Re: Benny Bell

[Kame'a Media <media...>]

Thanks for your mail, Bill.
Yes, the same Benny Bell.  He recorded in Yiddish as well, --
(I have some 78s --)
the material I'm more interested in.

Benny Bell was, -- our friend Henry Sapoznik informs me, --
a non-Jewish Italian who learned <mameloshn>
in hopes of gaining a place in the Jewish entertainment world.


However,  his Yiddish is <gants geshmak> and wonderfully earthy.
Bell reveals a  sensitivity to the language in the cadence of
his speech patterns, which echo <yeshiva bokher> question-response
dialogues.

Wolf









Wolf

Bill Barabash wrote:

> I did a quick check on eBay and found the following:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=167305233
>
> Is this the same Benny Bell who did "Shaving Cream" and "Everybody
> Loves My Fanny" on the "Dr. Demento" syndicated radio show back in
> the '70s?
>
> -- Bill B.
>
> Kame'a Media wrote:
> >
> > To the List:
> >
> > Searching for Yiddish recordings by vaudevillian
> > Benny Bell.
> >
> > Thank You.
> >
> > Wolf
>



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