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qupritsuvwix · 9 months

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#tony bennett #concentration camp #obituary #listicle #jewish songwriters

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yourdailyqueer · 9 months

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Lauv (Ari Leff)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 8 August 1994

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, Latvian

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician

#Lauv #Ari Leff #bisexuality #lgbt #lgbtq #male #bisexual #1994 #jewish #ashkenazi jewish #latvian #biracial #singer #songwriter #musician #popular #popular post

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jewishpopculture · 8 months

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Barbra Streisand photographed by Herb Ritts for the cover of Vanity Fair (1991).

Streisand is a Jewish artist from NYC, and Ritts was a gay Jewish artist from LA.

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jellogram · 2 years

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By the way, since I've heard it said, no, Elvis did not steal Hound Dog from African American singer Big Mama Thornton. The song was actually written by two Jewish men (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) who gave the song to several other artists as well. Thornton tried to claim credit for the song, saying she wrote it because of the spin she put on it, which isn't standard practice for crediting but she did get her name on some versions. Allegedly, Leiber and Stoller also gave Thornton a lot of direction on the song and how it should be sung, though this has been disputed. The other version she recorded is noted for its Latin influences. None of this is to take away from her performance, as it's a flawless track, but to act like it was a 100% black song that was stolen by a famous white man is inaccurate.

And there's more. Although Elvis was well-versed on black American music and was familiar with the Thornton track, the version he was directly inspired by was performed by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, a white group whose version was extremely different from Thornton's. Thornton's version reportedly had little to do with the Elvis version and personally I think it shows on the track.

Elvis absolutely sang black music, he talked about it frequently and it was extremely well known (and criticized by racists) at the time. But I see this argument circulate whenever he's discussed as a reason to cancel him posthumously, tear down statues, etc and I think simplifying the song's history down to "famous white guy steals a black song" does a disservice to the authors and erases a lot of complexities in the music industry at the time. I could go on for a while about how racist and exploitative the industry was, but for now, I'll leave it at saying that the authors themselves should be more widely known. I think any anger directed towards Elvis as a person would be better put to work a) supporting Leiber and Stoller's place in Jewish American and rock and roll history, b) studying the different approaches between the Thornton and Elvis versions and how they fit into rock history individually as two separate tracks, and c) condemning the racist, exploitative, capitalistic system that required black music to have a white man's face on it in the first place.

Here's a couple of the sources I used to fact check my recollections:

Elvis inspired by the Bellboys

A bit about the Thornton version

The Wikipedia page for the song, which gives a great summary and contains several other links

And here's a photo of Leiber and Stoller, who went on to write a lot of other famous rock songs as well:

#this has been bugging me for literal years lol #elvis #elvis presley #leiber and stoller #music #50s music #blues music #big mama thornton #music history #rock n roll #rock history #1950s #jewish history #hound dog #songwriting #elvis biopic

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importantwomensbirthdays · 6 months

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Laura Nyro

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Singer and songwriter Laura Nyro was born in 1947 in The Bronx, New York. Nyro wrote her first hit song, "And When I Die", when she was seventeen years old. Other hits that she wrote included Stoney End and Wedding Bell Blues. Her songs were performed by Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Streisand, and others, and she influenced other musicians including Elton John, Joni Mitchell, and Kate Bush.

Laura Nyro died of ovarian cancer in 1997 at the age of 49. In 2012, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

#music #songwriters #women in music #musicians #jewish women #Youtube

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strawhatsanddelibirds · 5 months

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My favorite thing about people arguing about morally gray girl characters is that they go "You can't even handle Mabel, who's literally just a 12 year old acting 12" and then you get "You can't even handle Rose Quartz, who's literally made by a Jewish Bisexual Non-Binary person" as if that was what was being discussed.

#some people should stick to songwriting #just saying #also being Jewish Bisexual or Non-Binary are literally not things that make you a better writer those are literary just adjective #having glasses or brown hair dont contribute to her writing skill either in case youre wondering

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genplz-writes · 6 months

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"I'd sacrifice my hand to be with you

I'd never let you go, never let you go

I'd run through the forest like a bridegroom

I'd never let you go, never let you go"

-- GenPlz

A chorus for a song about G-d (lol)

#songwriting #my writing #gen-wrote #writerblr #writers on tumblr #poetry #poem #song lyrics #writers and poets #jewish #judaism #baruch hashem

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edgarmoser · 1 year

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esther ofarim

#esther ofarim #singer #songwriter #musician #folk #pop #jewish yemenite

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themichigangayly · 2 years

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“Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.” - Barry Manilow

Who is Barry Manilow?

• A gay and Jewish American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and producer.

• His career began in 1974. He’s known for songs like “Could It Be Magic”, “Mandy”, “I Write the Songs”, “Can't Smile Without You” and “Copacabana.”

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thebreakfastgenie · 1 year

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Billy Joel's cover of Light As The Breeze is good but it was better when he did it at the New Yorker Festival and there's a decent recording of it on YouTube but like... that's not Good Enough

#I don't remember if he did the full song either #he did most of it #but i don't think he all of it #but he was like 'you know what this is about' and 'just listen to these lyrics'#he was very admiring of leonard cohen's sex lyrics #category 5 jewish songwriter moment

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suetravelblog · 3 months

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Museum of Contemporary Art Kraków Poland

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naipan · 5 months

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Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen, live in London

#Youtube #leonard cohen #live #london #hallelujah #singer songwriter #jewish

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yourdailyqueer · 7 months

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Austin Lucas

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Pansexual

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, activist

#Austin Lucas #pansexuality #lgbt #mlm #lgbt rights #male #pansexual #jewish #ashkenazi jewish #singer #songwriter #musician #acivist

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hebrewbyinbal · 1 year

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djrobinfox · 2 years

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Donate please to my fundraiser ending soon!

#songwriter #producer #performer #music #crowdfunding #Mackenzie #rosh hashanah #judaism #jewish new year

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callmewisteria · 2 years

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Alone:

You don’t know a thing about the hell at night

You’ve never known fears that come to light

And yet here you are

You force yourself blind but you have dying eyes

That spark in you is fading

Washing away, drowning in pain

Why won’t you admit it?

Why won’t you confront it?

Letting the darkness hide there unembraced

Will make you lash out of control

I know

Your biggest fear has always that you’ll be alone

Just reach

Take my hand, I promise you won’t get lost

Don’t hesitate

You’re already coming undone, can’t you feel it?

I don’t want you to have to face all of this alone!

You don’t have to go through this on your own

Hold onto me, I won’t let you fall

All these dark shadows, whisperers

I promise you they’re wrong

Your world is not collapsing, not if you don’t let it

Hold on, find it, let yourself cry --

I can’t stay someone I’ve never truly felt inside

Hope

It’s always seemed like such a lie to me

A spector

One always hanging around, mocking me

I know what I want but I can’t take it

I’m not strong enough

If I try it’ll break me

I can’t be shattered this time

You don’t know a goddamn thing about me

You’ve never even tried

I left the razor and the blood in the snow years ago

But in this darkness, the relapse comes in close

I’m lucky holding onto you

But I’m not sure what I’d do

I’m not strong enough to survive on my own

Everyone says different

But they haven’t seen the worst of it

In the mirror I lie to myself every night

Every night when I’m alone

I tell the mirror that I’m doing just fine…

#my songs #my song #song lyrics #lyrics #alone #isolation #tw: self harm #lgbtqia artists #jewish artists #artists on tumblr #original song #songwriter #tumblr lyrics #tumblr song lyrics

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