Re: Jewish songwriters

[BlackMonk <BlackMonk...>]

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From: <BarMusProd (at) aol(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: Jewish songwriters


> Dear Black Monk and Listers,
>
> In a message dated 11/13/02 9:37:44 PM, BlackMonk (at) email(dot)msn(dot)com 
> writes:
>
> >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.
>
> Goffin and King????!!!!
>
> You're kidding of course. I don't know about Gerry Goffin, but Carol King,
> nee Carol Klein, non-Jewish??!! I can't believe it. I wouldn't be
surprised
> if Goffin were Jewish too. The Brill Building was full of them at the
time.
>

Yeah, someone already corrected me. I made a mistake. Had to happen
eventually. I was right about one thing. It is a great book.

To go off on a tangent, is Mary Weiss Jewish? I've heard both yes and no.

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