Jacob Jacobs
Jacob Jacobs (born Yakov Yakubovitsh) (January 2, 1890 – October 14, 1977), Yiddish theater and vaudeville director, producer, lyricist, songwriter, coupletist, character actor, comic born in Rosca (now Riska, Romania). In 1904 the family emigrated to the United States and Jacobs worked in a soda factory, later in a sheet-metal factory, and then learned tailoring. In 1907 he joined the chorus in a vaudeville theater and he sang couplets on Sundays, when vaudeville plays could not be presented. The following year he was hired as a vaudeville actor. In 1911 he was in his first play, Leon Kobrin's Yankel Boyla at the Odeon theater. In 1912 he became director of the Lyric Theater in Brownsville (Brooklyn), and then a partner with Nathan Goldberg in the Lennox Theater in Harlem. From 1926 to 1930 he was co-director of the National Theater, and subsequently the Prospect Theater in the Bronx. He wrote the music to his own couplets. He married Rebecca Treitler (Betty), daughter of the Yiddish theater director. In 1932 he collaborated with composer Sholom Secunda on a Yiddish musical comedy, I Would If I Could. Although the show was not a great success, it did produce a song that become a #1 hit, Bei Mir Bistu Shein. He wrote, composed and directed the Broadway show, "The President's Daughter" in 1970. He is buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, in the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance area. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1890, Died 1977
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1961
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, lyricist, speaker, author, composer, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 153 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-57059 | 10-in. | 11/4/1929 | Shpielt klezmurimlach | Betty Jacobs | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57060 | 10-in. | 11/4/1929 | Shwer zi zein a Yid | Jacob Jacobs | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | CSHQ-73021 | 12-in. | 6/20/1932 | Duna | Eddie Leonard ; Eddie Leonard, Jr. | Male vocal solo, with piano; with male vocal trio and piano | songwriter | |
Victor | CSHQ-73059 | 12-in. | 7/5/1932 | Carme (Canto sorrentino) | Eddie Leonard, Jr. | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017718 | 10-in. | 12/15/1937 | Bei mir bist du schon | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017739 | 10-in. | 12/17/1937 | Bei mir bist du schön | Jerry Blaine ; Phyllis Kenny ; Stream Line Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017754 | 10-in. | 12/21/1937 | Bei mir bist du schön | Benny Goodman Quartet ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance quartet, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017779 | 10-in. | 12/28/1937 | Bei mir bist du schön | Kate Smith | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017783 | 10-in. | 12/29/1937 | Bei mir bist du schön | Benny Goodman Quartet ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance quartet, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | MBS-032315 | 10-in. | before November 1939 | Eres encantadora | Conjunto Dupont | Instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-041911 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Nor dee | Bagelman Sisters | Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-041948 | 10-in. | 8/31/1939 | Farges mich nit | Molly Picon | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-041953 | 10-in. | 8/31/1939 | Oy sis git | Molly Picon | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-047952 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Belz | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-047953 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Zlatapol | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-051457 | 10-in. | 6/20/1940 | Der alter zigeuner | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Bagelman Sisters ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Female vocal duet and male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-062896 | 10-in. | 3/26/1941 | Sug es mir nochamol | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Bagelman Sisters | Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-062897 | 10-in. | 3/26/1941 | Sug farvus | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Bagelman Sisters | Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-065923 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Hopkele | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-065924 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Unser yidish folk | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-065927 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | A freilich land | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-065928 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Di, di zun, un di shteren | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-065929 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Yidishkeit | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-073718 | 10-in. | 3/19/1942 | Nit gedaiget | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-073719 | 10-in. | 3/19/1942 | Meidele | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jacobs, Jacob," accessed October 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107058.
Jacobs, Jacob. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107058.
"Jacobs, Jacob." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 October 2024.
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Wikipedia: Jacob Jacobs
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LCNAR: Jacobs, Jacob, 1890-1977 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94033248
Wikidata: Jacob Jacobs - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17421415
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/31223952
MusicBrainz: Jacob Jacobs - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0d9e119e-c903-48aa-b93e-3441a25c091c
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