The Andrew Sisters - Bei Mir Bist Du Shein
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Uploaded by Thespadecaller on May 16, 2008
This comical video presentation by Spadecaller accompaines the Yiddush song originally composed by lyricist Jacob Jacobs and Sholom Secunda in 1932. In 1937, Sammy Cahn heard a performance of the song, sung in Yiddish by African American performers Johnnie and George at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and on seeing the response, got his employer to buy the rights so he (together with Saul Chaplin) could rewrite the song with English language lyrics. He then convinced The Andrews Sisters to perform the song (recorded November 24, 1937), and it became a major hit.
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Bioshock saved my music life.
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thanks to Bioshock I now listen music from the '40s
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@CaptainYossarian Not sure that would count as an Easter egg.
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@JayMarie003 any mention of SOPA will just make me sigh a lot.
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@1991MRjesse A man after my own heart. But that darn SOPA...
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@JayMarie003 even though this has already been answered, google is your friend.
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I just noticed that right at the point lyrics are bella bella, the image is of Bela Lugosi. I've never spotted an easter egg before. I wont lie, im feeling pretty awesome right now.
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@JayMarie003 It's a videogame based in the 40s & 50s. This song is in it
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loada bollocks bioshock.i've played it........shite!!...........an
yway sod that......the songs more important than the feckin game. This is a great postin and a very nice video......xx -
Bioshock is the best it has improved my musical leniencies and I'm only fifteen :D
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The song was written in 1932 by Jacob Jacobs and Sholom Secunda. It became popular outside of Jewish circles with its English version named as an English transcription of the Yiddish name - "Bei Mir Bistu Shein".
It was a big hit in Nazi Germany under a germanized name-"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen". After its Jewish origins were discovered,however,the song was promptly banned.
The song was so popular in Germany that USSR made a parody of the song titled-"Baron Fon Der Pshik",with anti-Nazi lyrics.
DaniOcean 2 months ago 14
@DaniOcean
It was a big hit in Nazi Germany under a germanized name-"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen". Yes, it was banned in Nazi Germany and that it is sad that some people still refuse to acknowledge it's true origins. Why?
Thespadecaller 2 months ago 2