Songs written or composed
Mendls Lid — מענדלס ליד
- Composer:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
Recordings
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 10299
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- First line:
- Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
- First line:
- װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Memdel's Songs."
- Style:
- Instrumental
- On album:
- G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
- Track ID:
- 10300
- Artist:
- Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
- First line:
- Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, shpil far mir a...
- First line:
- װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, שפּיל פֿאַר מיר דרײדעלע...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Seems to be the same melody as "Papa Play For Me"
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22347
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Vocal/Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
- Katz, Mickey
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Trombone:
- Zentner, Sy
- Piano/Arranger:
- Farber, Nat
- Bass:
- Breen, Larry
- Violin:
- Gill, Benny
- Drums:
- Weiss, Sam
- Xylophone:
- Hansell, Ralph
- First line:
- Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
- First line:
- װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Memdel's Song."/ August 3, 1952
Other tracks with this artist
Bereles Sher — בערעלעס שער
- Composer:
- Gill, Benny
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- 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
Freylekh Jamboree
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22341
- Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
- Katz, Mickey
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Trombone:
- Zentner, Sy
- Violin:
- Gill, Benny
- Piano/Arranger:
- Farber, Nat
- Guitar:
- Bain, Bob
- Bass:
- Breen, Larry
- Drums:
- Weiss, Sam
- Xylophone:
- Singer, Lewis
- Track comment:
- Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
Grandma's Draydl
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22342
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
- Katz, Mickey
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Trombone:
- Zentner, Sy
- Violin:
- Gill, Benny
- Piano/Arranger:
- Farber, Nat
- Bass:
- Breen, Larry
- Drums:
- Weiss, Sam
- Xylophone:
- Hansell, Ralph
- Track comment:
- Joel Grey sings "Papa, Play For Me" to this melody/Recorded Oct 3, 1952
Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה
- Also known as:
- Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
- Also known as:
- Living With the H Tune
- Author:
- Nathanson, Moshe
- Genre:
- Folk/Hora
- Subject:
- Dance/Celebration/Joy
- Song comment:
- See Page 130 for extended info on the song
- Origin:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
- Translation:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
- Music:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
- Additional song notes:
- Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text -
claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe -
Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p -
102.
- Related information in folder 832:
- Comments:
- 1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100".
2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody.
3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit"
4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22343
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
- Katz, Mickey
- Trombone:
- Zentner, Sy
- Piano/Arranger:
- Farber, Nat
- Bass:
- Breen, Larry
- Drums:
- Weiss, Sam
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Track comment:
- Recorded Jan 19, 1953
- Style:
- Instrumental/Novelty
Mazl Tov Dances
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22346
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
- Katz, Mickey
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Trombone:
- Zentner, Sy
- Violin:
- Gill, Benny
- Piano/Arranger:
- Farber, Nat
- Bass:
- Breen, Larry
- Drums:
- Weiss, Sam
- Track comment:
- Recorded Aug 18, 1952
The Family Danced
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- 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
The Wedding Dance
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- 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
Simcha Time
- Author:
- Unknown
- Composer:
- Unknown
- Genre:
- Novelty/Dialect/
- Subject:
- Food/Wedding/Family/Celebration/Klezmer
- 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
Can Can Kozotski
- Composer:
- Offenbach, Jacques
- Genre:
- Novelty/Klezmer/Instrumental/Parody
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22353
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):
- Farber, Nat
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- 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
- Track comment:
- Based on Offenbach Melody
- Style:
- Instrumental
Beygelekh — בײגעלעך
- Also known as:
- Bublitshki
- Also known as:
- Question
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
- Origin:
- Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(c)/
- Music:
- Moskow SM 61
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22354
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Clarinet:
- Katz, Mickey
- Arranger/Possibly Conductor:
- Farber, Nat
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Trombone:
- Diner, Harold
- French Horn:
- DeRosa, Vince
- Woodwind:
- Jacob, Jules
- Woodwind:
- Bercov, Morris
- Woodwind:
- Howard, Terry
- Piano:
- Sherman, Ray
- Bass:
- Gaines, Earl
- Drums:
- Singer, Lewis
- Violin:
- Raderman, Lou
- Track comment:
- Recorded Nov 24, 1964
- Style:
- Instrumental