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Item 11 Iconic Christmas Songs That Were Written By Jews(Kveller, 2020-12-22) Albert, MaddyThis article discusses the fact that many iconic, secular Christmas songs were written by Jewish composers, including "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire," "Silver Bells," "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," and, perhaps the best-known, "White Christmas." Click on the link to read the article.Item 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover(PaulSimonVevo, 2013-09-11) Simon, PaulA YouTube video of Paul Simon's hit "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover." Click on the link above to access.Item Aaron Copland Collection(Library of Congress Music Division, 2020) Library of CongressThe Music Division of the Library of Congress has a collection devoted to Aaron Copland. It includes photographs, articles and essays he wrote, his notated musical scores, his correspondence, etc. Click on the link above to view the collection. For NAJC's entry of the Encyclopedia Britannica's overview of Copland's work and his significance. The next link leads to NAJC's entry for a documentary on YouTube on Copland's musical works.Item Aaron Copland: American Composer(Encyclopedia Britannica, 2020-11-28) Machlis, JosephAaron Copland was a well-known American composer whose work explored distinctly American themes and genres. Click on the link above to read the Encyclopedia Britannica's discussion of Copland's prolific work. Click on the first link below for a full length YouTube documentary on the work and significance of Aaron Copland.Item An American in Paris (restoration by Bob Varney)(Columbia, 1944) Gershwin, GeorgeA 1944 recording restored from the original 78 records. Artur Rodzinski conducting the Philharmonic Symphony of New York. (The New York Philharmonic). Columbia Masterworks MX-240. Click on the link under Files on the left hand side to access.Item At Seventeen(YouTube, 2007-08-25) Ian, JanisA YouTube video of a live performance by Janis Ian of "At Seventeen," which was perhaps Ian's best-known song. It won a Grammy Award in 1975. Click on the link above to access.Item The Ballad Of Mack The Knife (1954 Original Broadway Cast)(℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc., 2017-01-25) Weill, Kurt; Brecht, Bertolt; Blitzstein, MarcOriginally composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics in German by Bertolt Brecht, the English translation/adaptation of the lyrics by Marc Blitzstein has had a life of its own, most famously in Bobby Darin's interpretation (included here as a separate item). This entry links to the original Blitzstein English adoptation in the 1954 Broadway version of the Threepenny Opera. Click on the link above to access it.Item Barry Sisters - Chiribim Chiribom(TouTube, 2009-03-21) Barry SistersA traditional Jewish song performed by the Barry Sisters, from their album "The World Of The Barry Sisters: Memorable Jewish Melodies" (1964). Click on the link above to access the YouTube recording.Item Benny Goodman(Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 2019-07-04) The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaA biography of the great Jazz musician, Benny Goodman by the editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Click on the link above to access the article.Item Benny Goodman Orchestra "Sing, Sing, Sing" Gene Krupa - Drums, from "Hollywood Hotel" film (1937)(YouTube, 2006-01-29) Goodman, Benny"Benny Goodman Orchestra "Sing, Sing, Sing" featuring Gene Krupa - Drums, Harry James-Trumpet, from "Hollywood Hotel" film (1937)." Click on the link above to access the performance.Item Billy Joel: The Piano Man Demonstrates Against Hate(The Forward, 2017-11-01) The Forward StaffThe singer, Billy Joel, was raised in Long Island, New York. His father was a Jewish Holocaust survivor and the family downplayed their Jewishness. In fact, Billy Joel attended church as a child, and according to him, the most Jewish aspect of his upbringing was being circumcised. Although he is an atheist, he began to strongly identify himself as a Jew following the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, when he "got loud and proud about being Jewish," and wore a yellow Jewish star on his jacket at a concert in Madison Square Garden. Click on the link to read the article.Item Burt Bacharach, sophisticated Jewish hitmaker of the ’60s and ’70s, dies at 94(Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), 2023-02-09) Silow-Carroll, AndrewBurt Bacharach was a prolific and influential songwriter and composer, who, often in collaboration with lyricist Hal David, wrote hundreds of popular hit songs. His music is widely credited with elevating Dionne Warwick to stardom with such hits as "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," "Walk on By" and "I Say a Little Prayer." Silow-Carroll quotes Jonathan Freedman, author of the book, "Klezmer America: Jewishness, Ethnicity, Modernity,” as saying that what made Bacharach 's music Jewish is his “wild play with time signatures; he is to time signatures what [George] Gershwin is to chord changes," and is an example of how Jewish musicians “enter popular forms and make them their own.” Click on the link to read the article.Item Carole King(Jewish Women's Archive, 2021-06-23) Rosen, Nancy; Adelstein, Rachel"Over the course of a career spanning more than half a century, Carole King has shaped American popular music behind the scenes, on stage, and in the recording studio. With her first husband, Gerry Goffin, she composed popular hits for singers including Aretha Franklin, Little Eva, The Shirelles, and Bobby Vee. As a solo artist, she broke new ground with her 1971 album Tapestry. Since then, King has composed for albums, movies, and television, and for children as well as for adults. She has received numerous awards for her music and performance and has been the subject of a biographical Broadway musical." Click on the link above to read the rest of this biography.Item City of New Orleans’ Writer Steve Goodman to Be Celebrated on Deluxe Album Reissues: Folk-country singer died at 36 in 1984, just prior to the release of his album ‘Affordable Art’(Rolling Stone Magazine, 2019-05-24) Betts, Stephen L.An article about folksinger, Steve Goodman. The article discusses Goodman's work, and what the author describes as his "perspicacious songwriting, which he injected with a deft sense of humor and keen observations about the human condition..." His most famous song is "City of New Orleans," which was made popular by both Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson. Goodman died of leukemia in 1984 at the age of 36. Willie Nelson's recording of "City of New Orleans" appeared later that year and resulted in Goodman's being posthumously awarded the Grammy for Best County Song. The Rolling Stone article includes a video of Goodman performing that song. Click on the link to read the article.Item Claire Barry, Half of Yiddish Singing Duo, Dies at 94(The New York Times, 2014-11-30) Berger, JosephA biographical history of the Barry Sisters, with an emphasis on Claire Barry, the older of the two, on the occasion of her death. Click on the link above to access the article.Item David Buchbinder(Canadian Encyclopedia, 2015-03-04) Spier, Susan; ;A biographical article on musician, David Buchbinder. Click on the link above to access the biography.Item David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana | Small World Music Festival 2013(YouTube, 2013-11-27) Buchbinder, DavidA YouTube video of a performance at the Small World Music Festival 2013. Click on the link above to see the video.Item David Buchbinder: Biography(Canadian Jazz Archive, 2017) Canadian Jazz ArchiveA brief biography of musician David Buchbinder, with an emphasis on his contributions to Canadian jazz. Click on the first link above to access the biography,Item Debbie Friedman - Mi Shebeirach(YouTube, 2011-02-05) Freedman, DebbieA Jewish prayer for the sick set to music and performed by Debbie Friedman. Click on the link above to access the YouTube video.Item Debbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59(The Nwe York Times, 2011-01-11) Fox, Margalit"Debbie Friedman, a singer and songwriter whose work — which married traditional Jewish texts to contemporary folk-infused melodies — is credited with helping give ancient liturgy broad appeal to late-20th-century worshipers." This obituary provides a succinct discussion of her life and accomplishments. Click on the link above to access the article.