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  • #1995300
    whitecar
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    1, Which song was sung both on a Yerachmiel Begun album, and MBD?
    2, Which slow Carlebach song, has a low, middle and a high part to it?
    3, Which Jewish singer met a sitting President?
    4, Which Jewish Singer appeared on the first movie ever made with sound?
    5, Which Song has the lyric “now your voice is still”?
    6, Which Jewish Singer had a twin brother that was a Rav?

    #1995403
    BoruchSchwartz
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    1) memories
    2) can’t think of it
    3) Lipa
    4) Yossale Rosenblatt
    5) Mama Rochel
    6) Carlebach

    #1995430
    whitecar
    Participant

    Memories? Do you mean the one song in Journeys? I don’t think either of them has it on their album.

    #1995476
    Gadolhadorah
    Participant

    Boruch S. punted on No. 2 (Which slow Carlebach song, has a low, middle and a high part to it?)

    Well, it depends on how you are defining “low, medium and high” but I think at least one popular arrangement of Od Avinu Chai would qualify.

    #1995561
    World Saver
    Participant

    For#2
    Eilecha
    Gam Ki Eileich

    #1995562
    World Saver
    Participant

    For#1
    Rifoeinu
    (MBD sang on Hasc)

    #1995670
    whitecar
    Participant

    @worldsaver, I would not call Eilecha a slow song, but Gam Ki Eileich definitely is correct (although it was not the song I was thinking of)

    For #1 the song is sung on both their albums, not concert. One more hint, You know the song

    #1995671
    whitecar
    Participant

    @gadolhador Od Avinu Chai is fast (although starts off slow)

    #1995713
    BaalHabooze
    Participant

    Wow, impressive.

    ok, here’s some:
    Which song does Avraham Fried hit his highest note ever?
    Which famous to-be singer sang a Miami Boys Choir song in yiddish in his youth?
    Name 3 trio of singers that are related

    #1995712
    DaMoshe
    Participant

    I believe that V’haviosem was on both a Begun album (Toronto Pirchei) and MBD (I can’t recall offhand which album, but I believe he sang it as part of a medley).

    #1995721
    BoruchSchwartz
    Participant

    DaMoshe- MBD sings Vhaveeosim on MBD and Friends

    #1995720
    BoruchSchwartz
    Participant

    @BaalHabooze- he hits a high C on Ani Maamin on the Aderaba album at 5:09

    #1995719
    BoruchSchwartz
    Participant

    @whitecar- i was referring to the “memories” on MBD’s 1981 album titled “memories”. I know Yerachmiel Begun composed the song but I wasn’t sure if it’s on one of his albums

    #1995797
    DaMoshe
    Participant

    Trios – I can only think of 2 offhand, but they’re actually groups of 4, not 3:
    David Werdyger a”h, MBD, Yeedle, Mendy Werdyger
    Avraham Fried, Benny Friedman, Shmuel and Bentzi Marcus

    #1995805
    DaMoshe
    Participant

    Forgot to write, the kid was Yisroel Williger, who sang The Gedolei Hador on the album Klal Yisroel Together.

    #1995744
    BaalHabooze
    Participant

    @BoruchSchwartz – not bad, great answer. I was thinking of the note he hits at the end of his English song ‘the time is now’. which one is takeh higher?

    #1995743
    whitecar
    Participant

    Boruchschwarts got the answer for #1. #2 the answer I had in mind was Vehayu Lemshisu

    #1995819
    BoruchSchwartz
    Participant

    BaalHabooze- very good, that is also a C so it’s a tie

    #1995820
    DaMoshe
    Participant

    whitecar, what answer were you looking for on #1? I don’t believe Memories was ever performed on a Begun album?

    #1995843
    whitecar
    Participant

    @Damoshe, Vahaviosim! You got it right

    #1995925
    DaMoshe
    Participant

    Name 3 songs that MBD performed on his own albums only after performing them on albums where he wasn’t the main singer.

    #1995967
    BaalHabooze
    Participant

    Who had a solo in a Miami Boys Choir Concert with his father playing the main instrument?
    Can you name at least 4 boys from MBC that came out with their own CD later on?
    What choir did Yerachmeiel Begun have before Miami Boys Choir?

    #1995966
    BaalHabooze
    Participant

    @DaMoshe -“…the kid was Yisroel Williger, who sang The Gedolei Hador on the album Klal Yisroel Together.”
    Correct.

    Trio of related singers: 1 – Avraham Fried, Benny Friedman, Simcha Friedman: 2 – Eli Marcus, Shmueli and Bentzi Marcus: 3 – Reb Dovid Werdiger, MBD, and YEEDLE Werdiger

    #1995963
    Gadolhadorah
    Participant

    Psach La’nu Shaar is one that I believe he first performed with others

    #1995961
    BoruchSchwartz
    Participant

    someday (originally on a JEP album). that’s all i can think of at the moment.

    #1995960
    midwesterner
    Participant

    #2 has countless answers. Aside from those already mentioned, how about V’chol Hachaim. Adir hu, but maybe that’s not slow enough. V’zocher, if you count the opening as a part of the song. Same on V’eineinu Sirena. The old Mimkomcha from Haneshama Lach record. Mikdash Melech. Melech Rachaman. and the list goes on and on.

    #1996011
    midwesterner
    Participant

    Baal Habooze: Can you explain why Benny Friedman is related to Avraham Fried but not the Marcus brothers? And interesting to note that you left Mendy and Yisroel Werdyger out of MBD’s family. Chazan Ari Klein too for that matter.

    #1996100
    World Saver
    Participant

    @baalhabooze

    I think Lipa is related to Daskal and to Meilich Kohn.

    Avraham Fried highest note: “I need your embrace”. On don’t hide from me.

    #1996112
    IYK
    Participant

    Real tough Jewish music question…
    Which Jewish musician do more people know the lyrics to the songs than those who know the tunes?

    #1996115
    World Saver
    Participant

    Baal habooz:

    Spinner (with father)
    Williger
    Goldwag
    Stark
    M. Shapiro

    #1996117
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Vahaviosim was not composed by Yerachmiel Begun.

    #1996191
    IYK
    Participant

    I’m not going to be answering the previous question here. But I’ve come to notice that the only thing that will help the world now is davening/praying that all creations are granted empathy and awareness. I hope this message gets to those who will understand the gravity of the situation at hand. I cannot afford to keep posting here as I seem to get nothing out of it in return. So goodbye.

    #1996207
    whitecar
    Participant

    @IYK very confused with your comment. @Baal Habooz, Shwekey was also a Miami alumni if I’m not mistaken (I may very well be). Initially it was the Toronto Boys Choir

    #1996208
    whitecar
    Participant

    Which songs are these Lyrics to?

    “But still it hurts me just the same”

    “His eyes are Gazing wide”

    “Now the day has come and it will last forever”

    “your faith alone can save your soul”

    #1996219
    Gadolhadorah
    Participant

    “His eyes are gazing wide”….from Unity Album by MBD and SM

    Eagle soaring by
    could you lift him up with you now
    and fly him home w justice pride and freedom,
    His eyes are gazing wide
    From behind the bars he prays now
    With faith with joy, oh how we wait to greet him…

    #1996237
    ☕️coffee addict
    Participant

    “your faith alone can save your soul”

    Shwekey’s shema yisrael!

    Regarding Avraham fried’s high note it isn’t “TEACH ME HOW TO SING!” (Don’t cry for me) I didn’t know there’s any higher than that

    #1996270
    midwesterner
    Participant

    VAhaviosim may not have been composed by Yerachmiel. But wasn’t that album mostly his? (A little bit of Harvey Erlich and Heshy Nussbaum too.)

    Perhaps TEACH me how to sing was not included because falsettos (kop shtimmer) don’t count.

    #1996280
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    He composed 9 of the 12 songs, but Vahaviosim was one of the 3 which he didn’t compose. He is credited on the record as the assistant conductor, while Harvey Erlich conducted the choir and Heshi Nussbaum produced the record. Personally, I wouldn’t call it a Yerachmiel Begun album since he didn’t produce it and was only the assistant to the head choir conductor, but I guess I could understand why whitecar calls it a Yerachmiel Begun album.

    #1996289
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Name 3 songs that MBD performed on his own albums only after performing them on albums where he wasn’t the main singer.

    BoruchSchwartz already mentioned Someday (from JEP 4, then on his The English Album); Neshomele was on Journeys 2 before the Double Album came out, and I believe 2 songs from an Ohel Concert were later put on his own albums; Lonely People (The English Album) and Kol Dodi (We Are One). He sang Tifiloh L’oni on M’shor’rim, and Moh Oshiv on Hallel (then HASC) before singing them on Kumzitz. So I’m counting 6, not sure if DaMoshe didn’t think of all of them or categorized them differently than I did.

    #1996348
    DaMoshe
    Participant

    DY: Nice to be discussing music with you again 🙂
    I wasn’t thinking about concert albums – I should have specified studio albums.
    Neshomele was the 2nd one, and the 3rd one I had was Take the Time – it was on an album that was mainly his father, called Father & Sons/Biglal Avos, and he later performed it on his English Collection.

    #1996386
    midwesterner
    Participant

    IIRC, MBD sang Sameach Tesamach from R B Chait at a HASC concert (I think HASC 3) and recorded it on an album later.

    #1996438
    BoruchSchwartz
    Participant

    How could I forget Neshomele? That’s my favorite song.

    @ IYK- Which Jewish musician do more people know the lyrics to the songs than those who know the tunes?
    – maybe Abie Rotenberg?

    But based on IYK’s next post, I’m not sure what in the world it means but it is possible that IYK will never be visiting this forum again so we may never get the answer.

    #1996442
    BoruchSchwartz
    Participant

    Does anyone know of the origin of the songs on MBD’s kumzitz album? For example Moh Oshiv, Lo Omus and some others are often considered by many to be MBD songs but as far as I know they are only on the kumzitz album. Were any of these songs originals for the kumzitz album or were they originally song by other people?

    #1996468
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Moh Oshiv was originally on Laibel’e Haschel’s album (called Moh Oshiv) and later sung by MBD on a Suki and Ding All Star album called Hallel.

    Lo Omus is a Boruch Chait song originally sung by MBD and Michoel Stretcher on Live in Yerushalayim (Zichron Menachem). Schwebel Scharf and Levine later sang it on Areshes S’foseinu.

    #1996522
    Yserbius123
    Participant

    One of the most common Shir HaMaalos tunes was originally from a different song with a different pasuk. What were the words?

    #1996898
    World Saver
    Participant

    One of the most common Shir HaMaalos tunes was originally from a different song with a different pasuk. What were the words?

    ה׳ אלקי ישראל שוב מחרון אפך והנחם על הרעה לעמך

    #1997263
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    They sing Shir Hamaalos to almost anything, but maybe you’re thinking of Od Yishoma (two come to mind – Carlebach’s less famous one, from his first record, and the famous Od Yishoma played first at every chasunah, which I believe is a Modzitzer nigun).

    #1997375
    DaMoshe
    Participant

    Here are some lyrics:
    “They’ve pleaded their case – help save the sick women and men”

    “Your shame and disgrace, a wound in my heart”

    “He brought me the sign how blind I’ve been not to see the light”

    #1998319
    huju
    Participant

    #3 – Bruce Springstein.

    #1999267
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    DY: Nice to be discussing music with you again 🙂

    Likewise.

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