Darrin formulated on Tuesday :
> Back from my SuperJew World tour of non-music newsgroups, the NY Yid
> of Tid has returned to grace you with a continuation from one of my
> all-time classic posts. ehe Afterall, I cannot deprive the new users
> of a good edumacation (ehehe) lesson:
>
> Meglo, even though I can tag on another ten Jews of equal or greater
> stature, I don't have to!eh I can beat Jagger in one - Dylan! ehe I
> can beat Jagger & Richards in two: George & Ira Gershwin (b.
> Gershowitz, umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYers). eh There are two slots in
> heaven reserved for the greatest 20th century team of lyricists: one
> is already held by George & Ira Gershwin, the other is Lennon &
> McCartney. I could have beaten The Glimmer Twins with Leiber &
> Stoller, who had a far greater impact on the rock 'n' roll landscape.
> Lest we not forget: the '50s shall forever be the true decade in rock
> 'n' roll, and them two cats penned some of the greatest songs from
> that era. Yes, musically, I prefer The Stones to Dylan. Lyrically, it
> will be Dylan each and every time! Any die-hard Stones fan knows that
> it was always about the music. Ditto for Zep. They were far superior
> musically than lyrically! Christ, Rush had deeper lyrics!ehe How
> 'bout
> Simon & Garfunkel - two nice Jewish boys from Queens?ehe I'll put
> "Mrs. Robinson" & "Bridge Over Troubled Water" next to anything that
> the Stones have written. In the end, as a friend once told me, listen
> to Dylan's "Hurricane" - that's rap poetry at its finest!ehehehe Mr.
> Magoo, now feast your eyes on this Jewish who's who: eh
>
> George & Ira Gershwin (b. Bklyn/Manhattan)
> Leonard Bernstein
> Elmer Bernstein
> Irving Berlin (b. Baline - raised in Bklyn)
> Irving Caesar (b. Manhattan)
> Cy Coleman (b. Manhattan)
> Bob Dylan (b. Zimmerman - "voice of a generation," Top 100 selling
> artist of all-time)
> Elvis (great, great grandmother was Jewish)
> Barbara Streisand (b. Bklyn, greatest female pop voice of the 20th
> century, Top 100 selling artist of all-time)
> Bette Midler
> Carly Simon (b. Manhattan - father is of Simon & Schuster fame )
> Carol King (b. Klein, Bklyn)
> Simon & Garfunkel (b. Queens, Top 100 selling artist of all-time)
> Neil Diamond (b. Bklyn, Top 100 selling artist of all-time)
> Barry Manilow (b. Pincus, Bklyn)
> Billy Joel (b. Bronx, raised on LI, Top 100 selling artist of all-
> time)
> Dinah Shore (father was a Cantor)
> Mama Cass (b. Ellen Cohen)
> Manfred Mann (b. Lubowitz)
> Robbie Krieger (Doors)
> Eddie Fisher
> Mel Torme (b. Torma)
> Beastie Boys (b. NYC)
> Aaron Copland (b. Manhattan, "Dean of American composers")
> Harry Connick Jr. (mother is Jewish)
> Janis Ian (b. Fink, NYC)
> David Lee Roth
> Geddy Lee (b. Gary Weinrib)
> Leonard Cohen
> Lou Reed (b. Rabinowitz, NYC)
> Michael Bloomfield (considered the first great white blues player)
> Joey Ramone (b. Jeffrey Hyman, Queens, NY - ala The Ramones, fathers
> of punk)
> Sammy Cahn (b. Cohen, Manhattan)
> Oscar Levant
> Andre Previn (b. Prewin)
> Burt Bacharach
> Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (also founded A&M Records)
> Marvin Hamlisch (b. Manhattan)
> Adolph Green (b. Bronx)
> Rodgers & Hart (b. Manhattan)
> Leiber & Stoller (b. NY)
> Oscar Hammerstein II (b. Manhattan)
> Lerner (b. Manhattan) & Loewe
> Kander & Ebb (b. Manhattan)
> Steven Sondheim (b. Manhattan)
> E.Y. Yip" Harburg (b. Manhattan)
> Hal David (b. Manhattan)
> Harol Arlen (b. Arluck - Buffalo, raised in Manhattan)
> Yitzhak Perlman
> Carol Bayer Sager (b. Manhattan)
> Mandy Patinkin
> Phil Spector (b. Manhattan, "Wall Of Sound")
> Benny Goodman (King Of Swing)
> Gustav Mahler
> Felix Ludwig Mendelssohn
> Erich Wolfgang Korngold
> Lorenzo Da Ponte
> Giacomo Myerbeer
> Johann Strauss
> Gene Simmons (b. Chaim Witz)
> Paul Stanley (b. Eisen)
> Mick Jones (The Clash, mum was Jewish)
> Philip & Chess (Chess Records)
Why don't you chuck Neil Sedaka into the mix as well.
--
Count Baldoni
BALDONI REX ROMANORUM
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