From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2

Album ID:
F-045(a)2
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Columbia Legacy C 2K86323
Date of issuance:
2002
Liner notes:
Essay by Henry Sapaznik. Photographs of performers
Language:
Yiddish/English
Provenance:
Hatikvah Music International, Los Angeles, April 2002
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudeville
Where produced:
New York

Contents

Jungle Madness
Composer:
Willet, Chappie
Genre:
Swing
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28559
Artist:
Gene Krupa Orchestra
Leader/Drums:
Krupa, Gene
Trumpet:
Sherman, Al
Trombone:
O'Brien, Floyd
Trombone:
Rizzoto, Dalton
Alto Saxaphone:
Snyder, Bob
Alto Saxaphone:
Ruffo, Mascagni
Clarinet/Tenor Saxaphone:
Musiker, Sam — מוזיקער, סעם
Tenor Saxaphone:
Donahue, Sam
Piano:
Raskin, Milton
Guitar:
Biondi, Ray
String Bass:
Rollins, Horace
Arranger:
Willet, Chappie
Trumpet:
Cameron, Ray
Trumpet:
Muntz, Jack
Trumpet:
Kazebier, Nate
Track comment:
Originally recorded April 17, 1939
Style:
Instrumental/Big Band/Swing
Length:
02:51
When Nathan Was Married To Rose...
Author:
Kendis, James
Author:
Rice, Gitz
Composer:
Kendis, James
Composer:
Rice, Gitz
Genre:
Humor/Dialect/Vaudeville/Novelty
Subject:
Wedding/Gala/Style
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
What Am I Gonna Do
Author:
Berlin, Irving
Composer:
Berlin, Irving
Genre:
Vaudeville/Pop
Subject:
Friars' Club/Speech/Honor/Thanks
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28535
Vocal:
Berlin, Irving
First line:
Friar Abbot, brother friars, ladies and gents, don't expect too much of me,
Track comment:
Originally recorded Jan 24, 1914, Columbia Personal Recording/ unknown pianist
Language:
English
Style:
Humorous/Rag
Length:
03:26
I Don't Know Whether To Do It Or Not
Genre:
Vaudeville/Theatre
Subject:
Marriage/Indicision
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28536
Vocal:
Brice, Fanny
First line:
I don't know why it is, but I'm crying, I should be happy like a goil would be
Track comment:
Originally recorded Feb 18, 1916, Columbia A1973/Unknown Orchestra
Language:
English
Style:
Humorous/Dialect
Length:
03:05
Lena From Palestina
Also known as:
Palesteena
Author:
Conrad, Con
Author:
Robinson, J. Russel
Composer:
Conrad, Con
Composer:
Conrad, Con
Composer:
Robinson, J. Russel
Composer:
Robinson, J. Russel
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Dixieland/Jazz/Novelty
Subject:
Lena/Fat Lady/Palestine/Courting/Concertina/Arab
Additional song notes:
Same melody for entries titled "Chaim Popukal", "Unter Belzer - Himlen", "Gereist Un Getroffen", and "Nokh A Bisl".
Related information in folder 584:
Comments:
1. Article by Charles A. Kennedy (Professor of Religion, Emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University). Titled, "When Palestine Played the Palace: Vaudeville Interprets the Balfour Declaration". Includes texts of novelty songs, Zionist songs, (all set in the Middle East), including text of "Lena From Palestina" 2. Article by Itzik Gottesman in Yiddish Forward of March 19-25, 2010, tiitled "Oyf Di Shpurn fun Lena Fun Palestina (on the track of Lena fun Palestina).
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28537
Vocal:
Cantor, Eddie
First line:
In the Bronx of New YorkCity, there live a girl, she's not so pretty, Lena is
Track comment:
Originally recorded Nov 1920, Emerson 10292/ Unknown Orchestra
Language:
English
Style:
Dixieland
Length:
02:35
Rose Of The Volga
Author:
Kahn, Percy
Composer:
Shapiro, Ted
Composer:
Richman
Genre:
Love/Theatre/Vaudeville
Subject:
Love/Separation/Yearning/Place/Volga
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28538
Voocal:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
In the far off land he left behind hhim, she is waiting where the Volga flolws
Track comment:
Originally recorded Sep 1, 1927/Studio Orchestra
Language:
English
Style:
Pop
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Author:
Green
Composer:
Stept, Sammy H.
Genre:
Pop/Vaudeville
Subject:
Optomism/Adversity
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28539
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
First line:
I don't mind a little bit of sorrow, and I know how to face it with a smile,
Track comment:
Originally recorded 1930/ Unknown Orchestra
Language:
English
Style:
Theatrical
Hooray For Baby And Me
Genre:
Vaudeville/Theatre
Subject:
Love
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28540
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
First line:
I'm as happy as I can be, can't you see, I'm boo boo, something happened to...
Track comment:
Originally Recorded Sept 1930/ Unknow Orchestra
Language:
English
Style:
Dixieland
That's Yiddisha Jazz
Author:
Wells
Composer:
Wells
Genre:
Vaudeville/Humor/Dialect/Novelty
Subject:
Food/Orchestra/Restaurant
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
The Shiek Of Avenue B
Author:
Kalmar, Bert
Composer:
Friend, Cliff
Composer:
Ruby, Harry
Genre:
Vaudeville/Theatre/Novelty/Humorous
Subject:
Lover/Reputation
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
Egyptian Ella
Composer:
Doyle, Walter
Genre:
Novelty
Subject:
Weight/Egypt/Fat Lady/Place/Nile/
Related information in folder 121:
Document type:
internet
Author:
Doyle, Walter
Comments:
Compete lyrics.
Related information in folder 583:
Comments:
1. Text of song from the internet, with sheet music cover.
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28554
Artist:
Ted Lewis Orchestra
Vocal/Conductor:
Lewis, Ted
Cornet:
Spanier, Muggsy
Trombone:
Blank, Sam
Trombone:
Brunies, George
Clarinet/Alto Saxaphone:
Goodman, Benny
Alto & Baritone Saxaphone:
Martin, Lewis
Tenor Saxaphone:
Wolfson, Hymie
Violin:
Shapiro, Sam
Violin:
Klein, Sol
Piano:
Aaronson, Jack
Guitar:
Gerhardi, Tony
String Bass:
Barth, Harry
Drums:
Lucas, John
First line:
Hey, you know, Ella was a handsome girl, ha ha, who started gettin' fat,
Track comment:
Originaly recorded March 5, 1931, Columbia 2427 D
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Swing
Length:
03:23
Matzoh Balls
Author:
Gaillard, Slim
Composer:
Squires
Genre:
Novelty/Jazz/Food
Subject:
Matzoh Balls/Gefilte Fish/Horse Radish
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
Ot Azoy Says The Tailor
Also known as:
Utt Da Zay
Also known as:
That's The Way The Tailor Sews
Author:
Mills, Irving
Composer:
Ram, Buck
Genre:
Novelty/Swing
Subject:
Occupation/Tailor/Clothes/Sewing
Song comment:
Takeoff of "Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder"
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 216-17 for relationship between Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder and Ot Azoy Says The Tailor (The Tailor Song).
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
Abi Gezunt (Nemo, American Swing)
Also known as:
A Bee Gezindt
Author:
Nemo
Composer:
Nemo
Genre:
Novelty/Swing
Subject:
Hep Cat/Square
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
My Little Cousin
Author:
Cohen, Cy
Author:
Braverman, Sam
Author:
Lewis, Herbert (Happy)
Composer:
Lewis, Herbert (Happy)
Composer:
Braverman, Sam
Composer:
Cohen, Cy
Genre:
Novelty/Pop
Subject:
Cousin/Love/Marriage/Proposal
Additional song notes:
Takeoff of "Di Grine Kuzine" See comment in Gottlieb 147
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28558
Artist:
Benny Goodman Orchestra
Trumpet:
Privin, Benny
Trumpet:
Maxwell, Jimmy
Trumpet:
Davis, Al
Trombone:
McGarity, Lou
Trombone:
Cutshall, Cutty
Alto Saxaphone:
Neagly, Clint
Alto Saxaphone:
Kane, Sol
Tenor Saxaphone:
Musso, Vido
Tenolr Saxaphone:
Berg, George
Baritone Saxaphone:
Ralston, Art
Piano/Arranger:
Powell, Mel
Electric Guitar:
Morgan, Tom
String Bass:
Weiss, Sid
Drums:
Collier, Ralph
Vocal:
Lee, Peggy
Leader/Clarinet:
Goodman, Benny
First line:
Have you heard about my little cousin, she had boys proposin' by the dozens,
Language:
English
Style:
Swing/Big Band
Length:
03:18
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:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28549
Vocal/Conductor:
Bailey, Mildred
Artist:
Mildred Bailey Orchestra
Trumpet:
Shavers, Charlie
Clarinet:
Bailey, Buster
Alto Saxaphone:
Procope, Russell
Piano:
Kyle, Billy
String Bass:
Kirby, John
Drums:
O'Neill, Spencer
First line:
We meet, and the angels sing, the angeles sing the sweetest song I ever heard
Track comment:
Originally recorded Apr 24, 1939, Vocalion 4815
Language:
English
Style:
Swing
Der Nayer Sher — דער נײַער שער
Also known as:
Dem Nayem Sher
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer
Subject:
Sher/Klezmer/Dance/Wedding
Transliteration:
Warem 40/Alb K-030(d)
Translation:
Alb K-030(d)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 40
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28550
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Piano:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Hey, du klezmer, nem dem fidl, shpil dos naye lidl, tantsn vet men dem nayem..
First line (Yiddish):
הײ דו קלעזמער, נעם דעם פֿידל, שפּיל דאָס נײַע לידל, טאַנצן װעט מען דעם …
Track comment:
Fragment/Broadcast NY, 1940
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
Length:
00:33
Wedding Samba
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Author:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Author:
Small, Allan
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre:
Dance/Samba/Latin
Subject:
Wedding/Marriage/Place/Rio Grande
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man" - See also "Der Nayer Sher" See Heskes 3368
Related information in folder 485:
Document type:
Lyrics
Author:
Internet
Publisher:
International Lyrics Playground
Comments:
Lyrics -- "Wedding Samba erroneously credited to Edmund Ros
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28551
Artist:
Xavier Cugat Orchestra
Violin/Orchestra Director:
Cugat, Xavier
Vocal:
Lane, Abbe
Arranger Orchestral Version:
Small, Allan
First line:
Way down in the land of the Rio Grande, when people are married, they play…
Track comment:
Originally recorded Feb 7, 1950/ Unknown orchestra personel
Language:
English
Style:
Big Band/Latin
Mischa Yasha Toscha Sascha
Author:
Gershwin, Ira
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Humor/Satire/Novelty
Subject:
Violin/Names/Assimilation/Concert/Origins
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb, p. 40
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
The Super Special Picture Of The Year
Author:
Kelly
Author:
Adler (No First Name Given)
Author:
Mann
Author:
Kern
Composer:
Adler (No First Name Given)
Composer:
Kelly
Composer:
Mann
Composer:
Kern, Jerome
Genre:
Novelty/Satire
Subject:
Hollywood/Director/Lubitsch/Dialect/Movie/Film
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
Since Henry Ford Apoligized To Me
Author:
Stamper
Author:
MacDonald
Composer:
Stamper
Composer:
MacDonald
Genre:
Humor/Satire/Novelty
Subject:
Henry Ford/Apology/Automobile/Dearborn Independent
Related information in folder 648:
Comments:
1. Undated Text of song 2. December 20, 2013 Article in the Forward of December 20. 2013 by Galia Miller Sprung titled "Ford Defiance: An Immigrant Family's Rebuke of the Notorious Car Maker"
Related information in folder 901:
Comments:
1. Article in English Forward dated January 23, 2009 by Samuel D. Gruber titled "The Rabbi's Son Who Built Detroit: The Other Kahn : Architect" dealing with career of Albert Kahn, Henry Ford's Jewish Architeht
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
Yiddisher Charleston
Also known as:
Yiddishe Charleston
Author:
Rose, Billy
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28545
Artist:
Nathan Glantz Orchestra
Conductor Orchestra/Alto Saxaphone:
Glantz, Nathan
Vocal:
Kaufman, Irving
First line:
Oy that, oy that Yiddisha charleston (2), you should see the…doing it...
Track comment:
See "Kum Lebke Tantsn"/ Orig recorded Oct 16, 1926, Pathe 36543
Language:
English
Style:
Klezmer/Jazz
Yosl Yosl — יאָסל יאָסל
Author:
Steinberg, Samuel
Composer:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Love/Desire/Attraction
Song comment:
See "Joseph Joseph" - English Adaptation
Origin:
Alb K-068(d)/Alb K-007(a)/
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/Estella 6/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-068(d)/ephemera 1456
Translation:
Alb K-068(d)
Music:
Estella 6
Additional song notes:
Also see "Joseph Joseph" for English adaptation
Related information in folder 1456:
Comments:
1. 3/10/15 Transliterated text provided by Chava Kramer via internet and entered in Ephemera on March 10, 2015
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28546
Vocal:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
First line:
Yosl, Yosl, mayn khies geyt mir azhe oys nokh dir,
First line (Yiddish):
יאָסל, יאָסל, מײַן חיות גײט מיר אַשז אַרױס נאָך דיר,
Track comment:
Originally recorded Oct 1923, Columbia 8003/ Unknown Orchestra
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
03:06
Joseph Joseph
Author:
Steinberg, Samuel
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Composer:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
Composer:
Chaplin, Saul
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop
Subject:
Love/Marriage/Indicision
Music:
Estella 6
Additional song notes:
English adaptation of "Yosl Yosl"
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28547
Artist:
Russ Morgan Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Trombone:
Morgan, Russ
Vocal:
Clarke, Carolyn
First line:
Joseph, Joseph, won't you make your mind up, it's time I know just I spend…
Track comment:
Originally record March 10, 1938, Brunswick 8097/Unknown orchestra personnel
Language:
English
Style:
Swing, Jazz
Length:
02:24
Der Shtiler Bulgar — דער שטילער בולגאַר
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Bulgar
Song comment:
Predecessor to "And The Angels Sing"
Music:
Comp Klez 40
On album:
F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID:
28548
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Track comment:
Originally recorded Sept 1918, Columbia E4122/Unknown Orchestra Personell
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
03:06