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Re: Jewish songs infiltrate rock 'n roll
- From: Dean Bandes <deanb...>
- Subject: Re: Jewish songs infiltrate rock 'n roll
- Date: Wed 04 Nov 1992 16.20 (GMT)
> In article <199211021433(dot)AA20812 (at) well(dot)sf(dot)ca(dot)us>
> <jewish-music (at) israel(dot)nysernet(dot)org> writes:
>> I've heard a tape of Dylan doing Hava Nagila. ...
> My favorite performer of Hava Nagila was Harry Belafonte, the famous
> Calypso singer.
> Matt
I'm very glad that Dylan and Belafonte chose to do Hava Nagila, but I
don't think you can beat the Karmon Singers' recording of it.
On the other hand, the professional musicians I know are so sick of
playing Hava Nagila that they just call it "the H song".
Dean Bandes deanb (at) ma(dot)credence(dot)com
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