Gershwin, Ira

Recordings

On album:

N-005(a) (Cantares De Madre Susana Naidich Orqueta De Camara)

Track ID:

14715

Conductor:

RovIra, Eduardo

Vocal:

Naidich, Susana

Artist:

Camara Orchestra

First line:

Summertime, and the livin is easy,

Track comment:

From "Porgy and Bess"

Language:

English

Style:

Operatic

On album:

K-057(a) (Para Ustedes... Zivia Klein — צביה קלײן)

Track ID:

14716

Translator,Yiddish:

Tsesler, Shmuel — צעסלער, שמואל

Vocal:

Klein, Zivia — קלײן, צביה

Arranger:

Levy, Alberto

First line:

Sumertseyt, un dos lebn iz gringer, fishlekh shpringen...

First line (Yiddish):

זומערצײַט, און דאָס לעבן איז גרינגער, פֿישלעך שפּרינגן...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From "Porgy & Bess"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

On album:

C-060(a) (Mendy Cahan and Der Yiddish Express/ Yiddish Fever — מענדי קאַהן און דער ייִדיש־עקספּרעס\ ייִדעש פֿיבור)

Track ID:

41805

Vocal/Yiddish Adaption:

Cahan, Mendy

Bass Guitar:

Segal, Yankele

Drums:

Fried, Oren

Artist:

Der Yiddish Express

First line:

Zumertsayt, sara lebn, a mekhaye, katshkelekh shvimen, un a royte zun fargeyt,

First line (Yiddish):

זומערצײַט, סאַראַ לעבן, קאַטשקעלעך שווימען, און אַ רויטע זון פֿאַרגייט, דײַן טאַט

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk/Jazz/Fusion

Length:

3:57

On album:

R-016(g) (A..Caravan..Stars Featuring Seymour Rechtzeit & Molly Picon)

Track ID:

23637

Yiddish Adaptation:

Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם

Vocal:

Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר

First line:

Shlof mayn kind, got geshankt in zayn himl, in kholem...

First line:

די אמתה ליבע, זי לעבט איבער אַלעס, זי איז אַ מתּונה פֿון גאָט,

Track comment:

From the opera "Porgy & Bess"

Language:

Yiddish/English

Recordings

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

On album:

G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)

Track ID:

31656

Artist:

Paul Whiteman Orchestra

First line:

We really think you ought to know that we were born right in the middle of...

Language:

English

Style:

Four Part Harmony/Pop/Orchestral/

Length:

3:10

Recording

On album:

G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)

Track ID:

31658

Vocal:

Fitzgerald, Ella

Piano:

Larkins, Ellis

First line:

My one and only, what am I goona do when you turn me down?

Language:

English

Style:

Cabaret

Length:

1:23

Recording

On album:

M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)

Track ID:

36590

Vocal:

Morein, Donna

Piano:

Frey, Alexander

First line:

You say either and I say eyther, you say neither and I say nyther,...

Language:

English

Style:

Concert/Pop/Art Song

Length:

2:40

Recording

On album:

M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)

Track ID:

36604

Vocal:

Morein, Donna

Piano:

Frey, Alexander

First line:

My ship has sails that are made of silk, the decks are trimmed with gold...

Language:

English

Style:

Concert/Pop/Art Song

Length:

4:38

Recording

On album:

F-065(a) (Fyvush Finkel/ It's Never Too Late)

Track ID:

38839

Piano:

Finkel, Elliot

Vocal:

Finkel, Fyvush — פֿינקל, פֿײַװוּש

Xylophone:

Finkel, Ian

Bass:

Sterbenz, Ed

Guitar:

Berliner, Jay

Drums:

Fischer, Martin

Synth:

Bichel, Ken

Trumpet:

Stripling, Byron

Trombone:

Andos, Randy

Alto Sax:

Olsen, Ralph

Alto Sax:

Anderson, Dennis

Baritone Sax:

Berger, Ken

Backup singer:

Heath, D. Michael

Backup Singer:

Allen, Cheryl Ann

First line:

there are my boys, Ian and Elliot, S'wonderful, S'marvelous, you should care

Language:

English

Style:

American Theater

Length:

2:57