Songs
I Don't Know Whether To Do It Or Not
- Genre:
- Vaudeville/Theatre
- Subject:
- Marriage/Indicision
Recording
- On album:
- F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 28536
- Vocal:
- Brice, Fanny
- First line:
- I don't know why it is, but I'm crying, I should be happy like a goil would be
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Feb 18, 1916, Columbia A1973/Unknown Orchestra
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Humorous/Dialect
- Length:
- 03:05
Joseph Joseph
- Author:
- Steinberg, Samuel
- Author:
- Cahn, Sammy
- Composer:
- Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
- Composer:
- Chaplin, Saul
- Genre:
- Theatre/American/Pop
- Subject:
- Love/Marriage/Indicision
- Music:
- Estella 6
- Additional song notes:
- English adaptation of "Yosl Yosl"
Recordings
- On album:
- S-035(a) (The Ed Sullivan Singers and Orchestra Sunrise Sunset)
- Track ID:
- 17854
- Vocal:
- Sullivan, Ed Singers and Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Macero, Ted
- Arranger:
- Vincent, Warren
- First line:
- La la la... Joseph, Joseph, won't you name the day?
- Track comment:
- With "Sunrise, Sunset"
- Language:
- English
- On album:
- G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
- Track ID:
- 17855
- Vocal:
- Andrews Sisters
- Narration:
- Katzman, Dr. Joseph, Narration
- First line:
- O Joseph, Joseph, won't you make your mind up? It's time I..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas
- Language:
- English
- On album:
- A-014(a) (The Andrews Sisters The Fabulous Century 1930-40)
- Track ID:
- 17856
- Vocal:
- Andrew Sisters
- First line:
- A certain girl I know, is so afraid her beau, will never...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- On album:
- L-047(a) (L'Chaim Music of the Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 26528
- Vocal:
- Andrews Sisters
- Artist:
- Schoen, Vic & Orchestra
- First line:
- A certain maid I know, is so afraid her beau will never...
- Track comment:
- Recorded 1938
- Language:
- English
- On album:
- 052c (Andrews Sisters/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/ Joseph! Joseph!)
- Track ID:
- 30251
- Artist:
- Andrews Sisters
- On album:
- F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 28547
- Artist:
- Russ Morgan Orchestra
- Orchestra Leader/Trombone:
- Morgan, Russ
- Vocal:
- Clarke, Carolyn
- First line:
- Joseph, Joseph, won't you make your mind up, it's time I know just I spend…
- Track comment:
- Originally record March 10, 1938, Brunswick 8097/Unknown orchestra personnel
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing, Jazz
- Length:
- 02:24
- On album:
- W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
- Track ID:
- 43049
- Vocal/Trumpet/Arrangement:
- Watts, Susan
- Bass:
- Watsky, Allen
- Clarinet:
- Kontorovich, Alex
- Piano/Orchestration:
- Banner, Adrian
- Drums:
- Mervine, Gregg
- Alto Sax:
- Welber, Audrey
- Violin:
- Zakar, Amy
- Language:
- Some English
- Style:
- Concert/Latin/Klezmer/Scat Singing
- Length:
- 3:27