To: Fiji Hill
This is their first hit from 1937, and it is a treat:
Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (youtube)
From Wikipedia:
"In Nazi Germany it was also a hit until its Jewish origins were discovered, at which point it was promptly banned."
As I recall, the Krauts first thought it was some kind of Old German.
To: UnwashedPeasant
Interesting, but it IS German; nothing odd old or Jewish about it. Literally it means By me are you pretty.
23 posted on
01/31/2013 11:13:36 AM PST by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: UnwashedPeasant
On another Patty Andrews thread, I posted the Nazi version of "Bei Mir," in which the band leader, Karl "Charlie" Schwedler flays the Soviet Union.
Bei Mir, aka Nichevo (Russian for "nothing")--Charlie & His Orchestra, c. 1943
25 posted on
01/31/2013 11:38:42 AM PST by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
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