Songs written or composed
Freilach A Nakht
- Composer:
- Russell, Shelly
- Genre:
- Concert/Klezmer/Instrumental/Dnce/Latin/Merengu
Recording
- On album:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42382
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Latin/Dance/Merengue
- Length:
- 3:53
Other tracks with this artist
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:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42380
- Vocal:
- Powell, Ed
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- First line:
- Oy oy oy, yosl yosl yosl, mayn khies geyt mikh azhe oys nokh dir,….
- First line (Yiddish):
- אוי אוי אוי, יאָסל יאָסל יאָסל, מײַן חיות גײט מיר אַשז אַרױס נאָך דיר,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Dance/Klezmer/Latin/Cha Cha
- Length:
- 3:01
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Author:
- Cahn, Sammy
- Author:
- Chapin, Harry
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
- Subject:
- Love/Beauty/Appearance
- Origin:
- GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
- Transliteration:
- Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
- Translation:
- GYF 43/
- Music:
- Estalla 4/GYF 41/
- Additional song notes:
- English Version
- Related information in folder 165:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 7/9/2004
- Comments:
- 1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text.
2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
- On album:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42381
- Vocal:
- Powell, Ed
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- First line:
- Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu eyner oyf der velt,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַערע אױף דער וועלט...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Concert/Pop/Latin/Dance/Merengue
- Length:
- 2:41
Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז
- Also known as:
- Belz
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Place/Belz/Childhood
- Origin:
- GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
- Translation:
- Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
- Music:
- GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
- Additional song notes:
- From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto
Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b)
Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
- On album:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42370
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Vocal:
- Powell, Ed
- First line:
- Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne kindershe yorn farbrakht
- First line (Yiddish):
- בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע יאָרן...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- ConcertLatin/Klezmer/Dance/Pachanga
- Length:
- 4:05
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:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42371
- Vocal:
- Powell, Ed
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- First line:
- Hava nagila (2), venismekha. hava neranena (2), venismekha. Uru (2) akhim,
- First line (Hebrew):
- הבה נגילה(2) ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה(2), ונשׂמחה. עורוּ (2)אחים בּלב שׂמח.
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Concert/Klezmer/Latin/Dance/Cha Cha
- Length:
- 2:46
Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt — אױ מאַמע, בין איך פֿאַרליבט
- Author:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theatre/Love
- Subject:
- Love/Mother/Daughter/Klezmer Youth/Violin
- Transliteration:
- Warem 159/Alb I-013(a)
- Translation:
- Alb T-015(c)/Alb S-068(a)/Alb I-013(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
- On album:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42372
- Vocal:
- Powell, Ed
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- First line:
- Oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt, (2), a klezmer yingl, mame getraye, ligt mir nor in
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױ מאַמע, בין איך פֿאַרליבט (2,) אַ קלעזמער ייִנגל, מאַמע געטרײַער, ליגט מיר
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Pop/Klezmer/Latin/Samba
- Length:
- 3:24
Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע
- Also known as:
- Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
- Author:
- Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
- Composer:
- Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
- Genre:
- Immigration/Lament
- Subject:
- Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
- Origin:
- Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
- Music:
- Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Additional song notes:
- See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version.
Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit.
See Gottlieb p. 147.
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate
What's Not To Like 2017
- Related information in folder 408:
- Comments:
- 1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine".
2. 2. Original text with 8 verses
3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42373
- Vocal:
- Powell, Ed
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- First line:
- Tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine, bekelekh vi royte
- First line (Yiddish):
- צו מיר איז געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען, די גרינע, בעקעלעך ווי
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Pop/Swing/Latin/Merengue
- Length:
- 2:53
Glik — גליק
- Author:
- Meisell, Bella — מײַזעל, בעלאַ
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament
- Subject:
- Fate/Happiness/Love
- Song comment:
- From the musical "Der Letster Tants"
- Origin:
- Alb T-028(f)
- Transliteration:
- Warem 76/Alb W-031(a)Alb D-004(k)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-028(f)
- Translation:
- Alb W-031(a)/Alb D-004(k)/Ephemera 1520 p 26
- Music:
- Warem 76/Ephemera 1520 p
- Additional song notes:
- Luck
- On album:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42374
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- Style:
- Concert/Instrumental/Pop/Latin/Pasadoble
- Length:
- 2:39
Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן
- Also known as:
- A Kalte Nakht
- Also known as:
- A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
- Also known as:
- El Chiclerito
- Also known as:
- Freylekhe Yidelekh
- Also known as:
- Sigaryot
- Also known as:
- Kupite Papirosy
- Author:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Composer:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament
- Subject:
- Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
- Origin:
- Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
- Music:
- Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
- Additional song notes:
- Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a)
Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
- On album:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42375
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Pop/Dance/Latin/Mambo
- Length:
- 3:21
Vos Du Vilst, Dos Vil Ikh Oykh — װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Theater/Love
- Subject:
- Constancy
- Transliteration:
- Alb H-007(a)/Warem 220/SM Moskow 51
- Music:
- Warem 220/SM Moscow 52
- Additional song notes:
- From the musical "Pini From Pinchev"
- On album:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42378
- Vocal:
- Powell, Ed
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- First line:
- Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, du bist mayn harts, mayn moyekh,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Dance/Klezmer/Latin/Cha Cha
- Length:
- 3:00
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:
- C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
- Track ID:
- 42379
- Vocal:
- Powell, Ed
- Trumpet:
- Cheatham, Doc
- Trumpet:
- Oles, Lou
- Trumpet:
- Terry, Clark
- Timbals:
- Rodriguez, Willie
- Piano:
- Palmieri, Charles
- Lute/Arranger:
- Cali, John
- Conga/Bongos:
- Barretto, Ray
- Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
- Calle, Juan
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
- Russell, Shelly
- Bass:
- Marshall, Wendell
- First line:
- Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh shtey a kranker un trakht,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך שטײ אַ קראַנקער און טראַכט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Dance/Klezmer/Latin/Pachanga
- Length:
- 2:59