Songs written or composed
Enjoy Yourself
- Author:
- Magidson, Herb
- Author:
- Sigman, Carl
- Composer:
- Magidson, Herb
- Genre:
- Pop
- Subject:
- Work/Relaxation/Pleasure/Age/Education
- Origin:
- Ephemera 774
- Additional song notes:
- See "Leb Un Lakh" for Yiddish adaptation by Ben Tsion Witler.
- Related information in folder 774:
- Comments:
- Lyrics
Recordings
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33534
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- Oh, enjoy yourself, its later than you think, enjoy yourself, while you're…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 2:30
- On album:
- K-010(c) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite sing the Yiddish Hit Parade)
- Track ID:
- 4657
- Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
- Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- First line:
- Enjoy yourself, meg zen a gutn tog, enjoy yourself,
- First line:
- ענדזױ יאָרסעלף, מעג זען אַ גוטן טאָג, ענדזױ יאָרסעלף,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Pop
Leb Un Lakh — לעב און לאַך
- Composer:
- Sigman, Carl
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Enjoyment/Time/Fate/Work
- Transliteration:
- Alb S-022(f)
- Additional song notes:
- Yiddish adaptation by Ben Tsion Witler of "Enjoy Yourself"
Recordings
- On album:
- S-022(f) (Yaacov Shapiro Yiddish Traditional Songs)
- Track ID:
- 24328
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Vocal:
- Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ
- First line:
- Ikh hob gezen vos iz geshen, mit mentshn alerley,
- First line:
- איך האָב געזען װאָס איז געשען, מיט מענטשן אַלערלײ,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Leb Un Lakh"
- On album:
- W-002(l) (Ben Tsion Witler Live and Laugh — בּן ציון װיטלער לעב און לאַך)
- Track ID:
- 24343
- Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- First line:
- Ikh hob gezen vos iz geshen, mit mentshn alerley,
- First line:
- איך האָב געזען װאָס איז געשען, מיט מענטשן אַלערלײ,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Leb Un Lakh"
- On album:
- F-007(f) (Genia Fajerman/ Mamele — זשעני פֿײַערמאַן \ מאַמעלע)
- Track ID:
- 36423
- Vocal:
- Fayerman, Genia — פײַערמאַן, געניאַ
- First line:
- Ikh hob gezen vos iz geshen, mit mentshn alerley,
- First line:
- איך האָב געזען װאָס איז געשען, מיט מענטשן אַלערלײ,
- Style:
- Pop/Klezmer
- Length:
- 2:32
- On album:
- W-002(j) (Chansons Populaires Yiddish Vol 1 Benzion Witler — בּן ציון װיטלער ייִדישע פֿאָלקס לידער)
- Track ID:
- 4658
- Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- First line:
- Ikh hob gezen vos iz geshen, mit mentshn alerley,
- First line:
- איך האָב געזען װאָס איז געשען, מיט מענטשן אַלערלײ,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Leb Un Lakh"
Love Story
- Also known as:
- A Mayse Fun A Libe (Love Story)
- Author:
- Sigman, Carl
- Composer:
- Lai, Francis
- Genre:
- Love/Film
- Subject:
- Love/Constancy
- Additional song notes:
- Hebrew Version - "Sipur Ahava" / Yiddish Versions - "A Mayse Fun A Libe", "Ikh Hob Dikh Lib" / First Line of B-28(b)/ Vi heybst men itst on oykh tsu dertsaylen fun a libe fayer../װי הײבסט מען איצט אָן אײַך צו דערצײלען פֿון אַ ליבע פֿײַער פֿלאַם,
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 889
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- English
- Publisher:
- Famous Music, Inc
- Date:
- 1970
- Provenance:
- internet, musicnotes.com
- First line:
- Where do I begin to tell the story of how great a love can..
Recordings
- On album:
- B-028(b) (Our Way (Tahka - Tahka) The Barry Sisters)
- Track ID:
- 9438
- Vocal:
- Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
- Vocal Arranger/Conductor:
- Graff, Jerry, voc arr & orch cond
- Orchestrations:
- Tyler, Jim, orchestrations
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- First line:
- Vi heybst men itst on oykh tsu dertsaylen fun a libe fayer..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי הײבסט מען איצט אָן אײַך צו דערצײלען פֿון אַ ליבע פֿײַער פֿלאַם,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- W-014(a) (Yiddish Program For Soviet Jewry Workman's Circle Chorus)
- Track ID:
- 9439
- Vocal:
- Workmen's Circle Chorus, Phila — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר, פֿילאַ.
- Conductor:
- Helzner, Morrie — העלזנער, מאָרי
- Piano:
- Seidman, Claire, piano
- First line:
- Tifer fun dem yam,
- First line (Yiddish):
- טיפֿער פֿון דעם ים,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Choral
- On album:
- B-023(a) (Bashana Haba'ah (Any Time Of The Year) — בּשנה הבּאה)
- Track ID:
- 9437
- Vocal:
- Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
- Arranger/Hebrew Adaptation:
- Atar, Tirza — אתר, תרצה
- Language:
- Hebrew
What Now My Love (French)
- Author:
- Delanoe, Pierre
- Author:
- Sigman, Carl
- Composer:
- Becaud, Gilbert Francois
- Genre:
- Pop
- Additional song notes:
- Delanoe wrote French lyrics, Sigman the English.
Recordings
- On album:
- xD-006(a)
- Track ID:
- 16950
- Author/Composer:
- Becaud, Gilbert Francois
- Artist:
- Dan, Yacov
- Track comment:
- known as "What Now My Love"
- On album:
- T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
- Track ID:
- 32988
- Commentator, Band Leader?:
- Jacobi, Lou
- Orchestra:
- Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
- Music Direction, Arrangement:
- Butler, Artie
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Incidental announcing/comedic commentary. Riffs from "Lena from Palestina."
- Style:
- Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty