Hava Nagila The Barry Sisters

Barry Sisters Clara and Minnie Barry were popular American Jazz and Klesmer entertainers of the 1940s to the early 1970s. Born in the Bronx, New York, they were first known as The Bagelman Sisters. They made a name for themselves as Yiddish jazz singers. When their act became more popular, they changed their stage name to The Barry Sisters. They started performing in the New York Catskills resort hotels. They eventually toured with Mickey Katz. From 1937 until the mid 1950s they performed on the New York Radio Show “Yiddish Melodies in Swing“, where they would sing jazz recordings in the Yiddish language[1]. Their recordings included popular tunes, such as “Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head“ translated into Yiddish (Trop’ns Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop).