Mordechai ben David
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Mordechai ben David
Mordechai Werdyger, generally known as Mordechai Ben David (lit. "Mordechai, the son of David") or MBD is a well known orthodox Jewish singer. His father David Werdyger) was a popular Jewish singer/cantor. He blends traditional Hasidic melodies with modern pop to form the songs that he puts out in albums and sings at concerts.
Mordechai's stage name is often abbreviated as MBD. Mordechai's son, Yeedle Werdyger, also entered into the Jewish music arena, though he is less popular than his father, who has been called "The King of Jewish Music." MBD has produced a record amount of Jewish albums, many of them hits. He lives in Seagate, NY. His father David Werdyger is from Cracow and is a Schindler Jew.
[edit] Discography
- Mordechai Ben David Sings Original Chassidic Nigunim (1973)
- Hineni (1975)
- Neshama Soul (1977)
- I'd Rather Pray and Sing (1978)
- Vechol Maminim - Songs of Rosh Hashana (1979)
- Moshiach is Coming Soon (1980)
- Mordechai Ben David Live (1981)
- Memories (1981)
- Just One Shabbos (1982)
- Around the Year Vol. 1 (1983)
- Hold On (1984)
- Let My People Go (1985)
- Jerusalem Not For Sale (1986)
- MBD and Friends (1987)
- Jerusalem Our Home - Lekovod Yom Tov (1988)
- The Double Album (1990)
- Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach (1992)
- Solid MBD (1993)
- Tomid BeSimcha - Always Happy (1994)
- Once Upon a Niggun (1996)
- Chevron Forever (single)(1996)
- Ein Od Milvado (1997)
- The English Collection (1998)
- We Are One (1999)
- Maaminim (2001)
- Kumzits (2003)
- Nachamu Ami (2004)
- Oorah [single] (2005)
- Efshar Letaken (2006)
- Ich Hob Gevart (I Have Waited) (?)
- Live in Jerusalem (?)
- Special Moments (?)
[edit] Trivia
- One of MBD's most popular songs, "Yidden," is a straight cover of the German disco group Dschinghis Khan's self-titled entry into the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with Yiddish lyrics substituted.[1] Coincidentally(?), Eurovision was held in Jerusalem that year.
- The Yiddish song on Solid MBD (1993) (with the chorus, "Vie gliklich iz der vus der shabbes hiet er") is an adaptation of "Close Every Door To Me", from the musical theatre production "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber.
