Songs
And The Angels Sing
- Also known as:
- Freylekh In Swing
- Author:
- Mercer, Johnny
- Composer:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Genre:
- Swing/Pop
- Subject:
- Love/Angels/Song/Music/Water/Moonlight
- Song comment:
- Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar"
- Origin:
- Sheetmusic 1210
- Music:
- Sheetmusic 1210
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 1208
- Series:
- 4
- Arranger:
- Richard Gendelman
- Arranged for:
- bB Key of D Major
- Texts:
- Music only
- Provenance:
- Gendelman Gift
- Notes:
- Manuscript / also for the trumpet and clarinet in Bb
- Folder:
- 1233
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- English
- Publisher:
- Warner Brothers Publications, Inc
- Publisher address:
- 75 Rockefeller Plaza, NY
- Date:
- 1939
- Provenance:
- Gendelman Gift
- First line:
- We meet and the angels sing the sweetist song I ever heard,
Recordings
- On album:
- O-007(c) (Old World Folk Band In Concert)
- Track ID:
- 18431
- Artist:
- Old World Folk Band
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Ziggy's Freylekh (The Angels Sing Theme")
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- B-060(a) (Baltimore Klezmer Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 19614
- Artist:
- Baltimore Klezmer Orch
- Director:
- Bussey, Aaron
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- With Der Shtiler Bulgar (Instr) Bregman/Vocco Cahn credited as "Composer"
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- G-055(a) (Radio Compilation by David Goldenberg 1930-1960)
- Track ID:
- 20568
- Artist:
- Ziggy Elman Orchestra
- Conductor/Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Track comment:
- Recorded Dec 28, 1938
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- K-029(g) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Thirteenth Anniversary Album)
- Track ID:
- 21247
- Arranger:
- Guttman, James
- Artist:
- Klezmer Conservatory Band
- Conductor/Arranger:
- Netsky, Hankus
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- F-013(h) (Giora Feidman To You — גיורא פיידמן)
- Track ID:
- 21309
- Clarinet:
- Fiedman, Giora, clarinet — פיידמן, גיורא, קלרמית
- Artist:
- Zorman, M.
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Freylekh"
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing/Klezmer
- On album:
- M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
- Track ID:
- 24389
- Vocal:
- Fishman, Lisa
- Artist:
- Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
- Trumpet:
- Braun, Ivo, trumpet
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Track comment:
- Incorporates "Der Shtiller Bulgar"/ Bregman/Vocco/ Cahn credited as "Composer"
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing/Klezmer
- On album:
- U-004(a) (Uptown Klezmer Ashnelerando)
- Track ID:
- 25352
- Artist:
- Uptown Klezmer
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing/Klezmer
- On album:
- K-084(a) (Bruce Kaminsky's Klezmer Jazz Ensemble/ And The Angels Swing/ DBK Jazz)
- Track ID:
- 27065
- Artist:
- Bruce Kaminsky's Klezmer Jazz Ensemble
- Bass:
- Kaminsky, Bruce
- Trumpet/Flute:
- Slotter, Stanley
- Saxaphone:
- Ulansey, Ken
- Drums:
- Klauber, Bruce
- Piano:
- Kleinman, Dan
- Track comment:
- Phila Based Group
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Jazz/Modern
- On album:
- F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 28549
- Vocal/Conductor:
- Bailey, Mildred
- Artist:
- Mildred Bailey Orchestra
- Trumpet:
- Shavers, Charlie
- Clarinet:
- Bailey, Buster
- Alto Saxaphone:
- Procope, Russell
- Piano:
- Kyle, Billy
- String Bass:
- Kirby, John
- Drums:
- O'Neill, Spencer
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angeles sing the sweetest song I ever heard
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Apr 24, 1939, Vocalion 4815
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- K-035(d)1
- Track ID:
- 32871
- Artist:
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band
- Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
- Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
- Banjo/Guitar:
- Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
- Trumpet:
- Gross, Ken
- Clarinet/Alto Sax:
- Chernet, Joel
- Bass:
- Abruzzo, Tom
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental/Swing
- Length:
- 4:38
- On album:
- G-126(a) (Jim Guttumann / Bessarabian Breakdown)
- Track ID:
- 40660
- Artist:
- Bailey, Art
- Artist:
- Smith, Grant
- Artist:
- Guttmann, Jim
- On album:
- V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
- Track ID:
- 42304
- Vocal:
- DeLuca, Rosina
- Keyboard:
- Posmontier, Dave
- Clarinet:
- Ulancy, Ken
- Artist:
- Mediterranean Ensemble
- Conductor:
- Kaminsky, Bruce
- First line:
- You smile, and the angels sing, the angeles sing the sweetest song I ever heard
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing/Klezmer/Pop
- Length:
- 4:42
- On album:
- M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
- Track ID:
- 1296
- Artist:
- Mazeltones
- Vocal:
- Marcus, Wendy
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Interpolated with "Der Shtiler Bulgar".
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- B-002(c) (Jan Bart Sings Yinglish)
- Track ID:
- 1297
- Vocal/English Adaptation:
- Bart, Jan
- Clarinet:
- Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
- Conductor/Arranger:
- Gunther, William
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Bregman/ Cocco/ Cahn credited as "Composer"
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
- Track ID:
- 1298
- Artist:
- Goodman, Benny Orchestra
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Vocal:
- Tilton, Martha
- First line:
- You smiled, and the angels sing, and though its just a...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- S-068(a) (Shirim Klezmer Orchestra ...of angels and horseradish)
- Track ID:
- 1299
- Artist:
- Shirim Klezmer Orchestra
- Artist:
- Gerut, Rosalie & Betty Silberman
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- O-007(a) (The Old World Folk Band II Dancing In The Aisles — קלעזמער)
- Track ID:
- 1300
- Vocal:
- Leviton, Susan
- Artist:
- Old World Folk Band
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- B-008(a) (Music Of A People Stanley Black Conducting London Festival Orchestra & Chorous)
- Track ID:
- 1301
- Artist:
- London Festival Orch & Chorus
- Conductor:
- Black, Stanley
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 1303
- Artist:
- Ziggy Elman Orchestra
- Vocal:
- Tilton, Martha
- Conductor/Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Track comment:
- Also known as "Freilch In Swing" (Based on "Shtiler Bulgar")
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- F-013(f) (Giora Feidman The Magic Of The Klezmer)
- Track ID:
- 1304
- Artist:
- Feidman, G., Clarinet & Ensemble — פיידמן, גיורא, קלאַרנעט מיט אַנסאַמבל
- Track comment:
- Melodies Rhapsody In Blue/ Ain't Necessarily So/ Summertime
- Style:
- Instrumental
- On album:
- K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
- Track ID:
- 5386
- Trombone:
- Bragin, Ted
- Drums:
- Salzberg, Si
- Artist:
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band
- Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
- Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
- Banjo/Guitar:
- Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
- Trumpet:
- Gross, Ken
- Clarinet/Alto Sax:
- Chernet, Joel
- Bass:
- Abruzzo, Tom
- Artist:
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental/Swing
- Length:
- 4:38