J-007(a)

The Jolson Story Memories

Album ID:
J-007(a)
Publisher:
Decca Records DL 9038
Language:
Hebrew/Yiddish/English
Genre:
Compilation/Stephen Foster Melodies
Where produced:
New York,NY
Number of tracks:
14

Contents

I Dream of Jeanie
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
6972
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair, born like a...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
A Khazndl Af Shabos — אַ חזנדל אױף שבּת
Also known as:
A Khazn Oyf Shabos
Also known as:
A Khazndl Oyf Shabes
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khazunim/Cantors/Audition/Occupation/Shtetl
Origin:
ML MTAG 108/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 77
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 108/Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Vinkov 3 4/CD A-005(e)/Silverman YSB 77
Translation:
Silverman YSB 76/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/A-005(e)
Music:
ML MTAG 108/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 76
Additional song notes:
Tansliteration and Translation also published in Gottlieb p. 22
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
320
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Bring, Lou, Orch Cond
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Beautiful Dreamer
Author:
Foster, Stephen
Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Genre:
Folk/American
Subject:
Courtship/Dreamer/Melody/Cares/Waken
Related information in folder 699:
Comments:
1. Text from the internet
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
2163
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me, starlight and dewdrops...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
De Camptown Races (Eng)
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
2947
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Oh, de Camptown ladies sing dis song, do da, do da,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Israel (Eng)
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
7518
Composer:
Russell, Benee
Artist:
Rady, Simon, chorus dir
Author/Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Lift your voice, let us rejoice. Our dream was not in vain.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Melody based on "Khusn, Kale, Mazltov"
Hatikva — התקוה
Author:
Imber, Naftali Herz — אימבּר, נפתלי ה.
Genre:
Anthem/Zionist
Subject:
Hope
Song comment:
Yiddish Translation Ephemera 455
Origin:
Netzer 5/Alb G-056(b)/Coopersmith SOZ 229/Metro Scher 31/Metro Album 36
Transliteration:
Netzer 5/Alb G-056(b)/Alb S-092(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Vorbei 426/Metro Scher 28/
Translation:
Alb B-067(a)/Alb J-007(a)/Alb S-092(a)/Vorbei 426/Binder 40
Music:
Netzer 5/Coopersmith SOZ 229/Metro Scher 28/Binder 40/
Additional song notes:
Remember that text changed after establishment of the State of - Israel. See Heskes 1, index for various entries respecting sheet - musi/ See also Vorbei 211 and 426 for history of the song. One Samuel Cohen set the text to a Moldavian Melody, "Carul ca Boi" (The Wagon and the Ox).
Related information in folder 410:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Isacaar Fater
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
1/5/2001
Comments:
Article titled, "Vi Azoy Hatikva Iz Gevorn Der Himen Fun Folk Un Medina".
Document type:
Text
Author:
Berele Chagy
Comments:
2. Yiddish adaptation by Berele Chagy published in Yiddishe Folks Lieder, Berlin, 1918.
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
6188
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Rady, Simon, choral dir
First line:
Kol od balevav penima, Nefesh yehudi homiya, Ulfa'atey...
First line:
כּל עוֹד בּלבב פּנימה, נפש יהוּדי הוֹמיה. וּלפאתי מזרח קדימה עין...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"So long as still within our breasts, The Jewish heart..."
Kol Nidre — כּל נדרי
Genre:
Religious/Liturgical/Yom Kipur
Subject:
Vows
Origin:
Alb B-033(i)
Translation:
Alb R-009(b)/Alb B-026(b)/Alb B-033(b)/V0121
Related information in folder 779:
Comments:
1. English Translation
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
8576
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Bring, Lou, dir choir and orch
First line (Hebrew):
כּל נדרי ואסרי וחרמי וקוֹנמי וכנוּיי ןקנוּסי וּשבוּעוֹת דנדרנא
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
9818
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Round de meadows am a ringin, de old...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Old Folks At Home (Eng)
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
11427
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
All round de little farm I wandered when I was young,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
My Old Kentucky Home (Eng)
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
10842
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
The sun shines bright in de old kentucky home, tis summer...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Oh Susannah (Eng)
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
11409
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Oh, I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I gwine...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Old Black Joe (Eng)
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
11423
Author/Composer:
Foster, Stephen
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Gone are de days when my heart was young and gay,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

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