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Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin (English) " Bei Mir Bistu Shein " ( Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שעהן, or Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שיין, [ˌbaj ˈmir ˌbistu ˈʃejn], "To Me You're Beautiful") is a popular Yiddish song written by lyricist Jacob Jacobs and composer Sholom Secunda for a 1932 Yiddish language comedy musical, I ...
Sholom Secunda (4 September [O.S. 23 August] 1894, Alexandria, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire – 13 June 1974, New York) was an American composer of Ukrainian-Jewish descent, best known for the tunes of "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" and "Donna Donna".
When the Andrews Sisters' version of the Yiddish song, "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" (as "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön"), became a hit, musician and composer Sam Medoff, known professionally as Dick Manning, started his Yiddish Melodies in Swing radio program on New York's WHN. Before joining the radio show, the sisters made a change of their stage surname ...
It looks like "bei mir" in the sense of "according to me", "in my opinion", "to my mind" is a Yiddish idiom that is not used in standard German. See בײַ, definition 5. However I wouldn't be surprised if "bei" is used in this sense in some German dialects. It is probably the origin of the American idiom "that's OK by me".
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.
Bei Mir Bistu Shein is an example of a Yiddish song which was later recast as an English hit. Yiddish political and secular choral song [ edit ] Di Shvue "The Oath" (1902) was the Yiddish anthem of the socialist, General Jewish Labour Bund in early 1900s Russia.
Unable to get married legally in Japan, LGBTQ couples are celebrating their special bond by donning traditional kimonos and fashionable formal wear for elaborate "photo weddings". But these ...
Green performs the Yiddish tune Bei Mir Bistu Shein for her star-making musical sequence. Actress Dorothy Van Engle, who had a supporting role as an assistant producer, is credited for inventing a key scene in Swing!, where her character and Mandy are sewing together. Van Engle, who was also a seamstress, created her own clothing for the film.