Description
He was a highly distinctive and unusual artist
Mickey Katz, born in Cleveland in 1909, was a clarinettist and saxophonist with dance bands during the 1930s before forming his own band, and, having failed his army medical, worked to entertain troops during WWII. He met Spike Jones after the war and toured with him, and being influenced some of Jones' comedy techniques. He decided to make his own English-Yiddish comedy record, which proved extremely popular, and he made a subsequent career out of recording and performing similarly-styled comedy records, primarily for a Jewish audience, but also aimed at the popular market. He specialised in recording Yiddish parodies of current popular chart hits. This 77-track 3-CD collection comprises selected early releases for RCA-Victor and then most of the A and B sides of his singles for Capitol from this era, along with selected titles from his albums 'The Most Mishige', 'The Family Danced', 'Katz Puts On The Dog' and 'Comin' Round The Katzkills'. It features his chart hits 'Music! Music! Music!', 'Come On-A My House' and 'Herring Boats', which underline that while his music and style of humour were geared to a particular audience, his records had wide popular appeal. He was a highly distinctive and unusual artist and this collection offers a substantial and entertaining window onto his very individual style of music.
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Carmen Katz
- Feudin' And Fussin' Mit Mine Cousin (Feudin' And Fightin')
- Take Me Back Tzu Die Prairie (Red River Valley)
- Mississippi Shmootz
- St. Louis Blues
- Yiddish Jam Session
- Maana
- Music! Music! Music!
- Wedding Samba
- There's A Hole In The Iron Curtain
- The Pafoofnik Polka
- Barber Of Schlemiel
- Happy Pay-Off Day
- The Baby, Bubbe And You
- Yiddische Mule Train
- Tiger Rag
- Doodle Doo Doo
- Geshray Of Devilde Kotchke
- Bagel Call Rag
- Gehakte Mambo
- Chiny Town
- Mona Lisa
- Turkish Lullaby
- Borscht Riders In The Sky
- She'll Be Coming 'Round The Katzkills
- Come On-A My House
- Sound Off
- Nature Bocher
- Mozeltov Dances
- Herring Boats
- Sin
- I'm A Schlemiel Of Fortune (Wheel Of Fortune)
- The Little White Knish That Cried (The Little White Cloud That Cried)
- Kiss Of Meyer
- Schvitzburgh, Pennsylvania
- A Schmo Is A Schmo (A Guy Is A Go)
- The Downtown Strutter's Ball
- Patch-A-Me
- Schleppin' My Baby Back Home
- Feet Up, Pat Him On The Pipick
- You Belong To Me?
- Don't Let The Schmaltz Get In Your Eyes
- Why Don't You Believe Me
- Wild Corsets
- That Pickle In The Window
- Haim Afen Range
- Tico Tico
- That's Morris (That's Amore_
- C'est Si Bon
- Paisach In Portugal (April In Portugal)
- The Family Danced
- Hernandels Koch-A-Lain
- Keneh Hora
- Yiddishe Mambo
- Moscovitz Ramble (Muskrat Ramble)
- Duvid Crockett (The Ballad Of Davy Crockett)
- Tweedle Dee
- Roiselle From Texas (The Yellow Rose Of Texas)
- Sweet And Gentle
- Sixteen Tons
- Frailach Jamboree
- You're A Doity Dog (Hound Dog)
- The Litvak Square Dance
- Bar Mitzvah Special
- Hey! Jealous Lover
- Nudnick, The Flying Schissel
- K'nock Around The Clock (Rock Around The Clock)
- The Poiple Kishke Eater
- Knish Doctor
- Holidays
- Where Is My Pants
- Cheder Days
- It's A Michaye In Hawaiye
- Grandma's Draidel
- Murietta Hot Springs
- Old Black Smidgick
- I'm An Old Cowhand
Additional Details
Label: Acrobat
Genre: Stand Up Comedy
Language: English
Run Time: 210 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 01/16/26
UPC: 824046917623