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My Yiddishe Momme (Yiddish: א יידישע מאמע) is a song written by Jack Yellen (words and music) and Lew Pollack (music), [1] first recorded by Willie Howard, and made famous in vaudeville by Belle Baker and by Sophie Tucker, and later by the Barry Sisters. Tucker began singing My Yiddishe Momme in 1925, after the death of her own ...
My Yiddish Momme McCoy is a documentary made in 1991 by Bob Giges about his 90-year-old Jewish grandmother who fell in love and married an Irish-Catholic named Bernie McCoy. Interfaith marriage has always been an issue in the Jewish community, but in the early twentieth-century it was particularly taboo.
My Yiddishe Momme: Neil Sedaka at Chequers is a 1966 Australian compilation album containing the works of American pop singer Neil Sedaka.Eight of the songs on this album had been previously released earlier in Sedaka's career, but it included four new recordings produced in RCA's Australian studios in Sydney, Australia, following a concert Sedaka had given at Sydney's famous Chequers nightclub.
In 1925, Jack Yellen wrote "My Yiddishe Momme", a song which became strongly identified with her and was performed in cities which had a significant Jewish audience. Tucker said "Even though I loved the song and it was a sensational hit every time I sang it, I was always careful to use it only when I knew the majority of the house would ...
He combined sentimental songs such as "My Yiddish Momme" and "Let Bygones Be Bygones", with Jewish humour and sketches, many featuring the fictitious Finkelfeffer family. [3] [5] Issy Bonn made over a thousand radio broadcasts on programmes such as Variety Bandbox, [4] and reputedly had a repertoire of over 500 songs. [3]
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" Cole Porter: Cole Porter: 1927 "My Heart Stood Still" Richard Rodgers: Lorenz Hart: 1918 "My Mammy" Walter Donaldson: Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis: 1953 "My One and Only Love" Guy Wood: Robert Mellin: 1935 "My Romance" Richard Rodgers: Lorenz Hart: 1925 "My Yiddishe Momme" Lew Pollack: Jack Yellen: 1928 "Nagasaki ...
Miami’s Jewish community is unique due to its great diversity. Jews from 21 countries participated in the Federation mission, including many Venezuelans like me.
After the success of her 1959 album Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites (which remained on the album charts for 81 weeks and peaked at number four), Francis decided to release more albums which appealed to immigrant communities in the United States.