Sunday, January 29, 2012

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA JANUARY 29, 2012

As always your comments, queries, requests, and anything else is always welcome via e mail to sundaysimcha@yahoo.com  OR USPS to WFDU/Simcha 1000 River Rd. Teaneck, NJ  07666.  If you have a rotary phone just stay on the line.  Think about that for a moment or two.

As you know next week WFDU,  this, and all the programs on WFDU come to you for our annual fund raising request---AND---this only happens 1 time a year (unlike other stations).   The station surely knows how to stretch a dollar---we start with no pay for on-air staff (personalities if you will).   But, the dollar is stretched quite well since the station truly has state of the art facilitities---thanks to you---our listeners---our electronic family.  All that said,  let me tell you of an easy way to KEEP YIDISHKEIT ON THE AIR.    You can call me during the next few Sundays and support the station that does that (and does it only if they know there is support) or you can go to the website  http://www.wfdu.fm/ and click on Money Matters---and you can make, not only, a secure on line pledge, but you may also select the program you are supporting.  You will also receive a 40th Anniv. T-Shirt (light sweatshirt---so sweat lightly) if you pledge $50.00 or more and are among the 1st 150 pledgers.  More importantly---KEEPING YIDDISHKEIT ON THE AIR.   WFDU.   Ask them if they want to make a bumper sticker like that.

Some faces to put with today's voices---



This is the full version of the abridged one you heard today that will feature the great Dick Shawn (deceased) as Hitler. By the way---forgot to say on the air---there is a line that is spoken by Mel Brooks---see if you spot it. Also---make sure you notice the brilliant Kenneth Mars (deceased)..They are deceased so  I suppose the late Fuehrer "... don't like this crap..."



ARTIST /   PIECE
       ALBUM  /  LABEL
                 WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
 THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS        A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
    Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys     Ind           http://www.margotleverett.com/



MICHAEL INGRAM              Rebbe Eli Melech
                     Work In Progress                              Ind

MICHAEL INGRAM                  Papirosen
                        Work In Progress                            Ind



GERARD EDERY ENSEMBLE         Montanas Altas
         Love Songs of the Sephardim & Renaissance Spain      Sefared records

SHLOMO CARLEBACH            Eliyahu
                    Shlomo, the Musical                       Unreleased

SHLOMO CARLEBACH        L'Hai Dodi
                  Shlomo, the Musical                        Unreleased



LEO FULD                        Mazzel
Songs For The Jewish American Jet   Set Idelsohn Society  http://www.idelsohnsociety.com/
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COMEDY   CORNER:


ALLAN SHERMAN              Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max
                     My Son The Folk Singer                                 WB


ALLAN SHERMAN           You Went the Wrong Way King Louie
                  My Son The Nut                                                 WB

CAST & CHORUS               Springtime For Hitler
                       The Producers DVD                                        MGM
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ABE MOSKOWITZ          Huliet Huliet Kinderlach (Play Play Little Children)
          From Ave A to The Great White Way                 Sony Music

MENASHA SKULNIK                 Mit 40 Yohr Tzurik (40 Years Ago)
            From Ave A to The Great White Way               Sony Music

AL JOLSON          Hooray For Baby & Me
            From Ave A to The Great White Way               Sony Music

THE SUNSHINE BOYS             Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me
          From Ave A to The Great White Way                Sony Music
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Monday, January 23, 2012

PLAYLIST TRADITIONS JANUARY 22, 2012

Your comments, queries, requests, and thoughts are welcome via e mail to wfdutraditions@yahoo.com   or via USPS to WFDU/Bill Hahn 1000 River Rd. Teaneck, NJ   07666

I hope that you enjoyed and were moved by the commemoration of Kate Wolf and I also hope that you were tuned in to PBS at 7:30 to remember and appreciate the talent of Phil Ochs on American Masters.

If you heard my brief commentary asking for you to have an opinion on that subject then you will know why the Carol Elliot piece---great piece---is on this playlist.

WFDU will be having the annual (imagine---only one time during the year for the right place on the left side of the dial) in Feb. and, of course, I hope you will feel inclined to support TRADITIONS & SUNDAY SIMCHA with your pledge---why does one say pledge---it is like chips in a casino that have to be backed by cash.  A free gift awaits you if you go to the WFDU website.  Just ask for a free bumper sticker---no bumper is complete without one----AND---check out the new logo.  Unique and thanks to the creative folks here for that.

Now--some faces to put with  today's voices---
A different take on Kate Wolf and a view of what happens at WFDU---





ARTIST / PIECE
  ALBUM  / LABEL
        WEBSITE


HARVEY REID               Dirty Dish Rag(theme)
            Solo Guitar Sketchbook             Woodpecker Records -



THE REFUGEES               Chain Stores Malls & Restaurants
                   The Refugees                   Wabaho           http://www.therefugeesmusic.com/

GRANT PEEPLES          High Fructose Corn Syrup
                  Okra & Ecclesiasties           Ind                     http://www.grantpeeples.com/     

THE REFUGEES            Green Green Rocky Road
                The Refugees                    Wabuho              http://www.therefugeesmusic.com/

BARBARA KESSLER        You Give It Away
                What You Keep                   Ind                       http://www.barbarakessler.com/

HONOR FINNEGAN                  Little Bird
             The Tiny Life                        Ind                            http://www.honorfinnegan.com/

CAROL ELLIOT       Rex Rob Lowenstein
         The People I Meet                Heartstring Records         http://www.carolelliot.com/

JAMES KEELAGHAN            Safe In the Harbor
      Festival Folk Song--Eric Bogle     Troubadour Foundation 

TOBY WALKER Traveling Riverside Blues Shake Mama Shake Ind www.littletobywalker.com

SWEET HONEY IN               Ella's Song
                 Selections 1976-1988            Flying Fish Records

RUTHIE FOSTER        The Titanic             
 Let It Burn                                       Blue Corn Music      http://www.ruthiefoster.com/

RUTHIE FOSTER           Joy
            Runaway Soul                        Blue Corn Music     http://www.ruthiefoster.com/

SULTANS OF STRING      Dos Guitarras
                        Move                                              http://www.sultansofstring.com/
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THE COMMEMORATION OF KATE WOLF---ALL KATE WOLF PIECES HAVE THIS WEBSITE---  www.katewolf.com

KATE WOLF             Looking Back At You
             Looking Back At You                          Rhino

KATE WOLF                 Sonia Fromarorova**(**one of my  favorites)
                   Breezes                                        Gadfly

KATE WOLF                   Picture Puzzle
                 Weaver of Visions                           Rhino

KATE WOLF            Early Morning Melody
               Safe At Anchor                         Kaleidescope

KATE WOLF             Here In California
              Weaver of Visions                         Rhino

KATE WOLF The Lilac & The Apple Weaver of Visions Rhino

KATE WOLF            Emma Rose
                 Weaver of Visions                        Rhino

GREG BROWN        Kate's Guitar
                    Not Before Noon                   Goatscape            http://www.ningerber.com/

KATE WOLF                 Medicine Wheel
                       Give Yourself to Love   Kaleidescope

KATE WOLF                Green Eyes
                     An Evening In Austin    Kaleidescope

KATE WOLF               Cornflower Blue
                  Give Yourself to Love      Kaleidescope

KATE WOLF        Give Yourself To Love
                Give Yourself to Love         Kaleidescope

ERIC BOGLE             KATIE In The Dreamtime Land
            Something of Value               Rounder                        http://www.ericbogle.net/
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THE FOREMEN          Hell Froze Over Today
    The Best of the Foremen            Metaphor            http://www.royzimmerman.com/

OSBORNE BROTHERS        Fireball Mail
                 The Osborne Brothers 1968-1974     Bear Family Records

HANK WILLIAMS            Pan American
               Rare Radio Cuts                           Polygram

HANK WIILLIAMS           California Zephyr
      HANK--The Unreleased Recordings      Time/Life

STEVE GOODMAN           City of New Orleans
               Live At the Earl of Old Town    Red Pajamas               http://www.ohboy.com/

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD            For What Its Worth
             For What Its Worth                 ATCO
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THE TOPS IN POPS, THE BEST IN THE WEST, THE THRILLS OF THE HILLS:

SPADE COOLEY              Shame On You
                       Spade Cooley                      Bloodshot Records

BOB WILLS &
THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS            Smoke On the Water
                             Single                                    Okeh

SPIKE JONES            Der Fuehrer's Face
                             Single                                Bluebird
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JIMMY DURANTE                I'll Be Seeing You
       Jimmy Durante's Way of Life                     WB

JOHN &
 SHEILA LUDGATE        The Coming of Winter
              Running Through The Innocent Years  Ind  http://www.johnandsheilaludgate.com/

HARRY CHAPIN      Dance Band on The Titanic
                    Dance Band on the Titanic        Elektra

ERIC BOGLE                    Harry's Wife
                      Something of Value                Rounder                    http://www.ericbogle.net/

RAY CHARLES               Georgia On My Mind
                    Singular Genius                       Concord Records

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA JANUARY 22, 2012

Your comments, queries, requests---even kvetching via e mail to sundaysimcha@yahoo.com  or via USPS  to WFDU/Simcha 1000 River Rd. Teaneck, NJ  07666.

Some faces to put with todays's voices:





Actually, have 2. They are delicious---oh those nagilas. Bless him---95 yuhr and I am honored that he was on the program about a year or two ago. He knows the right place on the left side of the dial---we still have our memory in tact.

ARTIST /  PIECE
  ALBUM /   LABEL
       WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS         A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
   Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys   Ind         http://www.margotleverett.com/ 



YAFFA YARKONI          Papirosen
         Rumania Rumania                       Sony Special Products

YAFFA YARKONI                    Haveinu Sholem Aleichem
         Rumania Rumania                        Sony Special Products

YAFFA YARKONI                      Shoshanah
                     Sabra                           Columbia



YALE STROM &
HOTPSTRAMI                 Freylekhs
              Absolutely Klezmer Vol 2       Ind                       http://www.yalestrom.com/

IRVING FIELDS             Mazeltov Merengue
        Bagels & Bongos                      Reboot Records

ANDY STATMAN /
BELA FLECK             Shabos Nigun
      Old Brooklyn                              Shefa Records         http://www.andystatman.com/



SALLY FINGERETT       Harry & Esther
A Woman's Got To Do Her Own Thing   Shanachie           http://www.sallyfingerett.com/
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COMEDY CORNER:

HENNY YOUNGMAN           One Liners
                      VHS Tape Ed Sullivan Show   Personal Copy

ALLAN SHERMAN When I Was A Lad
                     My Son The Celebrity            WB

ALLAN SHERMAN       Disraeli Won't You Please Come Home
                     My Son The Celebrity             WB

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SALLY FINGERETT                Faces On My Wall
       Faces On My Wall                       Ind                            http://www.sallyfingerett.com/



BENTE KAHAN                Rozinkhes Mit Mandelm
          Yiddishkayt                          Tyljko Muzyka                http://www.bentekahan.com/

SUSAN COLIN                 Oseh Shalom
       Shabbat Favorites                    Jewish Song Service     http://www.susancolin.com/

SUSAN COLIN     Shalom Aleicham
     Shabbat Favorites                     Jewish Song Service        http://www.susancolin.com/

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

PLAYLIST TRADITIONS JANUARY 8, 2012

Your comments, queries, requests are always welcome via e mail to wfdutraditions@yahoo.com or via USPS to WFDU/Bill Hahn 1000 River Rd., Teaneck NJ 07666

The year end review and some recordings that seemed the most memorable to me---and, hopefully, you for this past year.   No particular order.   A mention and some music from some of the folks we lost this year.

Some faces to put with today's voices----







ARTIST  /  PIECE
      ALBUM  /   LABEL -
             Website


 HARVEY REID  Theme: Dirty Dish Rag
          Solo Guitar Sketchbook        Woodpecker Records -      http://www.woodpecker.com/



CLAUDIA NYGARD                  His Left Side
             Let The Storm Roll In      Bet The Ranch              http://www.claudianygard.com/

CHRISTOPHER BROWN            Guinevere of Camelot
                 Characterist                      TIMBUKTUNES

RUTH HILL                 Old Man's Hat
           The River Beneath Me                Ind                         http://www.ruthhillmusic.com/

JACKIE MORRIS                  Easy Pickin' Fruit
         Tell Me A Story                Button Box Music              http://www.jackiemorris.com/

BROTHER SUN          What Must Be Done
          Brother Sun                                 Ind                      http://www.brothersunmusic.com/

JOHN McCUTCHEON                Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done
   This Land:Woody Guthries America      Appalsongs            http://www.folkmusic.com/

GRANT PEEPLES         Last Great Buffalo Hunt
            Okra & Ecclisiastes             Gatorbone Records         http://www.grantpeeples.com/
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JUST A FEW OF THE PEOPLE WE LOST THIS YEAR:
HAZEL DICKENS            Only A Hobo
   It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song             Rounder

CHARLIE LOUVIN                 Wreck of the 97
               Sings Murder Ballads&Disaster Songs      Tompkins Square

JACK HARDY          Everything's Bigger in Texas
                      Bandolier                            Great Divide records
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SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK        Rivers of Babylon
                  Selections 1976-1988               Flying Fish Records

TERRENCE MARTIN              Down From Sacramento
       The Last Black & White TV             Good Dog               http://www.martinsongs.com/

JOEL MABUS                In The Pines
         American Anonymous                   Fossil records            http://www.joelmabus.com/

CRAIG BICKHARDT     If He Came Back Again
      Brother To The Wind                 Stone Barn Records      http://www.craigbickhardt.com/

ELVIS PRESLEY     Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
               Legacy Edition                          RCA Victor

MUSTARD'S RETREAT           Let The Mystery Be
    Living In The Dream      Yellow Room Records        http://www.mustardsretreat.com/

ANDREW CALHOUN                      John Henry
                 Grapevine                                  Waterbug            http://www.waterbug.com/

JOHN PRINE   Hey Good Lookin' / Jamabalaya
      THE SINGING MAILMAN DELIVERS    Oh Boy         http://www.ohboy.com/

PAUL GEREMIA           See See Rider
              Love My Stuff                      Red House                   http://www.paulgeremia.org/

TOBY WALKER       Crazy 'bout an Automobile
         Shake Shake Mama                          Ind                 http://www.littletobywalker.com/

JOHN PRINE        Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
  THE SINGING MAILMAN DELIVERS        Oh Boy          http://www.ohboy.com/

CAROLANN SOLEBELLO        Downtown
           Threshold                          Elizabeth records       http://www.carolannsolebello.com/

AKASA                     Big Yellow Taxi
           Festival Folk Song--Joni Mitchell     Ind         http://www.troubadourfoundation.com/

JOHN PRINE           Angel from Montgomery
             THE SINGING MAILMAN DELIVERS   OhBoy              http://www.ohboy.com/

JOHN FLYNN                     The End Of the Beginning
        The End of The Beginning                       Ind                         http://www.johnflynn.net/

SI KAHN                    Playing The Old Songs
           Courage                            Strictly Country Records            http://www.sikahn.com/

DENISE JORDAN FINLEY              How Can I Keep From Singing
          Solstice                                                Ind               http://www.finleyandpagadon.com/
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VOICES TO KEEP REMEMBERING:
CISCO HOUSTON                        Pie in The Sky
                  Songs of the Open Road                   Folkways

MIMI & RICHARD FARINA      Pack Up Your Sorrows
                  Best of The Vanguard Years        Vanguard

HANK SNOW          City of New Orleans
                  Snow On the Tracks                Bear Family Records
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JOAN BAEZ                Hello In There
                      Diamonds & Rust               A & M
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THE TOPS IN POPS, THE BEST IN THE WEST, THE THRILLS OF THE HILLS:
ELTON BRITT                Cannnonball Yodel
                      Yodel Songs                     RCA Victor

HANK WILLIAMS               Roly Poly
                            45 Single                         MGM

BILL MONROE          Footprints In The Snow
                             78 single                     Columbia

JONI JAMES                   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
                               78 single                    Columbia
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ERNIE HAWKINS           There Is A Table In Heaven
               Whinin' Boy                           Corona records         http://www.erniehawkins.com/

HARRY CHAPIN                    Flowers Are Red
                       Living Room Suite               Elektra

DAN FOGELBERG        Same Auld Lang Syne
                     The Innocent Age                   Full Moon

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA JANUARY 8, 2012

As the cliche says---where does the time go?   The 1st program of the year following our annual extended Comedy Corner with The Capitol Steps---AND--we are delighted that we broadcast them exclusively in this area on a quarterly basis.   Humor and topicality has always been a mainstain of Yiddishkeit and has also kept us surviving for lo these many years. 

Any comments, queries, requests, and, of course, Kvetching--always welcome via e mail to sundaysimcha@yahoo.com  or USPS to WFDU/Sunday Simcha 1000 River Rd. Teaneck, NJ  07666

Don't forget that we are archived for 2 weeks at http://www.wfdu.fm/.

A face now---one sadly missed---to put with today's voices:




ARTIST  //   PIECE
          ALBUM  // LABEL
                   WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
 THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS           A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
   Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys      Ind          http://www.margotleverett.com/



ADRIENNE COOPER                   A Good Week
            Enchanted               Golden Horn Records.              http://www.adriennecooper.com/

ADRIENNE COOPER       Peace In The Streets/Shalom Lid
              Enchanted              Golden Horn Records.          http://www.adriennecooper.com/

ISRAEL SINGER                 Chassidic Kadish
                   Cantorial Music                        Ind                     http://www.israelsinger.com/

ADRIENNE COOPER                   Gefilte Fish
                   Enchanted               Golden Horn Records.       http://www.adriennecooper.com/



METROPOLITAN KLEZMER Miracle Medley Traveling Show Ind www.metropolitanklezmer.com

METROPOLITAN KLEZMER    Pick A Pocket or Two
              Traveling Show                           Ind              http://www.metropolitanklezmer.com/



THE LIMELITERS             Romania, Romania
                       Tonght in Person---          RCA

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PAUL ROBESON            Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Ezekial Saw the Wheel
                    The Complete Emi Sessions                    EMI



SARA AVIANI &
 HER YEMENITE TRIO           Weep No More
 Songs for The Jewish American Jet Set     Idelsohn Society http://www.idelsohnsociety.com/

LEO FUCHS                    Yiddish Twist
 Songs for The Jewish American Jet Set     Idelsohn Society http://www.idelsohnsociety.com/

ANDY STATMAN                     Old Brooklyn
                  Old Brooklyn                   Shefa Records                 http://www.andystatman.com/
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