Tracks with this artist
Abi Gezunt (Nemo, American Swing)
- Also known as:
- A Bee Gezindt
- Author:
- Nemo
- Composer:
- Nemo
- Genre:
- Novelty/Swing
- Subject:
- Hep Cat/Square
- On album:
- F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 28557
- Vocal:
- Bailey, Mildred
- Trumpet:
- Eldridge, Roy
- Clarinet/Alto Saxaphone:
- Burns, Robert
- Clarinet/Alto Saxaphone:
- Merrill, Reggie
- Bass Clarinet:
- Prager, Carl
- Flute:
- Powell, Eddie
- Oboe/French Horn:
- Miller, Mitch
- Piano:
- Wilson, Teddy
- Guitar:
- Collis, John
- String Bass:
- Peterson, Pete
- Drums:
- Beason, Bill
- Arranger:
- Wilder, Alec
- First line:
- I never knew a hep cat from a square, and I was called a bringdown everywhere,
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Jan 25, 1940, Columbia 35409/ Recorded as "A Bee Gezind"
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing/Pop/Big Band
- Length:
- 02:58
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:
- G-072(a) (Benny Goodman: Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn — בעני גוטמאַן: בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן)
- Track ID:
- 30992
- Clarinet:
- Goodman, Benny
- Piano:
- Wilson, Teddy
- Vibraphone:
- Hampton, Lionel
- Drums:
- Krupa, Gene
- Vocal:
- Tilton, Martha
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- First line:
- Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
- Track comment:
- Recorded December 1937, commercial release sides "A" and "B"
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Swing/Klezmer