1938 YIDDISH BEI MIR BIST DU SCHOEN Beer Barrel Polka ANDREWS SISTERS DECCA 458
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The Yiddish Comedy song "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" became a major mainstream only with in 1937 as "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
Here in the most famous recording by the Andrew Sisters in DECCA Album A-458
Plus the famous BEER BARREL POLKA
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Label:
Decca – A-458
Series:
Personality Series
Format:
5 x Unknown, 10", 78 RPM, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1946
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Big Band, Swing
Tracklist
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A Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means That You're Grand)
Bass – Haig Stephens
Clarinet – Don Watt
Drums – Stan king
Guitar – Dave Barbour
Piano – Frank Froeba
Trombone – Al Philburn
Trumpet – Vic Schoen
Trumpet, Soloist – Bobby Hackett
Written-By – Jacobs*, Cahn*, Chaplin*, Secunda*
Bass – Haig Stephens
Clarinet – Don Watt
Drums – Stan king
Guitar – Dave Barbour
Piano – Frank Froeba
Trombone – Al Philburn
Trumpet – Vic Schoen
Trumpet, Soloist – Bobby Hackett
Written-By – Jacobs*, Cahn*, Chaplin*, Secunda*
B Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– Joseph! Joseph!
Bass – Haig Stephens
Clarinet – Tony Zimmer*
Drums – Sammy White (5)
Guitar – Dave Barbour
Piano – Frank Froeba
Trombone – George Mazza
Trumpet – John McGee*, Vic Schoen
Written-By – Casman*, Cahn*, Steinberg*, Chaplin*
Bass – Haig Stephens
Clarinet – Tony Zimmer*
Drums – Sammy White (5)
Guitar – Dave Barbour
Piano – Frank Froeba
Trombone – George Mazza
Trumpet – John McGee*, Vic Schoen
Written-By – Casman*, Cahn*, Steinberg*, Chaplin*
C Andrews Sisters* With Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra– Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama)
Written-By – Robinson*, Brandow*, Kent*, Ware*, Spotswood*
Written-By – Robinson*, Brandow*, Kent*, Ware*, Spotswood*
D Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– Well All Right! (Tonight's The Night)
Written-By – Dan Howell, Don Raye, Frances Faye
Written-By – Dan Howell, Don Raye, Frances Faye
E Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
Written-By – Don Raye, Eleanore Sheehy, Hughie Prince
Written-By – Don Raye, Eleanore Sheehy, Hughie Prince
F Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat
Written-By – Don Raye
Written-By – Don Raye
G Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– (I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time
Written-By – Albert Von Tilzer, Neville Fleeson
Written-By – Albert Von Tilzer, Neville Fleeson
H Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– Rhumboogie
Written-By – Don Raye, Hughie Prince
Written-By – Don Raye, Hughie Prince
I Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)
Written-By – Jaromír Vejvoda, Lew Brown, Wladimir A. Timm*
Written-By – Jaromír Vejvoda, Lew Brown, Wladimir A. Timm*
J Andrews Sisters* With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra– Pennsylvania Polka
Written-By – Lester Lee (2), Zeke Manners
Written-By – Lester Lee (2), Zeke Manners
5x10" record w orig album
Condition: EXCELLENT close to pristine, rarest fine scratch does not sound, rim chip on BEI MIR touches first groove, does not affect music. Side 7/8 is EXCELLENT MINUS, unworn but light rubs, plays E very quiet lightest hiss
A SUPERB COPY
Album great, binding sold, tiny rub on right side edge. Most sleeves have splits on the right hand side.
LYRICS:
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Please let me explain
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Means that you're grand
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Again I'll explain
It means you're the fairest in the land
I could say "Bella, Bella"
Even say "Wunderbar"
Each language only helps me tell you
How grand you are
I've tried to explain
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
So kiss me and say you understand
Of all the boys I've known
And I've known some
Until I first met you
I was lonesome
And when you came in sight
Dear, my heart grew light
And this old world seemed new to me
You're really swell
I have to admit you
Deserve expressions that really fit you
And so I've racked my brain
Hoping to explain
All the things that you do to me!
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Please let me explain
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Means that you're grand
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Again I'll explain
It means you're the fairest in the land
I could say "Bella, Bella"
Even say "Wunderbar"
Each language only helps me tell you
How grand you are
I've tried to explain
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
So kiss me and say you understand!
"Bei Mir Bistu Shein" (Yiddish: ??? ??? ????? ????, "To Me You're Beautiful") is a popular Yiddish song composed by Jacob Jacobs (lyricist) and Sholom Secunda (composer) for a 1932 Yiddish musical, I Would If I Could (in Yiddish, Men Ken Lebn Nor Men Lost Nisht, "You could live, but they won't let you"), that closed after one season. The score for the song transcribed the Yiddish title as "Bay mir bistu sheyn".[1] Secunda sold the publishing rights to the song for a mere US$30.
The original Yiddish version of the song (in C minor) is really a dialogue between two lovers who share lines of the song.
The song became famous with English lyrics but retaining the Yiddish title, "Bei Mir Bistu Shein". However, it also appeared with the quasi-German title "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (in German: Für mich bist du schön).
In 1937, Sammy Cahn heard a performance of the song, sung in Yiddish by African American performers Johnnie and George at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. On seeing the response, Cahn got his employer to buy the rights so he (together with Saul Chaplin) could rewrite the song with English language lyrics and rhythms more typical of swing music. In Nazi Germany it was also a hit until its Jewish origins were discovered when it was promptly banned.
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