Name:
Bell, Benny
Born:
March 21, 1906 (Brooklyn, NY)
Died:
July 6, 1999
Note:
Born Ben Samberg
Related information in folder 542:
Document type:
Article
Publisher:
Der Bay, April 2006
Date:
4/1/2006
Comments:
Biographical detail and announcement of a new CD.

Songs written or composed

A Disgusted Millionaire

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recordings

On album:
006s (Bell, Benny/ Benny Bell Bazingt A Kale/ A Disgusted Millionaire)
Track ID:
28970
Artist:
Bell, Benny
On album:
006e (Bell, Benny/ A Disgusted Millionaire/ Antloyft Mit Mir)
Track ID:
28943
Artist:
Bell, Benny
On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35242
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Yiddish Radio Broadkest

Author:
Bell, Benny
Genre:
Parody/Humorous
Subject:
Advertisement/Commercial/Cockroach Powder/

Recordings

On album:
006f (Bell, Benny/ Wedding Waltz/ Yiddish Radio Broadcast)
Track ID:
28946
Artist:
Bell, Benny
On album:
A-048(a) (All for you: collection of love songs — הכל בשבילך: אוסף שירי אהבה)
Track ID:
31730
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
First line:
Tut vos ikh heys aykh, zay nit a duns,
First line (Yiddish):
טוט וואָס איך הייס אײַך, זײַ ניט אַ דונס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Orchestra Accompaniment

Hetsale Getsale Gu — העצאַלע געצאַלע גו

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
060j (Bell, Benny/ Hetsale Getsale Gu/ Gelt, Gelt, Gelt)
Track ID:
30591
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
Yiddish

Gelt, Gelt, Gelt — געלט, געלט, געלט

Author:
Bell, Benny
Genre:
Comic Song
Subject:
Money/ Morality

Recordings

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35254
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
060j (Bell, Benny/ Hetsale Getsale Gu/ Gelt, Gelt, Gelt)
Track ID:
30592
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
Yiddish

Bar Mitsvah Droshe — בּר־מיצװה דרשה

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
061b (Bell, Benny/ Bar Mitsva Droshe/ Simkhe Freylekh)
Track ID:
30597
Vocal:
Bell, Benny

Yiddishe Radio Brodkest — ייִדישע ראַדיאָ בראָדקעסט

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
061c (Bell, Benny/ Yidishe Radio Brodkest/ Khasene Valz)
Track ID:
30599
Vocal:
Bell, Benny

Benny Bell) Bazingt A Kale

Author:
Bell, Benny
Genre:
Comedy
Subject:
Badkhn
Song comment:
English title: "Blessing the Bride"
Translation:
Alb B-021(b)
Additional song notes:
Parody of traditional wedding patter.

Bar Mitsve Yingele

Author:
Bell, Benny
Genre:
Comedy
Subject:
Gifts/Materialism
Song comment:
English Title: "Bar Mitzvah Boy"
Additional song notes:
Possibly also listed on 78 as "Bar Mitzvah Speech:

Yah-Dah-Dye

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35238
Language:
English/Yiddish

Hetzeleh Getzeleh Goo

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35239
Language:
English/Yiddish

Happiness Freylach

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35240
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Yiddish Radio Broadcast

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35241
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Pincus Went to the Mountains

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35244
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Celebration Freylach

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35247
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Mendle's Muskiteers

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35248
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Comic Cantor

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35249
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Bar Mitzvah Speech

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35250
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Oy, My Mother-in-Law

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35251
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Sammy and Sadie

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35252
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Home Again in Israel

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35253
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Moishe Pipick

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35255
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Brooklyn Bridge

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35256
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Benny Bell Freylach

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35257
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

In the Subway

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35245
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Misfortune

Author:
Bell, Benny

Recording

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35246
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

Other tracks with this artist

Pincus the Peddler (Bell)

On album:
B-041(C) (Benny Bell: Lost Legend of Elton Street)
Track ID:
35243
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
Language:
English/Yiddish

El Toreadore (Eng, Yid, Parody)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
4518
Vocal:
Bell, Benny
First line:
My wife, she treats me like a slave, she'd love to see me..
First line (English):
איך האָב אַ שלאַמק אַ װײַבעלע, זי איז ערגער װי אַ טײַבעלע,
Language:
English

Home Again In Israel (Eng)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
6716
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
Home again in Israel, at last no more need I roam,

In Old Romaniia (Rumenye, Rumenye)

On album:
xB-041(a)
Track ID:
7411
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
Runmenye, I used to live there before I moved to Pennsylv...
First line:
עס איז געװען אַן אױגנבליק, ידן טאָג גאָר ו יום טובֿדיק,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "In Old Rumania"

It's A Boy (Eng)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
7549
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
Have you heard about the current affair, Mr. Feinberg...

Living And Laughing (Eng)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
9244
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
I'm for living and laughing, and making life sublime,
First line:
איך גײ אַ מאָל אַרײַן צן זען אַ "מאָװינג פּיקור שאָ", און איך זיץ..

Pincus In The Mountains (Eng)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
12216
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
Pincus went to the mountains, a couple of weeks ago,
Track comment:
Same meoldy as "Itsik Hot Khasene Gehat"

Pincus The Peddler (Eng)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
12217
Artist:
Bell, Benny
Track comment:
Sounds like "Minnie The Moocher"

Parnose (Eng, Bell)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
12126
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
Parnuse, parnuse, I need you all the time, without you...

Rumenye, Rumenye (Parody, Eng Yid)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
13069
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
Rumenye, I used to live there before I moved to Pennsylv...
First line:
עס איז געװען אַן אױגנבליק, ידן טאָג גאָר ו יום טובֿדיק,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "In Old Rumania"

Sammy From Miami (Eng)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
13239
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
Sammy from Miami was such a happy guy, always full of...

The Son Of Pincus (Eng)

On album:
B-041(a) (Jewish American Novelty Tunes Kosher Comedy Benny Bell)
Track ID:
15214
Artist:
Bell, Benny
First line:
My father was a peddler, his name you all should know,
Track comment:
Is this a parody of another tune?

A Mazl Tov Farn Mekhutn

On album:
041o (Bell, Benny/ A Mazl Tov Farn Mekhutn/ Oyfn Pripetshik)
Track ID:
29986
Artist:
Bell, Benny

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:
041o (Bell, Benny/ A Mazl Tov Farn Mekhutn/ Oyfn Pripetshik)
Track ID:
29987
Artist:
Bell, Benny

Benny Bell Bazingt A Kale

On album:
006s (Bell, Benny/ Benny Bell Bazingt A Kale/ A Disgusted Millionaire)
Track ID:
28969
Artist:
Bell, Benny

Benny Bell Bazingt A Kale

On album:
006c (Bell, Benny/ Benny Bell Bazingt A Kale/ Shlemazl Vos Vilstu)
Track ID:
28939
Artist:
Bell, Benny

Shlemazl Vos Vilstu

On album:
006c (Bell, Benny/ Benny Bell Bazingt A Kale/ Shlemazl Vos Vilstu)
Track ID:
28940
Artist:
Bell, Benny

Antloyft Mit Mir

On album:
006e (Bell, Benny/ A Disgusted Millionaire/ Antloyft Mit Mir)
Track ID:
28944
Artist:
Bell, Benny

Wedding Waltz

On album:
006f (Bell, Benny/ Wedding Waltz/ Yiddish Radio Broadcast)
Track ID:
28945
Artist:
Bell, Benny

In Di Subvey

On album:
006g (Bell, Benny/ In Di Subvey/ Moyshe Pipik)
Track ID:
28947
Artist:
Bell, Benny

Moyshe Pipik

On album:
006g (Bell, Benny/ In Di Subvey/ Moyshe Pipik)
Track ID:
28948
Artist:
Bell, Benny

Happiness Freylekh

On album:
006i (Bell, Benny/ Happiness Freylekh/ Ay Ay Ya Da Dy)
Track ID:
28951
Artist:
Bell, Benny

Ay Ay Ya Da Dy

On album:
006i (Bell, Benny/ Happiness Freylekh/ Ay Ay Ya Da Dy)
Track ID:
28952
Artist:
Bell, Benny