This CD brings back wonderful memories from my early childhood. Hazemer Hachalom was the first song I remember to have heard as a child from my fathers taperecorder. I am now 47 and have looked for this song for years and years. I found it now, and I am very happy. Of course, the rest of the CD is also great, but this song represents my best memories.
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brings back so many wonderful memories
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If you have the same kind of old-country Jewish roots as I do, you ought to know about Leo Fuld (1912-97), arguably the best interpreter of Yiddish music ever. A Dutch Jew with a unique and sweet voice- half cantorial, half Crosby- he was a boy cantor at 14 and worldwide star at 21. This CD features his distinctive and moving renditions of venerable Yiddish standards, with a couple of Israeli tunes added. "Where Can I Go" (the English title), the title track, was a million-seller in Jewish communities from Boston to Buenos Aires following the Second World War- Fuld's signature and a haunting unofficial Israeli anthem for survivors. Fuld continued to record well into his 70s and 80s. If this music was part of your roots- or, in my case, your grandparents' roots- you ought to check out these long-lost recordings and hear how these schmaltzy old tunes should be done. It's like entering the lost world of the Yiddish theater.
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