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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

step into the lounge!

Sunday, December 13, 2020 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

http://www.divavillelounge.org

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Sam Medoff and the Yiddish Swingtet	Intro to Yiddish Melodies in Swing	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie	Happy Hanukkah!
Kenny Ellis	Sevivon, Sov Sov Sov	Hanukkah Swings!	Favored Nation	today Divaville Lounge celebrates Jewish American swing performers
Tom Lehrer	(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica	The Rest of Tom Lehrer		plus a few songs that aren't swing but are fun for Hanukkah
Naftule Brandwein	Der Heisser	Cantors, Klezmorim and Crooners 1905-1953	JSP	Brandwein was one of the first great American klezmer musicians

Jewish Orchestra (Abe Schwartz)	Der Stiller Bulgar	From Avenue A to the Great White Way	Soy Legacy	rec. 1918. This traditional Yiddish song is the melody that became "When the Angels Sing"
Benny Goodman Orchestra v/ Martha Tilton	And the Angels Sing	Birth of Swing	Blue Bird	the Klezmer influenced solo is by Jewish performer Ziggy Elman
Artie Shaw Orchestra	Softly As In a Morning Sunrise	The Complete Spotlight Band 1945 Recordings		Artie Shaw was a Jewish bandleader, born in NY to immigrant parents. His birth name was Arthur Arshawsky
Artie Shaw Orchestra	The Carioca	Strike It, Rich!	Proper UK	this live recording features Jewish drummer Buddy Rich
Eddie Duchin Orchestra v/ Harold Arlen	Ill Wind	The Song Is Harold Arlen	ASV Living Era	Arlen (the composer) and Duchin were both Jewish

Sam Medoff and the Yiddish Swing Orchestra	The Bridegroom Special	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie	Medoff founded the show & performed most of the music
The Barry Sisters with Sam Medoff & the Yiddish Swingtet	Oh Mama, I'm So In Love	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie
The Barry Sisters with Sam Medoff & the Yiddish Swingtet	Manischewitz Matzo Commercial	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie
Sam Madoff and the Yiddish Swingtet	Dayenu	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie
The Pincus Sisters	Milady Frozen Fruit Commercial	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie
The Pincus Sisters	Milady Frozen Fruit Commercial	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie
The Barry Sisters with Sam Medoff & the Yiddish Swingtet	Yidel Mitn Feidel	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie

The Bagelman Sisters (The Barry Sisters)	Der Alter Zigeuner	Cantors, Klezmorim and Crooners 1905-1953	JSP	Bagelman was the birth name of the Barry Sisters, this was an early recording before they took the stage name
Peisachke Burstein	Yes Sir, Zi Is May Kale	From Avenue A to the Great White Way	Sony Legacy	Yiddish version of "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"
Eddie Cantor	Yes Sir, That's My Baby!	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River
unknown	Adler Shoe Store Commercial	Music from the Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie
Molly Picon	Hot Dogs	From Avenue A to the Great White Way	Sony Legacy	Picon was a star of Yiddish theater who did TV in the 70s & 80s. She was on Ironside and played Natalie's mom on the Facts of Life
Nathan Glantz	Yiddisha Charleston	From Avenue A to the Great White Way	Sony Legacy

Kenny Ellis	Swingin' Dreidel	Hanukkah Swings!	Favored Nation
Jimmy Haskell with the Jackie Ward Singers	Jewish Jingle Bells	Have a Jewish Christmas
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto	Doralice	Getz/Gilberto	Verve
Mel Torme	Nice Work if You Can Get It	The Bethlehem Years	Bethlehem Archive
Sammy Davis Jr. o/ Buddy Rich	What the World Needs Now is Love	The Sounds of '66	Reprise	Davis, Rich, composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David were all Jewish
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	A Taste of Honey	Whipped Cream and Other Delights	A&M

Paul Whiteman Orchestra feat. George Gershwin piano	Rhapsody in Blue	Gershwin Plays Gershwin		this was the first ever recording of "Rhapsody in Blue" and only the second performance. The piece was commissioned by Paul Whiteman for his orchestra to play. At the first performance Gershwin improvised the piano solos, then wrote the music from memory of his improvisation.
Irving Berlin	Follow the Crowd	Cylinder	Columbia	rec. 1914. Berlin was born in Russia, his family fled Antisemitic violence when he was a child & settled in NYC
Moishe Oysher and Florence Weiss	Chasidic in America	Cantors, Klezmorim and Crooners 1905-1953	JSP	rec. 1938
Sophie Tucker	What'll You Do?	Head over High Heels	Trikont	rec 1927. Tucker was the queen of vaudeville in the 1920s
Ambrose & His Orchestra	Selection of Hebrew Dances #2	Cantors, Klezmorim and Crooners 1905-1953	JSP	rec 1934 Ambrose was a UK bandleader who immigrated from Warsaw as a child
Dinah Shore	Blues in the Night	Too Marvelous for Words - Songs of Johnny Mercer	Capitol	Shore and composer Harold Arlen were both Jewish

Paul Kofsky & Sholom Secunda	Joe and Paul	The Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie
The Brothers Barton	Joe and Paul	Music from The Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie	rec. 1949
Groucho Marx	Lydia the Tattooed Lady	At the Circus	Soundtrack Factory	The Marx Brothers and songwriters Harold Arlen & Yip Harberg were all Jewish
Belle Baker with Orchestra	Bei Mir Bist du Shoen	From Avenue A to the Great White Way	Sony Legacy
The Pincus Sisters	Eastside Gluckstern Restaurant Commercial	Music from The Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie
Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys	Matzoh Balls	Laughing in Rhythm	Proper UK
Sam Medoff and the Yiddish Swingtet	Sign Off to "Yiddish Melodies in Swing"	Music from The Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie

Kenny Ellis	'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah	Hanukkah Swings!	Favored Nation