Tracks with this artist
Pacey's Freylekh
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30785
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Track comment:
- From melody taken from "Because of our Sins"
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylkhs
- Length:
- 1:39
Yiddish Medley (Block) — ייִדיש מעדלי (בלאָק)
- Genre:
- Instrumental
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30790
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Danceable
- Length:
- 3:20
Mezinke Medley (Block) — מעזינקע מעדלי (בלאָק)
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Wedding
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30791
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 4:04
Farges Mikh Nit — פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theatre/Love
- Subject:
- Memory/Separation/Fear/Request/Foreboding
- Origin:
- Sheet Music
- Transliteration:
- Sheet Music
- Music:
- Sheet Music
- Additional song notes:
- Don't Forget Me
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30792
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Style:
- Instrumental/Fox Trot
- Length:
- 3:28
Tsu Lang — צו לאַנג
- Genre:
- Love
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30786
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Style:
- InstrumentalRumba
- Length:
- 3:18
Medley Of Yiddish Love Songs
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Dance
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30787
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Style:
- Instrumental/Rumba
- Length:
- 5:52
Philly Bulgar
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30788
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer Freylekhs
- Length:
- 2:38
Tarras Bulgar — טאַראַס בולגאַר
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30789
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs
- Length:
- 1:49
Russian Medley (Block)
- Genre:
- Instrumental
- On album:
- B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
- Track ID:
- 30793
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Trombone:
- Parker, Jim
- Saxaphone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboard:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Track comment:
- Potpourri of Russian Melodies
- Style:
- Instrumental
- Length:
- 2:43
You Got To Have A Little Mazl — אַז מע האָט אַ ביסל מזל
- Also known as:
- A Mensh Darf Hobn Mazl
- Author:
- Beekman, Jack
- Author:
- Wayne, Artie
- Composer:
- Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ
- Genre:
- Pop/Swing/Scat
- Subject:
- Luck/Fate/Money/Possessions/World
- Origin:
- Alb K-026(k)2
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-026(k)2
- Translation:
- Alb K-026(k)2
- Additional song notes:
- Yiddish - English
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33518
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- You gotta have a little mazl, mazl means good luck,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 2:13
Mayn Yidishe Meydele — מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע
- Author:
- Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Charm/Beauty/Love
- Origin:
- Kammen 25F 61
- Transliteration:
- Warem 132/Alb K-029(h)/Kammen 25F 12/Ephemera 399
- Translation:
- Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemeral 399
- Music:
- Kammen 25F 61/ Warem 132
- Additional song notes:
- See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, Page 5
From Yiddish Musical Titled "Mayn Yidishe Meydele," 1926
- Related information in folder 370:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 8/13/1999
- Comments:
- Backround and Yiddish text of Mayn Yidishe Meydele.
Also, transliteration and English adaptation by Judy Bressler.
- Related information in folder 1502:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliterated and translated text from the internet.
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33520
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- Mayn Yidishe meydele, zi iz azoy sheyn, Mayn Yidishe…
- First line (Yiddish):
- מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, זי איז אַזױ שײן, מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, מיט…
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop/Rumba
- Length:
- 3:17
Oyfn Pripetshik (Warshavsky) — אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק (וואַרשאַווסקי)
- Also known as:
- Der Alef Beys
- Also known as:
- In The Fireplace
- Also known as:
- Afn Pripetshik
- Also known as:
- Oifm Pripezik
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Composer:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Composer:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Children/Alphabet/Education/Learning/Rebbe/Kheyder/School
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 2/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 24/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb R-022(a)/ML MTAG 2/Alb B-004(c)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)
- Translation:
- Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-024(b)/GYF 27/Kinderbuch 167/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 196/
- Music:
- ML MTAG 2/GYF 25/SM Scher 13/Lefko Folk 72
- Additional song notes:
- At The Fireplace
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Translation and Transliteration at Ephemera 1269
Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a)
Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012/ Eng Translit - Alb P-038€
- Related information in folder 332:
- Document type:
- Translation
- Author:
- Max Rosenfeld
- Comments:
- Singable English adaptation by Max Rosenfeld.
2. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher."
3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33522
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- Afn pripetshik brent a fayerl, un in shtub iz heys.
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַפֿן פּריפּעטשיק ברענט אַ פֿײַערל, און אין שטוב איז הײס
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 3:16
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:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33523
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Style:
- Instrumental/Pop/Swing/Blues
- Length:
- 3:16
Block, Bobby Medley #2
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33524
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Medley/Pop/Swing/Klezmer
- Length:
- 4:33
Shvartse Oygn — שװאַרצע אױגן
- Also known as:
- Ochi Chyornye
- Also known as:
- Dark Eyes
- Author:
- Grebenka, Evheniy
- Composer:
- Hermann, Florian
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33525
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- I once had a dream, of a love supreme, then you came my way,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop/Waltz/Swing
- Length:
- 2:28
Mayn Yidishe Mame (Parody)
- Genre:
- Humorous/Parody
- Subject:
- Modern/Shopping/Face Lift/Golf/Mother/Children/Weight/Style
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33526
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- My yidishe mame, I tried to call her twice a day, she was out on the golf course
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 2:03
Ikh Bin A Border Bay Mayn Vayb — איך בין אַ באָרדער בײַ מײַן װײַב
- Author:
- Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
- Composer:
- Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
- Genre:
- Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
- Subject:
- Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
- Origin:
- ML PYS 254
- Transliteration:
- ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
- Translation:
- Alb W-031(a)
- Music:
- ML PYS 254
- Additional song notes:
- I'M My Wife's Border
- Related information in folder 495:
- Comments:
- 1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik
2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253.
3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33527
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- Oy, Ikh bin a border bay mayn vayb, mener iz dos a tayerer job,
- First line:
- אָוי, איך בין אַ באָרדער בײַ מײַן װײַב, מענער, איז דאָס אַ טײַערער דזאָב,
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 2:07
Vu Iz Dos Gesele — װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע
- Also known as:
- Vi Iz Dos Gesele
- Genre:
- Folk/Love/Waltz/Lament
- Subject:
- Love/Dwelling/Memory/Street
- Origin:
- Alb H-007(a)/Jaffee Kam 13/Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/ Oyfn Veg 121
- Transliteration:
- Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121/ Oyfn Veg 121
- Translation:
- Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121
- Music:
- Jaffe Kam 13/Estella 6/
- Additional song notes:
- Where Is The Little Street (Alleyway?)
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33528
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- Lay da lay…avu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos ikh hob lib
- First line (Yiddish):
- לײַ די לײַ...אַװוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop/Waltz
- Length:
- 3:21
Block, Bobby Medley #3
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33529
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Language:
- Yiddish/Hebrew/English
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 4:14
Those Were The Days — פֿאַרבײַ די טעג
- Also known as:
- Di Yurn Geyen Avek
- Also known as:
- Farbay Di Teg
- Also known as:
- Ka'eyleh Hayu Hayamim
- Author:
- Raskin, Eugene
- Composer:
- Raskin, Eugene
- Genre:
- Folk/Theater
- Subject:
- Aging/Time/Memory/Youth/Tavern/Drinking
- Origin:
- Ephemera 393/Sheet music
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Many versions in various languages. Gene Raskin credited with English version and as composer. But according to liner notes on Alb A-016(a) "Those Were The Days" is actually an old Russian tune by Boris Fomin titled "The Long Road". In Hebrew the title is "Hayu Yamim Khaver"
- Related information in folder 373:
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Nat Zumoff
- Comments:
- Yiddish adaptation in transliteration.
2. English Lyrics as sung by Mary Hopkins
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Gene Raskin
- Comments:
- English adaptation of "Those Were The Days". Also, Russian text
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33530
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- Once upon a time there was a tavern, where we used to raise a glass or two,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 3:12
Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib — איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב
- Also known as:
- I Love You Much Too Much
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Anger/Love/Rejection/Fool/Revenge
- Origin:
- Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
- Music:
- SM Scher 2
- Additional song notes:
- I Love You Much To Much
Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552
From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533
Translate - Alb P-038(a)
- Related information in folder 122:
- Document type:
- Email
- Author:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander
- Publisher:
- Friedman, RA
- Comments:
- Transliterated songtext from original sheet music.
Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33531
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, Ikh trog oyf dir keyn has,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, איך טראַג אױף דיר קײן האַס,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop/Rumba
- Length:
- 2:51
Tarras Bulgar — טאַראַס בולגאַר
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33532
- Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 1:47
Block, Bobby Medley #4
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33533
- Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- Style:
- Instrumental/Rumba/Waltz
- Length:
- 4:03
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
- 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