Name:
Merrill, Bob

Songs written or composed

Shvitsberg, Pennsylvania (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Girl/Mikve/Bathhouse/Overeating

Recordings

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31289
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
There's a mikve in a bathhouse in Shvitsberg, Pennsylvania…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English\Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer
On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
14371
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
There's a mikva in a bathhouse in Shvitsberg, Pennsylvania
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 2124

That Pickle In The Window (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish/Double Entendre
Subject:
Pickle/Bad Food Mixes
Additional song notes:
Parody of "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?"

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31214
First line:
How much is that pickle in the window, the one that's on top of…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Feet Up, Pat Him On The Pipik

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Novely/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Fatherhood/Newborn/Son
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)"

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31285
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Feet up, pat him on the pipik, lets here him laugh…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer

People

Author:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Pop

Recording

On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32996
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty