For the three years I have been doing this blog, I have yet to really nail a Hanukkah, which is into its 3rd day today. Not sure why. I mean. in the words of Adam Sandler, there are no real great Hanukkah albums. There is a swath of Jewish/ Klezmer records I could post but I seem to forget to save them for this time of year (maybe next year I will do so). So I do what I did last year, which is to throw something on from the first ladies of Yiddish singing, Minnie and Clara Bagelman, better known as the Barry Sisters, Merna and Claire. I bought this record, not only because it was only $1 but due to the fact that I really enjoyed the Sister’s records in the past. This record was priorly owned by Thea Singer.
This was the third LP from the Sisters (as far as I can tell). Released in 1959, on Roulette Records, Good stuff. Its the hip, swinging Yiddish the Sisters are famous for. I liked a whole lot of this record which was arranged by Abe Ellstein.
For a sample, I went with the Jewish standard “Hava Nagila” as well as “Zuges Mir Noch Amool” which I felt was among one of the more swinging tracks I had discussed earlier.
Good little record. Satisfactory. Happy Hanukkah.