The Barry Sisters - Otchi Chornia

The Barry Sisters
Minnie (c. 1923 - October 31, 1976) and Clara Bagelman (October 17, 1920 - November 22, 2014), best known under the stage names Merna and Claire Barry, were popular American Klezmer and jazz entertainers from the 1940s to the early 1970s.
Minnie and Clara were born in the Bronx, New York to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Herman and Ester, from Russia and Austria, respectively, and two younger sisters, Celia and Julia. When Minnie and Clara decided to entertain by singing in Yiddish, as The Bagelman Sisters, their father told them they would need to do it in the manner of the Old World and not with American accents.
The young girls got their first break as singers on WLTH Radio's "Uncle Norman" show for children and were still then known as The Bagelman Sisters. They made their first recordings with Victor Records in the late 1930s. They made a name for themselves asYiddish jazz singers. When the Andrews Sisters' version of the Yiddish song, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön", became a hit, musician and composer Sam Medoff, also known 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 from Bagelman to Barry.
From 1937 until the mid-1950s they performed on the program, where they would sing jazz recordings in Yiddish. Their recordings included popular tunes, such as "Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head" translated into Yiddish ("Trop'ns Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop"). They also performed in New York's Catskills resort hotels. They eventually toured with Mickey Katz. During the height of their popularity, they made appearances on the Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar shows and were one of the few American acts to tour the Soviet Union in 1959. The sisters entertained Israeli troops during the Yom Kippur War. The Barry Sisters “didn't look like the typical Yiddish theater stars or singers of that era,” said Breier. “They looked glamorous. And they spared no expense for their orchestrations - they always had the best orchestrations possible.
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[@saramcoco5]

Couldn’t be more beautiful definitely brings memory❤️❤️❤️

[@РоманСергеевичСидоров]

Quite touching performance especially in the middle of a song. I woudn't say that the Barry sisters were ingenious and unparalleled in their profession. But in this song, they convey the melancholy masterfully, almost ingeniously. So far as I'm a product of decomposing classes, semi-declassed labourers of Smolensk, I fully undertand this mood because of my fit of melancholy and poetry.

[@timothy9434]

Beautiful Russian Jewish ladies!

[@marklikesturtles]

These ladies aren't Russian. They were born in New York, but one of their parents were Russian. Take it from a native Russian speaker, their accents when they sing in Russian are azohen vey.

[@timothy9434]

+marklikesturtles Ahhhh! but they're still beautiful!

[@ragnyilves]

Their pronunciation is absolutely terrible. No one russian jew who really speaks russian can have such an accent.

[@JamesMyronM]

@@ragnyilves Прекрасно поют по русски, с небольшим акцентом, что и нормально для людей не родившихся в России. Тот же Юл Бреннер пел с похожим акцентом, но он родился в России.

[@saramcoco5]

Beautiful

[@00950w]

Ashkenazim beauties.

[@jonibaloney2003]

wonderful in any language...

[@saramcoco5]

Beautiful lyrics ❤️❤️

[@dimashalver9698]

BRAVO

[@dimashalver9698]

BRAVO!!

[@vrrv1871]

Звучит не плохо... главное инглиша полно

[@antonz5429]

Круто

[@alainvalette8744]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video of song "Otchi Chornia" (Black Eyes) in Russian and English performed by the Barry Sisters. I am very much interested by the lyrics in English of this song that I search since a very long time. I hope that you will could help me or that someone will could help me. Thanks in advance for your great kindness as well as for your precious help. Best wishes!

[@sara89132]

Hi Alain ! Here are the lyrics I've found on a website. I hope I help you ! Dark eyes, burning eyes Frightful and beautiful eyes I love you so, I fear you so For sure I've seen you at a sinister hour. Dark eyes, flaming eyes They implore me into faraway lands Where love reigns, where peace reigns Where there is no suffering, where war is forbidden Dark eyes, burning eyes Frightful and beautiful eyes I love you so, I fear you so For sure I've seen you at a sinister hour Without meeting you, I wouldn't be suffering so I would have lived my life smiling You have ruined me, dark eyes You have taken my happiness forever away Dark eyes, burning eyes Frightful and beautiful eyes I love you so, I fear you so For sure I've seen you at a sinister hour.

[@alainvalette8744]

@@sara89132 Hi Sara Rodriguez! I thank you so much for the lyrics in English of " Otchi Chornia" (Black Eyes) that you sent me. Unfortunately, these lyrics is not same that sings the Barry Sisters. I would be extremely grateful to you if you could try to find the same lyrics that sang by the Barry Sisters. It is very difficult for me to write down myself the lyrics and listen the Barry Sisters's recording, because unfortunately, I speak English very badly. I use the Google translator. Thank you so much again for your great kindness as well as for your very precious help. I hope that you will could also to find the same lyrics in English of the Barry Sisters. Best wishes! AV

[@sara89132]

@@alainvalette8744 I tried to write down the lyrics I heard. But it was difficult for me to understand what they said because of their accent. English is not my mother tongue so there are some sentences missing. Also, I am not sure about some sentences, that's why I've put a "?" in the end. A real English speaker will complete the lyrics or correct me ! Here are what I've understood: I once had a dream, A beloved...(?) Then you came away, I still bless that day For my dream came true, When I looked at you With the flashing eyes of those big dark eyes. Of those big dark eyes, How they...(?) When they stare at me, how they glare at me. Every part of you is a dream come true, But your beauty lies in your big dark eyes. I am not sorry, no, that you broke my heart (?) Maybe I'll still find somewhere there is a piece of mine (?) (?)... my heart from the very start with those big dark eyes.

[@lisak2714]

I once had a dream Of our love supreme Then you came my way I still bless the day For my dream came true When I looked at you With those flashing eyes Of those big dark eyes So those big dark eyes Have a tender eyes When they stare at me How they glare at me Every part of you Is a dream come true When your beauty lies In your big dark eyes I’m not sorry now That you broke your vow Maybe I’ll still find Somewhere there is peace of mine You’ve enriched my heart From the very start With those big dark eyes Otchi chorniya

[@alainvalette8744]

@@lisak2714 Dear Lisa-Sophia Sasha, I thank you so much for the English lyrics of "Otchi Chornia" 'Black Eyes" performed by the Barry Sisters. Where you found these lyrics in English? I am very sensible and touched by your very great kindness as well as for your precious help. Do you have also other lyrics in English of songs from the Barry Sisters's repertoire and also in Yiddish? All the best to you. AV

[@T0nN9th]

OST. Happy Feet

[@GC-fj4lc]

Opa Tsupa did a cover! Glad I found the original