Zarah Leander - Bei mir bist du schön (1938)

Zarah's rendition of Sholom Secunda's famed song, recorded in Stockholm, April 1938.
B-side is "Budapest", see video response.
Enjoy!
For Scene and close-ups of Zarah Leander set to a dramatic tango by Barnabas von Geczy :
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All pictures/images from personal collection

[@Alkrys1]

I lived in Immediate post war Germany for several years and have come to love the popular music of the period.Zarah Leander with her beautiful, seductive voice and faultless delivery was always a pleasure to listen to.Thank you so much for posting all these videos .

[@halilkose1980]

Are you alive sir

[@esmy4771]

La amooo 😭💞

[@horsthumbug1612]

Bei mir bist du schön. Liebe aus Deutschland.

[@petebondurant58]

@@halilkose1980 He's gone.

[@jimcrawford5039]

Great big bands and singers then! Love them!

[@TheDjang]

Zarah Leander hatte eine der aussergewöhnlichsten Stimmen auf der ganzen Welt. Danke Zarah Leander!

[@nicoletupin4807]

Nostalgie !! Belle femme belle voix qui incarnait une certaine époque. C'est agréable de pouvoir écouter ces chansons d'une époque lointaine. Merci ❤

[@philippejenvrin2741]

Wunderschöne Lied ! Vieldanke ! Die groß Zarah !😊😊😊

[@dave327ful]

This is the first song I have heard by Zarah Leander and sounds great! Great artists can transcend language with voice and music!

[@marcusgustafsson9558]

Here you can hear her push all those wovels that make foreigners left in the dark. In my language it is a gem.

[@elbruss22]

какой голос! какой язык, тембр, нежность, женственность, образ романтика - действительно великолепно! дух захватывает. слушаю это вот с ютью уже много тысяч раз и не могу насладиться !

[@jarabaa]

The original song was in Yiddish, written by Sholom Secunda, and pronounced "Bei mir bist du shayn", meaning "I like you" or "you're great". Leander sings a Swedish translation of the verses, but the one-line refrain has been turned into German: "Bei mir bist du schön" - not a known phrase in standard German, though it's understandable. Presumably the song was Germanised to erase its Yiddish/Jewish origin and because "schön" rhymes with some Swedish words in the verses (e.g. bön).

[@joelrebollar7055]

​@Hayes Princeton fucking spammers

[@joelrebollar7055]

@Idris Jalen fucking spammers

[@SuperGame91]

Right said!

[@marchauchler1622]

Yiddish a German dialect

[@AninkaistenRytmi]

Bei mir bistu schein is the original title. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bei_Mir_Bistu_Shein

[@happychappy12]

Thank you Leotaurus1975 for posting such a beautiful song sung by a gorgeous singer...xx

[@theo4u4me41]

WONDERFUL MUSIC...Lovely photographs...This is an amazing video. Many thanks from Canada.

[@elbruss22]

I hear it thousends and thousends times and can never get enough of it, ohhh, these voice is sooooo beautiful, soooooo schöööön für mich!!!! I like it till oblivion (unconsciousness)!!

[@franzhans2424]

Eine wunderbare, unvergessliche Stimme - vielen Dank für die Veröffentlichung

[@alfredtraumer5226]

Da schließe ich mich gerne an.....

[@MrAndylil]

somebody asked about her very precise pronunciation, especially the r. she was trained in the classical theatre and cabaret tradition in sweden where it vas very important to deliver a text with the right r- and sch-sounds.Before germany she sung in the legendary Karl Gerhard-cabarets. His texts were very sharp,witty and intellectual and had to be understood by the public. They also were political and so anti-nazi that he got into trouble with the german embassy in stockholm.

[@barbaraburatynski3761]

it's good to hear a different frequency melody as what is up to date

[@daltonagre]

Zarah Leander (1907 - 1981) was the star in Nai Germany, between 1933 and 1943, when Zarah Leander returned to Sweden. I live in Brazil.

[@SergeiSergioVinogradov]

Уникальная женщина и певица и как всегда с трагической судьбой.Моя одна из любимых певиц на все времена.

[@loniloni364]

Könnte wohl immer wieder anhören, einmalig! 🌟👌

[@pabloandresmartinezhenao5073]

nunca en esta vida lo había llegado a escuchar pero creo que en una vida pasada si lo escuche. me encantó y lo mejor detodo es que se me hace tan familiar, no se como ni por que....

[@elbruss22]

прекрасно!! это так красиво, какой голос, какой язык, эстетика, мелодия, такт - гениально, я в восторге до потери сознания, оооооооо бай мир бист ду зооооо щен, зооо бьютифулььь - как это редкостно красиво!!! умерет!!

[@bimhimbim]

@jarabaa In German dialects or sociolects usually are not written down. A German jew would write "schön" but still they would pronounce it more like scheyn. Yiddish is closer to German than most rural dialects or e.g. low saxon. Of course you can also try to transcribe your dialect in a phonetic way. It is also fairly normal that a dialect/language totally shifts meaning when translated into a standardized scripture.

[@Ghost-si3vm]

I love her voice a lot

[@daltonagre]

This music means: With me, you are beautifull. I live in Brazil.

[@MrAndylil]

in stockholm in the 30s the chic people dansed to this music in the winter garden of Grand Hotel. The orchestra was one of the best in Scandinavia.

[@lyraphon]

Danke für Ihre schöne Einstellung von Zarah L. Lied in schwedisch, weltbekannt! Es ist auch ein Euro Jazz Titel in heutiger Sicht.

[@ticarcillin]

didn't know that Zarah Leander also performed this song, I only knew the Andrews Sister's version :-) Thanks for uploading!

[@daltonagre]

"With me you're beautiful" is the title of this music in English. I live in Brazil.

[@arthurfleck4394]

Älskar den här låten ❤️

[@Pitborn]

Incredible pics of an incredible woman

[@Ronald070]

During 1938, several recordings of 'Bei mir bist du schön' were released in Germany (including the famous one with the Andrews Sisters). I uploaded a recording by Russ Morgan, released in 1938 on German Brunswick. Only later, the song was banned.

[@kikomeqaf]

Traumfrau mit einer Stimme, die schon immer einzigartig war!

[@chetyoubetya8565]

Amazing to hear a Yiddish song sung in German especially at the time

[@jackreacher5667]

Yes it was, When Joseph Goebbels heard it, archly he is said to have remarked to Zarah isn't Sarah a Jewish name, upon hearing this Miss Leander is said to have replied Yes it Is , and isn't Joseph one to.

[@andersliljevall2946]

It is sung in swedish!

[@Alkrys1]

The one and only! Love it.

[@formisfunction1861]

Nina Hagen's "Zarah" led me here. Love it!

[@SiggiNebel]

@LittleImpaler Yiddish has adopted many words from those languages (most Hebrew/Aramaic, less Slawic, little others) , but its base is medievial southwestern German. The Grammar and most of the "simple" words clearly show these roots and that's why it's a Germanic language.

[@jeanboyadjoglou7725]

assurément la meilleure version de ce succès immortel.

[@limtorsk]

Hej, arrangemanet här är helt outstanding, lyssna o njut !

[@honker64]

most people think she is german..but is not true..she is swedish born...only did learn german to speak.

[@norbertoguadagni9331]

Siempre se conoce algo nuevo. Muy buena cantante!!!

[@daltonagre]

Bei Mir du schön = Conmigos eres hermosa. Saludos de Brasil.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

Excellent...love it....Glod bless her!

[@ljubicadokic3857]

Ovo je prava zenska lepota,njezna i zenstvena,nenosi Farmerke da joj se ocrtava prednji dio tela.!!!

[@vituskyper]

Gran bella Donna, labbra stupende, interpretazione eccellente e coinvolgente, musica straordinaria, che altro ? ...

[@dominiquedescottes8314]

Quelle jolie voix Quand Elle murmurait des mots doux cela devait une décharge sensuelle sans commune mesure ZARAH LEANDER💞💟💕🎵🎵

[@jkdalle5647]

Bist und bleibst eine Diva, super

[@user-ln8sg4bu4j]

Hallo aus in Russland! Zahra Leander ist meine liebe eine Schweden schauspielenleiterin! Danke für mit dieses Lied!

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

A Excellent Video.. Highly Recommended.....

[@miata1492]

ANY poster with the MGTOW symbol gets a like from me.

[@matthewlivermanne4441]

Love this music

[@GerryMeaney]

@muryb71 dont be a muppet man, look it up!! the song was written by shalom secunda and jacob jacobs in 1932 for a yiddish non hit musical for which the writers were paid $30 between them by the decca record company and translated it for the andrews sisters who made it a hit. would you like to know some more?

[@elbruss22]

я люблю, люблю, люблю это - оооо, как это прекрасно!!! Ottimo lavoro!!!!!!Zara Leander!! Brava!!!Brava!!!Brava!!!

[@johanness.m.vonknigge5996]

Wunderschön!

[@llalexandrowa6588]

WunderbaRR !!!

[@etnalutt3492]

I love this song.❤️

[@WashingtonRDias]

Linda música e que voz maravilhosa

[@daltonagre]

Zarah Leander ( 1907- 1981) foi a maior atriz e cantora, em toda a Alemanha Nazista de 1933 a 1945. Zarah Leander era uma sueca e deixou a Alemanha Nazista, em 1943. .

[@Rudipolt]

Fine Song Zarah Much Aloha from Hawaii

[@WolligesHangschaf]

Wenn man das öfter gehört hat, gefällt es.. Als ich es das erste mal gehört, hat es mir nicht gefallen! Aber jetzt höre ich es sehr gerne...

[@kari.b_soprano]

wunderbar I love it

[@josephbaker4433]

Zarah Leander was one of the most beautiful actresses that has ever lived Joseph Goebbels I'll have to give it to him had Great taste in retaining Zara for the German film industry

[@carlosivancamargosanabria2852]

Bei mir bist do schon, please let me explain Bei mir bist do schon means you're grand Bei mir bist do schon, again I'll explain It means you're the fairest in the land I could say "Bella, bella", even "sehr wunderbar" Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are I've tried to explain, bei mir bist do schon So kiss me and say you understand Bei mir bist do schon, you've heard it all before but let me try to explain Bei mir bist do schon means that you're grand Bei mir bist do schon, it's such an old refrain and yet I should explain It means I am begging for your hand I could say "Bella, bella", even "sehr wunderbar" Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are I could say "Bella, bella", even "sehr wunderbar" Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are I've tried to explain, bei mir bist do schon So kiss me and say that you will understand

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

Can You Please Tell Me what Language She Is Singing? Is It Yiddish? Thank You.

[@brigittebrodhun255]

@@mgtowp.l.7756 Englisch und Jiddisch

[@richardmoon1852]

Thanks again for this treat.

[@dagmarpankonin5347]

super ! Danke

[@siempremarisol]

she was wonderful

[@hp24756]

Großartig

[@GerryRot1]

Es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehn.

[@HmvgramophonesEu45]

Wunderbares Lied!

[@SiggiNebel]

@bimhimbim I don't think there are many Jews in Germany today, who actually would prounounce it "scheyn" (~shayen). In the whole 20th century only Jews that more or less recently had immigrated from the east would have done so. But "schee" or "scheen" (~shay/n) is quite common in certain German, and not only rural, dialects.

[@bimhimbim]

@jarabaa Guess what, Yiddish is a middle age German dialect with a few Hebrew elements, was spoken by Ashkenazi jews throughout Eastern Europe, sometimes written in Hebrew letters.

[@onlychildhomealone]

beautiful

[@Deutschlieber]

Evocative...hervorrufend, sentimental und gleichzeitig fröhlich. Uebrigens kann man ein CD-Set kaufen, das dieses Lied u.v.a. enthält. Nicht teuer, schauen Sie in eBay.

[@shirleyjennings5787]

Great tune!

[@stewmo9]

This great song has emerged as a dixieland instrumental and vocal. Monte Suffern hhas a great piano version on Utube.

[@heiko231]

SUPA DOPE BROTHERS

[@dick12235]

Brain needed this one again: Thanks.

[@andrzej38]

Najlepsze wykonanie tej piosenki przez Zarah

[@ValeryCool]

Amen.

[@ronaldcammarata3422]

I wonder, back in the day, when they changed the words for foreign audiences, did they still pay royalties to the original composers?

[@hebneh]

Sure they did. Once a song had been published as sheet music, or recorded, the names of the composer(s) and the entity that held the rights to the song were established. Particularly if a song was released nationally in the USA, there would be no way a version in English could NOT have been produced without payments to the composers.

[@BruceTheSillyGoose]

danceable music :)

[@wilhelmwolf7220]

Wunderbar!

[@elzbietazakowska2233]

Ty masz w sobie coś ... ❤️🌷🌹

[@dick12235]

Thanks, MY Brain needed this.

[@babilonia700]

J'aime également cette version plus jazzy que la chanson originale en yddish, plus lente et plus triste. cette version est arrangée et plus dansante.

[@jurgennoldner3907]

Hammer !!!! WOW

[@zasawkaczmarek2651]

Bo Ty masz w sobie coś , doprawdy takie coś , ze ja bez pamięci kocham cie............

[@ericlebeau]

Great hit ! thanks

[@WtfBananaShi]

Det är rätt så kul att låten inte är allra populärast i sverige utan i Tyskland och Ryssland när dom till och med sjunger på svenska :).

[@weiterimtext8134]

Auf Schwedisch! In Ihrer Heimatsprache!

[@lysgauty1]

j'adore

[@ernstmuffler3803]

lysgauty1 .9 I

[@karlstad4ever]

Självklart! Tack.

[@1510Ronald]

man muss sich wundern, dass dieses jüdische Lied 1938 von ihr gesungen wurde. Erstaunlich. Er wurde allerdings in Stockholm aufgenommen.

[@Rudipolt]

fine Nr. from Zarah! Aloha from Hawaii

[@rudipolt8928]

Zarah Bei mir bist Du so schoen Aloha from Hawaii

[@ljubicadokic3857]

Zenstvenost i ljepota. !!!

[@latefor]

class beauty tone fantastic

[@maryblackchurch]

Bravo!

[@marcotrapp5197]

WUNDERBAR!

[@PollockAndPollockNewsChannel]

Wonderful..I feel like daning

[@kordbrazil]

Great videos. Congrats!

[@BigMikeD10001]

wow

[@techosverdes8010]

thank you

[@pallimpallim2909]

die ersten takte sind doch auch in einem genetikk Lied gesampelt, oder irre ich mich?

[@TheLearningFish]

You can also see the other star Marikka Rökk, also a stranger (from Hungary) dance the boogie, taps and "I love all women"!!! (see Ich brauche keine Millionen and Ich lieve alle Männer). NS Germany is really full of surprises!!

[@geertborremans8474]

Schön...

[@jakob327]

Genetikk - Supa Dope Brothas!

[@STiergoofball]

Ehrenmann :)

[@pokie007]

Thanks!!!

[@volkerkuhne6143]

Stimme UND Gesicht, - unvergleichlich !

[@alexbelkin5445]

my favorite Yiddish tune ))