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