Songs written or composed
Alexander's Ragtime Band — אַלעקסאַנדערס ראַגטים באַנד
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
Recordings
- On album:
- A-027(b) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre -Act II-)
- Track ID:
- 26503
- Author:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Adler, Bruce
- Artist:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Oy her zikh tsi (2), tsu aleksander mit zayn polk,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָױ, הער זיך צי (2), צו אַלעקסאַנדער מיט זײַן פּאָלק,
- Track comment:
- with Der Rebe Elimelekh
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- R-016(g) (A..Caravan..Stars Featuring Seymour Rechtzeit & Molly Picon)
- Track ID:
- 23639
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- Yiddish Adaption:
- Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
- Vocal:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Piano:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Kumt ale, her, kumt ale, her, s'iz alexanders ragtime band,
- First line:
- קומט אלע, הער, קומט אלע, הער, ס'איז אַלעקסאַנדערס ראַגטים באַנד,
- Track comment:
- with the Barry Sisters - fragment of "I Love A Parade"
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
What Am I Gonna Do
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Vaudeville/Pop
- Subject:
- Friars' Club/Speech/Honor/Thanks
Recording
- On album:
- F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 28535
- Vocal:
- Berlin, Irving
- First line:
- Friar Abbot, brother friars, ladies and gents, don't expect too much of me,
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Jan 24, 1914, Columbia Personal Recording/ unknown pianist
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Humorous/Rag
- Length:
- 03:26
Blue Skies
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Pop
- Subject:
- Hope/Optimism/Sky/Sun
- Additional song notes:
- See Gottlieb, p. 44 for relationship of melody to "Der Rebe Hot Geheysn Freylekh Zayn"
Recording
- On album:
- G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
- Track ID:
- 31660
- Orchestra Leader:
- Shaw, Artie
- Artist:
- Artie Shaw Orchestra
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- Length:
- 1:32
The Song Is Ended
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Pop
- Subject:
- Song/Melody/Romance
- Additional song notes:
- See Gottlieb, p 79-80 for relationship to "Der Morgn Shtern"
Recording
- On album:
- G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
- Track ID:
- 31672
- Vocal:
- Kanawa, Kiri Te
- Artist:
- Abbey Road Ensemble
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Tunick, Jonathan
- First line:
- The song is ended, but the melody lingers on,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Cabaret/Orchestral Accompaniment
- Length:
- 1:26
Yiddle On Your Fiddle Play Some Ragtime
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Novelty/Vaudeville/Dialect/Humorous
- Subject:
- Music/Song/Ragtime/Wedding/Fiddle/Food/
- Additional song notes:
- See Heskes Page 50
- Related information in folder 577:
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Irving Berlin
- Publisher:
- Internet
- Comments:
- Lyrics to the song "Yiddel On Your Fiddle Play Some Ragtime".
Recording
- On album:
- G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
- Track ID:
- 31677
- Vocal:
- Whelen, Albert
- First line:
- Everyvon vas singing dancing shpringing at the vedding…
- Language:
- Yinglish
- Style:
- Accented/Orchestral Accompaniment
- Length:
- 1:15
Steppin Out With My Baby
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Film Sountrack
- Subject:
- Dance/Celebration/Date
- Additional song notes:
- From the film "Easter Parade". See Gottlieb 164 for relationship between "Haynt Iz Purim", "Steppin Out With My Baby" and "Puttin On The Ritz"
Recording
- On album:
- G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
- Track ID:
- 31696
- First line:
- I'm steppin out with ma baby, can't go wrong, cause I'm right,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing/Dance/Orchestral Accompaniment
- Length:
- 0:46
Cohen Owes Me Ninety Seven Dollars
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Vaudeville/Novelty/Humorous/Race
- Subject:
- Debt/Collection/Sickness/Recovery/Merchant/Money/Chicanery
- Additional song notes:
- Referred to in Gottlieb p. 197
Recording
- On album:
- J-035(a) (Jewface)
- Track ID:
- 33539
- Vocal:
- Bernard, Rhoda
- First line:
- Old man Rosenthal lay sick in bed, soon the doctor came around and said...
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Vaudeville/Dialect
- Length:
- 3:14
The Yiddishe Professor
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Vaudeville/Novelty/Humorous/Race
- Subject:
- Travel/Performer/Pianist/Skill
- Additional song notes:
- Referred to in Gottlieb p. 162
Recording
- On album:
- J-035(a) (Jewface)
- Track ID:
- 33551
- Vocal:
- Berlin, Irving
- First line:
- Abie Cohen, Abie Cohen, he vent to Paris and Germany, and learned how to play…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Vaudeville/Dialect
- Length:
- 4:06
Let Me Sing, and I'm Happy
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Additional song notes:
- From "
From "Mammy"
Recording
- On album:
- J-007(B) (The Best of Al Jolson)
- Track ID:
- 35331
- Vocal:
- Jolson, Al
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 2:35
Ale Menshn Tuen Dos — אַלע מענשן טוען דאָס
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Novelty/Vaudeville
- Subject:
- Dance
Recording
- On album:
- M-047(d) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection B)
- Track ID:
- 35601
- Vocal:
- Paskel, Simon — פּאַסקאַל, סײַמאָן
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
- First line:
- Ale menshn oyf der velt, hobn...vos der andere tuen,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַלע מענשן אויף דער וועלט האָבן...וואָס דער אַנדערע טוען,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 3:15
Sadie Salome Go Home
- Author:
- Berlin, Irving
- Author:
- Leslie, Edgar
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Novelty/Pop/Humorous/Vaudville/
- Subject:
- Salome/Scandal/Nudity/Outrage/Clothes/Display/Stage
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1164
- Music:
- Sheet Music 1145
- Additional song notes:
- See Ephemera folder 1164 for background Information
- Related information in folder 1164:
- Comments:
- 1. 3/24/2016 Text of Song with background info from internet entered in ephemera on March 24,2016
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 1267
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- English
- Publisher:
- American Musicological Society
- Provenance:
- Purchase, April 2012 - via internet
- First line:
- Sadie Cohen left her happy home to become an actress lady,
Recordings
- On album:
- F-071(a) (Paul Favor/ Sadie Salome Go Home)
- Track ID:
- 36843
- Vocal:
- Favor, Edward M.
- First line:
- Sadie Cohen left her happy home, to become an actress lady, on the stage she…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Novelty/Humorous/Vaudville/
- On album:
- C-049(b) (Casco Bay Tummlers / Jumpin' Jewpiter!)
- Track ID:
- 41766
- Artist:
- Casco Bay Tummlers
- Flute, Guitar:
- Dimow, Carl
- gb @ C Clarinets:
- Mills, Danny
- Bass:
- Goell, Julie
- Vocal/Accordion:
- Hoffman, Nancy 3
- Drums/Xylophone:
- Porterfield, Hayes
- First line:
- Sadie Cohen left her happy home to become an actress lady, on the stage she soon
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Humorous/Dialect/Novelty/Vaudeville
- Length:
- 3:09
Khaveyrim Khazeyrim — חברים חזירים
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Genre:
- Jazz/Theater/Pop/Novelty
- Subject:
- Tsar/Tsarina/Birth/Pigs/Immigration/America
- Origin:
- Peppler 3 123
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 1485
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1485
- Additional song notes:
- Set To Irving Berlin's "In My Harem"
Recording
- On album:
- P-068(g) (Der East Side Fun Amol/ Jane Peppler & Friends)
- Track ID:
- 41499
- Vocal:
- Peppler, Jane
- Piano:
- Enoch, Aviva
- First line:
- Es kokht, es rasht di velt yetst mitn tsar, vayl zayn vayb, di tsarine iz …
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס קאָכט, עס ראַשט די וועלט יעצט מיט דער צאַר, ווײַל זײַן ווײַב, די צאַרינע...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Jazz
- Length:
- 2:46
Other tracks with this artist
Sittin' In The Shvitz (Parody)
- On album:
- xR-029(c)
- Track ID:
- 14537
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Rechnitzer Rejects
- First line:
- If you're blue when you put on, what you used to you ...
- Track comment:
- Parody titled "Sittin' In The Shvitz"
Putting On The Ritz (Parody, Eng)
- On album:
- R-029(c) (The Even More Complete Collection of.... Rechnitzer Rejects)
- Track ID:
- 12516
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Rechnitzer Rejects
- First line:
- If you're blue when you put on, what you used to you ...
- Track comment:
- Parody titled "Sittin' In The Shvitz"
You're Just in Love (Yid)
- On album:
- K-010(c) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite sing the Yiddish Hit Parade)
- Track ID:
- 17870
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Kressyn, Miriam/ Rexsite, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר \ קרעסן, מיריאַם
- First line:
- Kh'gey arum zikh volt gemeynt tsumisht, feygl zingen, oyb...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From the musical "Call Me Madam" Translated from English.
The Grizzley Bear (Eng)
- On album:
- T-016(b) (Sophie Tucker Her Latest And Greatest Spicy Saucy Songs)
- Track ID:
- 21027
- Author/Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Tucker, Sophie
- Narrator:
- Adams, Mason
- Piano:
- Shapiro, Ted
- First line:
- Out in San Francisco where the weather's fair, they got a...
- Track comment:
- From "My Dream" Sophie Tucker's narrative of her life story
- Language:
- English
I Love A Piano (Eng)
- On album:
- N-018(a) (Nicole Neiman From Europe With Love)
- Track ID:
- 21392
- Author/Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Neiman, Nicole
- Piano/Musical Director:
- Ross, Brad
- First line:
- As a child, I was wild when the band played, how I ran...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
There's No Busines Like...(Yid)
- On album:
- K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)
- Track ID:
- 21806
- Author Original/Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- Narration:
- Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
- First line:
- There's no business like show business, khotch men zogt...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From "Memories of the Yiddish Theatre"
There's No Business Like...(Yid)
- On album:
- K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)
- Track ID:
- 21820
- Author English Original/Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Rexite, Seymour & Miriam Kressyn — רעכטצײַט, סימאָר און מרים רעכטצײַט
- Narration:
- Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
- First line:
- Vayl mir makhn di velt lakhn, khotch gelt makhn mir nisht,
- First line:
- װײל מיר מאַכן די װעלט לאַכן, כאָטש געלט מאַכן מיר נישט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From "Memories of the Yiddish Theatre"
There's No Business Like...(Yid)
- On album:
- J-024(a)1 (Judische Lebenswelten /Patterns of Jewish Life 1/Berlin 1992)
- Track ID:
- 22277
- Yiddish Adaption:
- Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
- Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Vocal:
- Rexite, Seymour & Miriam Kressyn — רעכטצײַט, סימאָר און מרים רעכטצײַט
- Artist:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- There's no...khotsh men zugt s'iz nit ay ay!
- First line:
- דערס נאָ...כאָטש נען זוגט ס'איז ניט אײַ אײַ,
- Track comment:
- Excerpts from "The Golden Age of Yiddish Theatre"
God Bless America — גאָט בענטש אַמעריקע
- Genre:
- Song/Patriotic/Anthem
- Subject:
- America/Love/Mountains/Praries/Oceans/Home
- Origin:
- See Ephemera Folder 622
- Additional song notes:
- Yiddish Verion in Ephemera 622
- Related information in folder 623:
- Comments:
- 1. See folder #622 for Yiddish text published in the Yiddish Forward of 5/17/2002.
- On album:
- P-030(a) (Mandy Patinkin Mamaloshen)
- Track ID:
- 26161
- Author/Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Patinkin, Mandy
- Conductor:
- Stern, Eric
- Arranger:
- Ford, Paul
- First line:
- Got bentsh amerike, land vos ikh lib, shteyzhe bay ir,
- First line:
- גאָט בענטש אַמעריקע, לאַנד װאָס איך ליב, שטײזשע בײַ איר, מדריך...
- Track comment:
- With "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
White Christmas (Yid)
- On album:
- P-030(a) (Mandy Patinkin Mamaloshen)
- Track ID:
- 26163
- Author/Composer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Artist:
- Patinkin, Mandy
- Conductor:
- Stern, Eric
- Arranger:
- Ford, Paul
- First line:
- Ikh khulom fun a vaysn nitl, nor aza nitl ikh farshtey,
- First line:
- איך חלום פֿון אַ װײַסן ניטל, נאָר װזאַ מיטל איך פֿאַרשטײ,
- Track comment:
- With "Der Alter Tsigayner"
From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video)
- Genre:
- Documentary/Show Business
- Subject:
- Immigration/Integration/Music/Acculturation/Music/Persona
- On album:
- V0147 (From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video))
- Track ID:
- 35728
- Performer:
- Brice, Fanny
- Performer:
- Calloway, Cab
- Performer:
- Cantor, Eddie
- Performer:
- Garland, Judy
- Performer:
- Jolson, Al
- Performer:
- Marx Brothers
- Performer:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Performer:
- Schwartz, Maurice
- Performer:
- Tucker, Sophie
- Performer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Narrator:
- Fierstein, Harvey
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Narrative/Performances/Spoken Word