording

On album:

P-035(a) (Pins and Needles)

Track ID:

30726

Vocal Arrangements:

Bretton, Elise

Vocal with Chorus/ Musical Direction:

Rome, Harold

Piano:

Freeman, Stan

Guitar:

Hanlon, Allan

Bass:

Romoff, Dick

Drums:

Rogers, Al

First line:

The king of Babylon, Balshazer, he sat feasten' on his golden piazza,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/Jazz

Length:

3:49

Recording

On album:

P-068(g) (Der East Side Fun Amol/ Jane Peppler & Friends)

Track ID:

41506

Vocal:

Peppler, Jane

Piano:

Enoch, Aviva

First line:

Ven der zumer kumt nor on es vert zeyer heys, ven ir geyt ungeton un preglt zikh

First line (Yiddish):

ווען דער זומער קומט נאָר אָן און עס ווערט זייער הייס ווען איר גייט אַויסגעטאָן

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Sprightly/Concert

Length:

3:12

Recordings

On album:

P-068(i) (Opgenarte Velt/Deluded World/ Jane Peppler)

Track ID:

43094

Vocal:

Peppler, Jane

First line:

Mayn ershter border rosen, er flegt zikh tomid blozn, far dray tolerte nhy koffe vashn vesh un haynt fun sofe,...

First line (Yiddish):

מײַן ערשטער באָרדער ראָסען ער פֿלעג זיך טאָמיד בלאָזן, פֿאַר דרײַ דאָלער טיי מיט קאָפֿי וואַשן וועש און הײַנט פֿון סאָפֿע..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

4:42

On album:

V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)

Track ID:

43012

Artist:

Berman, Gary

Artist:

Ma, Enze

Artist:

Smith, Andy

Artist:

Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie

Vocal:

Cohen, Susan

First line:

Mayn eshter border Rozen, flegt zikh tomid blozn, far dray dolar tey mit kofe, vashn vesh, un haynt mit sofe, angebrokhn

First line (Yiddish):

מײַן ערשטער באָרדער ראָזען, פֿלעגט זיך טאָמיד בלאָזן, פֿאַר דרײַ דאָלער טיי מיט קאָפֿע, וואַשן וועש און הײַנט פֿון סאָפֿע

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Humorous

Length:

5:23

Recording

On album:

L-058(a) (Listen Up! A Capella - Jewphoria)

Track ID:

31114

Vocal Solo:

Singer, Rebecca

Vocal/Arranger:

Mann, Moshe

Vocal/Arranger:

Mendelson, Michael

Vocal/Arranger:

Singer, Steve

First line:

When guests sit down and the music starts to play…

Language:

English

Style:

A Cappella/ Doo Wop

Recording

On album:

P-068(d) (Jane Peppler & Friends / In Odess: Yiddish Songs From Warsaw)

Track ID:

37920

Piano:

Enoch, Aviva

Vocal:

Peppler, Jane

First line:

Yidn shteyen baym davenen dort in der groyser shul, un zey vern dortn gornit mid

First line (Yiddish):

ייִדן שטיין בײַם דאַווענען דאָרט אין דער גרויסער שולת און זיי ווערן דאָרטן...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Theater/DuetNovelty/Bawdy

Length:

4:12

Recording

On album:

K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

31177

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Mani, mani years ago, in the little matza country of ma nishtano,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Engish

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Recording

On album:

K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

31178

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Along time ago, way out in di west, di early settlers were aving tsuris mit di..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Recordings

On album:

K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

40739

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Ho, listen to the meyse bat a mazik of da sea, he sailed a ship called the...

Language:

English

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish Inflection

On album:

H-021(i)

Track ID:

31179

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Ho, listen to the meyse bat a mazik of da sea, he sailed a ship called the...

Language:

English

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish Inflection

Recording

On album:

K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

31180

Artist:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Mani tsisons ago, little kiddies, der lived in a jungle, punkt outside of oboken

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Length:

3:16

Recording

On album:

K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

31181

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

In de days dat used to vozit, der lived a family by da name of Khastskele Ritsh,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish Inflection

Recording

On album:

K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

31196

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Once ne pan a time, there lived a kleyn meydele

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Recording

On album:

K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

31197

Artist:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Oy, out west, dat's the place when men were men, Fancy Herringer was a bren,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Recording

On album:

K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)

Track ID:

31198

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Along time ago, there lived in Scotland, an almone

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

Style:

Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Recording

On album:

F-012(f) (Festival of Yiddish Songs 1974 — פֿעסטיװאַל פֿון ייִדישע לידער 1974)

Track ID:

31231

Vocal:

Amihud, Dahlia — עמיהוד, דליה

Musical Director:

Berezovsky, Shaul — בערעזאָװסקי, שאול

Conductor:

Lev Ran, Menashe — לב-רן, מנשה

Arranger:

Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין

First line:

Kale sheyne morgenshtern, oy oy oy, ven vel ikh a kale vern, oy oy oy

First line (Yiddish):

"לה שיינע מאָרגענשטערן, אוי אוי אוי, ווען וועל איך ווערן אַ כּלה ?

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Swing

Recording

On album:

F-012(f) (Festival of Yiddish Songs 1974 — פֿעסטיװאַל פֿון ייִדישע לידער 1974)

Track ID:

31232

Vocal:

Arie, Fedi — אריה, פדי

Musical Director:

Berezovsky, Shaul — בערעזאָװסקי, שאול

Conductor:

Lev Ran, Menashe — לב-רן, מנשה

Arranger:

Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן

First line:

Gele bleter, gele bleter, bay mayn fenster, bay mayn tir,

First line (Yiddish):

געלע בלעטער, געלע בלעטער בייִ מייִן פֿענסטער, בייִ מייִן טיר,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop

Recording

On album:

V-015(a) (Vorbei... Beyond Recall, CD 1/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)

Track ID:

31252

Vocal:

Moskowitz, Jacob — מאָסקאָוויץ, יעקבֿ

Vocal:

Moskowitz, Esther — מאָסקאָוויץ, אסתּר

Orchestra Director:

Schmidt, Paul

First line:

Tsi veyst ir..shmerl lebn, mit aza vayb untsuheyben, zi loyft arum af ale brisn,

First line (Yiddish):

צי ווייסט איר..שמערל לעבן, מיט אַזאַ ווייִב אונצווהייבען, זי לויפֿט אַרום אויף...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

2:55

Recording

On album:

V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)

Track ID:

43005

Piano:

Berman, Gary

Violin:

Ma, Enze

Violin:

Smith, Andy

Viola da gama:

Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie

Vocal:

Rocamora, Nancy

Arranger:

Shapiro, Reuben

Vocal:

Valentine, Megan

Vocal:

Friedland, Beth

Vocal:

Marx, Jacqueline

Vocal:

Stewart, Andy

Vocal:

Hammond, Marie

Vocal:

Rivkin-Fish, Ziggy

Vocal:

Loewenthal, Norm

Vocal:

Junker, James

Vocal:

Fleisher, David

First line:

Gute fraynd, ken ikh bay aykh poyln, ir zolt mir hern zingn dos shtikele fun koyln, vayl mayn vayb

First line (Yiddish):

גוטע פֿרײַנד, קען איך בײַ אײַך פועלן, איר זאָלט מיר הערן זינגען דאָס שטיקעלע פֿון קוילן, ווײַל מײַן ווײַב שטייט אַף דעם...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Chorale

Length:

2:56

Recording

On album:

W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)

Track ID:

31337

Xylophone:

Hoffman, Jacob

Drums/Spoken Word:

Watts, Elaine Hoffman

Drums:

Licht, David

Drums:

Alexander, Aaron

Drums:

Brown, Gerry

Announcer/Spoken Word:

Liebeskind, S.

Arranger:

Watts, Susan

First line:

I'll Just Keep Going

Language:

English

Style:

Insturmental/Rhumba

Length:

2:59

Recording

On album:

J-033(a) (Lin Jaldati / Jiddischer Lieder)

Track ID:

31387

Vocal:

Jaldati, Lin — יאַלדאַטי, לין

Artist:

Martin Hoffman Orchestra — מאַרטין האָפֿמאַן אָרקעסטער

Conductor/Arranger:

Hoffman, Martin — האָפֿמאַן, מאַרטין

First line:

Oy, az men gegangen tsu der khasene makhn, hot zikh gehert a shpotele makhn,

First line (Yiddish):

אוי, אַז מען געגאַנגען צו דער חתונה מאַכן, האָט זיך געהערט אַ שפּאָטעלע געלאַכן,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

1:41

Recording

On album:

G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)

Track ID:

31655

Vocal:

Sager, Sarah

Piano:

Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק

First line:

A rabbi sat one evening, with bible on his knee,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/Theater/

Length:

5:08

Recording

On album:

G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)

Track ID:

31677

Vocal:

Whelen, Albert

First line:

Everyvon vas singing dancing shpringing at the vedding…

Language:

Yinglish

Style:

Accented/Orchestral Accompaniment

Length:

1:15

Recording

On album:

G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)

Track ID:

31693

Vocal:

Croll, Don

First line:

You made the coat and vest, fit the best, you made the lining nice and strong,

Language:

English

Style:

Cabaret

Recordings

On album:

K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)

Track ID:

21134

Vocal/Orchesta Leader:

Katz, Mickey

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

First line:

An old cowpunch went out to lunch beyond the pearly gates.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

A-048(a) (All for you: collection of love songs — הכל בשבילך: אוסף שירי אהבה)

Track ID:

31732

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

Shmendrik, gey nisht tsurik in corral,

First line:

שמענדריק, גיי נישט צוריק אין קאָראַל,

Language:

Yinglish/Accent/Dialect

On album:

M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)

Track ID:

2540

Author/Vocalist:

Marcus, Wendy

Composer:

Jones, Stan

Artist:

Mazeltones

First line:

An old cowpunch went out to lunch beyond the pearly gates,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Silly combination with a "Sher" motiv.

Language:

Yinglish

On album:

K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)

Track ID:

2541

Artist:

Mickey Katz Orchestra

Vocal/Orchestra Conductor:

Katz, Mickey

First line:

An old cowpunch went out to lunch beyond the pearly gates.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yinglish

Recordings

On album:

H-042(a) (Hannukah In Santa Monica)

Track ID:

31961

First line:

I'm spending Hannukah in Santa Monica, wearing sandles, lighting candles...

Language:

English

Style:

Cabaret

On album:

N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)

Track ID:

33801

Vocal:

Lehrer, Tom

First line:

I'm spending Hannukah in Santa Monica, wearing sandles, lighting candles...

Language:

English

Style:

Cabaret/Novelty/Humorous

Length:

1:50

Recording

On album:

Z-025(a) (Las Canciones Del Zeide)

Track ID:

32646

Vocal:

Zalkind, Max

First line:

Yidn zayt itst freylikh, in a mazldike sho, in a vinkl argentina moshiekh iz...

First line (Yiddish):

ייֽדן זײַט איצט פֿריילעך, אין אַ מזלדיקע שעה, אין אַ ווינקל אַרגענטינע, משיח..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theater

Length:

2:34

Recordings

On album:

K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)

Track ID:

17480

Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:

Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך

Trumpet:

Gross, Ken

Clarinet/Alto Sax:

Chernet, Joel

Bass:

Abruzzo, Tom

Trombone:

Bernardi, Paul

Drums:

Salzberg, Si

Artist:

Original Klezmer Jazz Band

Piano/Arranger/Musical Direction:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

First line:

Yidishe yidishe rag, oy, der yidishe rag, wiggle and...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty

Length:

3:34

On album:

K-035(d)1

Track ID:

32883

Artist:

Original Klezmer Jazz Band

Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:

Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך

Trumpet:

Gross, Ken

Clarinet/Alto Sax:

Chernet, Joel

Bass:

Abruzzo, Tom

First line:

Yidishe yidishe rag, oy, der yidishe rag, wiggle and...

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Novelty

Length:

3:34

Recordings

On album:

G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)

Track ID:

18607

Vocal:

Goldstein, Jennie — גאָלדשטייַן, דזשעני

First line:

Iz gerufen gevorn a special meeting in der catskill... ..

First line:

אַיז גערופֿן געװאָרן אַ ספּעשיל מיטונג אין דער קאַטסקיל...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Three Hotel Keepers"

On album:

L-002(c) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fifteen Favorites of .. Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

338

Vocal:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

First line:

Iz gekumen tsu forn a khazn in amerika in a kleyn shtetele..

First line:

איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַמעריקע אין אַ קלײן שטעטל אַן...

Track comment:

Recorded under title "A Chasand'l In America".

On album:

L-002(e) (Aaron Lebedeff on 2nd. Avenue 24 Songs Hits...Yiddish Stage)

Track ID:

339

Vocal:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

First line:

Iz gekumen tsu forn a khazn in amerika in a kleyn shtetele..

First line:

איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַמעריקע אין אַ קלײן שטעטל אַן...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "A Khasandl In Amerika".

On album:

R-029(c) (The Even More Complete Collection of.... Rechnitzer Rejects)

Track ID:

340

Vocal:

Rechnitzer Rejects

First line:

Iz gekumen a mol a khazn in a suburban area davenen oyf...

First line:

איז געקומען אַ מאָל אַ חזן אין אַ סובורבאַן אַריע דאַװענען אױף שבֿת,

Track comment:

Parody titled "Three Professionals On A Probe"

On album:

G-039(a) (Ben Gailing's Golden Jubilee Record 1921-1971)

Track ID:

341

Author/Composer/Vocal:

Gailing, Ben

First line:

Iz gekumen tsu forn a khazndl in an amerikaner shtele,

First line:

איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַמעריקאַר שטעטעלע, דאַװענען אַ שבּת

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Der Amerikaner Chazen"

On album:

C-012(a) (Emil Cohen Jewish Stories & Songs)

Track ID:

342

Vocal:

Cohen, Emil

First line:

Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazndl in a kleyn shtetele in the...

First line:

איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזנדל אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע אין די...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "A Cantor On The Sabbath"

Recording

On album:

K-076(a) (The Kabalas Martinis and Bagels — הקבלוֹת)

Track ID:

24627

Trap Set/Frame Drum/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Dick, Joel ("Mr")

Artist:

Kabalas — הקבלוֹת

Accordion/Bongos/Guitar/Auxiliiary Percussion/Vocal:

Morschhauser, Scott

Saxaphone, Soprano, Tenor/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Smith, Neal ("Nervous")

Accordion/Auxiliary Percussion/Backing Vocal:

Wolf, Barry (the Wolfman")

First line:

The other night my wife came in from working out down at...

Language:

English

Length:

5:53