Goldstein, Gus

Name:
Goldstein, Gus
Born:
1884 (Yass, Roumania)
Died:
19??
Related information in folder 1086:
Comments:
1. Email from Guy Kurshenhoff with details of Gus Goldstein's life, including photo of Gus Goldstein on program of The Rutgers Vaudeville Theater, dated Jan. 24, 1910. The program is from a show titled "Dos Meydle Fun Der Ghetto". (11th week).

Tracks with this artist

Der Badkhn

Genre:
Klezmer/Theater/Humor
On album:
059i (Duplicate see 058l)
Track ID:
30571
Vocal:
Goldstein, Gus
Language:
Yiddish

Drushe Geshank Oyf A...Khasene

On album:
059i (Duplicate see 058l)
Track ID:
30572
Vocal:
Goldstein, Gus
Language:
Yiddish

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:
K-026(m) (Klezmer! Jewish Music From Old World To Our World)
Track ID:
28079
Vocal:
Goldstein, Gus
First line:
Tsu mir iz gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine, bekelekh vi..
First line (Yiddish):
צו מיר איז געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען...
Track comment:
Originally recorded 1922
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop

Yenke Ken Nit Kokhn — יענקע קען ניט קאָכן

On album:
Y-021(a)2 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 2)
Track ID:
23781
Artist:
Goldstein, Gus
First line:
Oy mamele, rusl fleysh hostu gekokht,
First line:
אױ מאַמעלע, רוסל פֿלײש האָסטו געקאָכט,
Track comment:
Dialog & Song Should this be "Yente Telebenda"??

Dos Butsherl — דאָס בוטשערל

Genre:
Klezmer/Immigrant/Theatre/Humor/Shund/Vulgar/Comic
Subject:
Occupation/Butcher/Housewife/Food/Meat
On album:
L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
Track ID:
27654
Vocalist:
Goldstein, Gus
First line:
A butsherl a kinstler, bin ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ בוטשערל, אַ קינסטער, בין איך...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Columbia 8035F 78 Box 002, Tape 19
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Tenor

Nemt A Tshants (Chance) — נעמט אַ טשאַנס

Genre:
Klezmer/Immigrant/Theatre/Humor/Shund/Comic
Subject:
Courtship/Seduction?/Risk
Additional song notes:
See Heskes 1, entry 1634 respecting sheet music.
On album:
L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
Track ID:
27655
Vocalist:
Goldstein, Gus
First line:
A boy geyt mit a meydl fun arum a lange tsayt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ בױ גײט מיט אַ מײדל פֿון אַרום אַ לאַנגע צײַט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Columbia 8035F 78 Box 002, Tape 19
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Tenor

Der Yold Iz Mikh Mekane — דער יאָלד איז מיך מקנא

Genre:
Folk/Theater/Underworld/Lament
Subject:
Poverty/Envy/Indifference/Prison
Origin:
Pin Var 747
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1061
On album:
039k (Goldstein, Gus, comedian/ Der Yold Iz Mikh Mekane/ Oy Oy Di Koyln)
Track ID:
29930
Vocal:
Goldstein, Gus, comedian
Vocal:
Goldstein, Gus
First line:
Der yold iz mir mekane (3) far mayn kleyn shtikele broyt (3x), mit mayn laykht..
First line (Yiddish):
דער יאָלד איז מיר מקנא (3). מיט מײַן קליין שטיקעלע ברויט, ער וויל פֿון…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Folk

Yes, Kh'hob Nit Kayn Bananas

Author:
Silver, Frank
Author:
Cohn, Irving
Composer:
Silver, Frank
Composer:
Cohn, Irving
Genre:
Vaudeville/Theater/Novelty/Adaptation/Parody
Subject:
Food/Bananas/Grocery/Jewish/Italian/Fruit/Vegetables
Additional song notes:
Yes, We Have No Bananas Yiddish Adaption by Gus Goldstein See Irving Berlin Reader, P 67 and P 75
On album:
037p (Goldstein, Gus/ Yes, kh'hob nit keyn bananas/ Der Boardwalk)
Track ID:
29881
Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
Goldstein, Gus
Language:
Yiddish/Dialect
Style:
Comic

Der Boardwalk

On album:
037p (Goldstein, Gus/ Yes, kh'hob nit keyn bananas/ Der Boardwalk)
Track ID:
29882
Artist:
Goldstein, Gus

Mendl Vert A Priz Fayter

On album:
010k (Goldstein, Gus/ Mendl Vert A Priz Fayter/ Yente Zitst In Der Opera)
Track ID:
29078
Artist:
Goldstein, Gus

Yente Zitst In Der Opera

On album:
010k (Goldstein, Gus/ Mendl Vert A Priz Fayter/ Yente Zitst In Der Opera)
Track ID:
29079
Artist:
Goldstein, Gus

Yes, Kh'hob Nit Kayn Bananas

Author:
Silver, Frank
Author:
Cohn, Irving
Composer:
Silver, Frank
Composer:
Cohn, Irving
Genre:
Vaudeville/Theater/Novelty/Adaptation/Parody
Subject:
Food/Bananas/Grocery/Jewish/Italian/Fruit/Vegetables
Additional song notes:
Yes, We Have No Bananas Yiddish Adaption by Gus Goldstein See Irving Berlin Reader, P 67 and P 75
On album:
A-048(a) (All for you: collection of love songs — הכל בשבילך: אוסף שירי אהבה)
Track ID:
31729
Vocal/Yiddish Adaption:
Goldstein, Gus
First line:
In christie strit vi ikh voyn,
First line:
אין קריסטי סטריט ווי איך וואוין,
Language:
Yiddish/Dialect
Style:
Comic

Mayne Glikn

On album:
050g (Goldstein, Gus/ Mayne Glikn/ Ikh Hob A Mume)
Track ID:
30198
Artist:
Goldstein, Gus

Ikh Hob A Mume

On album:
050g (Goldstein, Gus/ Mayne Glikn/ Ikh Hob A Mume)
Track ID:
30199
Artist:
Goldstein, Gus

Yes, Kh'hob Nit Kayn Bananas

Author:
Silver, Frank
Author:
Cohn, Irving
Composer:
Silver, Frank
Composer:
Cohn, Irving
Genre:
Vaudeville/Theater/Novelty/Adaptation/Parody
Subject:
Food/Bananas/Grocery/Jewish/Italian/Fruit/Vegetables
Additional song notes:
Yes, We Have No Bananas Yiddish Adaption by Gus Goldstein See Irving Berlin Reader, P 67 and P 75
On album:
M-047(c) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection A)
Track ID:
35539
Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
Goldstein, Gus
Orchestra Conductor:
Shilkret, Nathaniel
First line:
In christie strit vi ikh voyn,
First line:
אין קריסטי סטריט ווי איך וואוין,
Language:
Yiddish/Dialect
Style:
Comic
Length:
3:02

Telebende Furt Keyn Amerike — טעלעבענדע פֿורט קיין אַמעריקע

Author:
Kovner, B. — קאָװנער, ב.
Genre:
Novelty/Humor/Sketch/Spoken Word
Subject:
Gossip.Travel/Amerike/Invitation/President/Poverty
On album:
M-047(d) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection B)
Track ID:
35584
Vocal:
Gold, Clara — גאָלד, קלאַראַ
Vocal:
Goldstein, Gus
First line:
Yente Telebende, vi forstu? Vi ikh for, keyn amerike. Yetst, Yente Telebende...
First line:
יענטע טעלעבענדע, ווי פֿאָרסטו? ווי איך פֿאָר, קיין אַמעריקע. יעצט, יענטע...
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Spoken Word/Sketch
Length:
3:08

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