Do your know the Yiddish songs - “Chiribim,” “Yiddishe Momme,” and, of course, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen? These songs were sung by Clara and Minnie Bagelman, known as the Barry Sisters, who fused swing with their Jewish/Yiddish background. Check out this new blog post from the The Library of Congress about processing this Barry Sisters papers with items from their career.
Read it in this fascinating blog post.
During the height of swing jazz in the 1930s, Clara and Minnie Bagelman, known as the Barry Sisters, fused swing with their cultural background by singing in Yiddish. They became a popular act in the U.S. and across the globe. Check out this article about processing a new collection with items from their career.
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