Hi Everybody!! Another great edition of the program is up on the website for you to enjoy!! A regular edition of the show with the finest selection of vintage and modern Jewish music culled from our family archive of over 110 years of great Jewish music!! Ben and I remind you to spread the good word about Washington Jewish Radio by forwarding the website to everyone you can!! We appreciate it very much!! Enjoy the show!!
PROGRAM OF SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014
Tzur Mishelo-Yedid Singers-1972
Ato Vechartonu-Gideon Levine-1990
Eretz Shel Shemesh-Yaffa Yarkoni-1973
Ma Tovu-Cantor Zavel Kwartin and the choir of the Kaiserina Elizabeth Temple, Vienna-1912
Es Fallen Di Bletter (The Leaves Fall) a Yiddish reworking of the famous song, “Autumn Leaves”-Dave Cash-1958
Tomorrow-Meir Sherman-1983
Chicken Soup (spoof of “Alley Oop” by the Hollywood Argyles)-Country Yossi-1981
That’s Morris (spoof of the Dean Martin hit “That’s Amore”)-Mickey Katz-1957
Torah Tzivoh Lonu-Chabad Nigunim-1977
The next two selections are for my wife Shari who celebrated her birthday on July 12th. Happy Birthday, Shari!!
1. Sabbath Prayer (from “Fiddler On The Roof”)-sung in Yiddish by Jan Bart-1964
2. My Lover, My Wife-Sol Zim-1986
Mosai Timloch B’Tziyon-Pittsburger Chassidim with Chaim “The Wonder Boy”-1988
On the Cantorial Feature, two very nice recordings by Cantor Ben-Zion Miller (1946—-), long time Chazzan of Brooklyn’s famous Beth El Congregation. These two selections are from one of his first recordings, made in 1974:
1. Sim Sholom
2. V’Yirushalayim Ircho
BEN’S SELECTIONS ON THE PROGRAM:
Eitz Chayim Hi-Blue Fringe
K’Ish Echod B’Lev Echod-Shloime Dachs
Pretty Fly For A Rabbi (spoof of “Pretty Fly For A White Guy”)-Weird Al Yankovic
L’Ma’an Achai-Shalsheles and the Maccabeats
Incomplete (spoof of the hit of the same name by the Backstreet Boys)-Yeshiva University’s “Y-Studs”
Ki Shaim Hashem-Eli Gerstner
Well, that’s the line up and we hope that you enjoy the show. Ben and I prepare the program each week with the greatest of love and affection for you, our wonderful listeners. Have a great week and enjoy the show!!