RE: Bobby Miller Can you help find recordings of

[Lorin Sklamberg <lsklamberg...>]

The recording you refer to is Shirim lp D-107, "Samuel Sterner: A Decade of 
jewish Choir Masterpieces by the internationally renowned Samuel Sterner 
Concert Choir." It appears to have been made in the 1950s. Bobby Miller isn't 
identified anywhere on the disc, but the same distinctive woman's voice appears 
on the the songs you mentioned, among others, so that must be her.

We have a copy of this disc in our collection.

> Mr. Lorin Sklamberg, Sound Archivist
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> From:         Geraldine Auerbach
> Reply To:     jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> Sent:         Monday, December 8, 2003 8:55 PM
> To:   World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject:      Bobby Miller Can you help find recordings of
> 
> To Whom It May Concern:
> 
> I would be exceeding grateful if you might help me locate Yiddish music
> recordings by Rebecca (Rivka) Shapiro (nee Ackerman) - stage name: Bobby
> Miller.  She performed and recorded in the 1930s and 1940s until she was
> tragically killed in an automobile accident.  Rebecca is a relative whose
> memory we would like to preserve by obtaining as many of her recordings as
> possible.   What little we know is that in one recording she sang with the
> Sam Sterner Choir such pieces as "Mi Zol Sein Far Dir" and "Ay Ay Ay" and
> "Shalom Aleichem."  Bobby also sang with famed cantor Moishe Oysher in a
> recording made by RKO during an actual Sabbath (on Passorver) service at the
> Pines Hotel in upstate NY.
> 
> Our family would like very much to access and preserve this small, but
> important part of our Jewish heritage.
> 
> If you are unable to assist me, I would appreciate being directed to others
> who might have knowledge of Bobby Miller and how to obtain her recordings.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D. fishnet (at) pipeline(dot)com
> 
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