Re: Jewish songwriters

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

One of our neighborhood families was named Love.  Jewish, of course. 
 I'd like to know about this, too.
Lorele

Alex J. Lubet wrote:

>I stand corrected, but mystified.  I checked Jews Who Rock and it lists the
>Wilson sisters (Brian's daughters, of Wilson Phillips fame) as Jewish and says 
>in
>the article on Wilson Phillips that Brian is Jewish, but it doesn't have an
>article on Brian, the Wilson brothers (or their cousin Mike Love), or the Beach
>Boys.  Can anyone enlighten me on this crucial element of Jewish music history
>(kidding, of course, although I do enjoy the B-Boys).
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>Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
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>>In a message dated 11/13/2 7:37:49 PM, BlackMonk (at) email(dot)msn(dot)com 
>>writes:
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>><< It has interviews with a number of Jewish songwriters outside the scope of
>>the article-Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, P.F. Sloan, Paul Simon, and a couple
>>others.
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>>That's not to slight the interviews with non-Jewish songwriters like Pete
>>Seeger, Willie Dixon, Goffin and King, Harry Nilsson, Yoko Ono, Brian
>>Wilson, etc.
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>>Goffin and King are both Jewish as is Brian Wilson....P.F. Sloan  was a
>>regualr at Hatikavh (called Norty's Music) back in the 60's when he was
>>composing/producing hit records with Steve Barri (Steve Lipkin) who worked
>>here at the time.
>>Simon
>>Hatikavh Music
>>323) 655-7083
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