Jewish Who's Who Of Pop/Rock N' Roll (Foreword Included)


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By Chosen One on Wednesday, December 27, 2000 - 11:29 pm:

    Based on the accomplishments of individual Jews, Nobel Prize winners and heroes of modern culture, as well as the amount of attention Jews get in the media, you'd never believe the correct answers: There are little more than 13 million Jews in the world, comprising less than 1/4 of 1% of the world's population (2.4% of the American population). Choose any field, and you will find that Jews have excelled in it (music being no exception). Think of the names of many modern-day figures most responsible for the intellectual turning points in history- MARX, FREUD, EINSTEIN- and you will find proof of the Biblical verdict: "Surely this is...a wise and understanding people." With that said, here are just a few of the many great Jews in the music industry:

    Bob Dylan (Born Robert Zimmerman)
    Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers)
    Billy Joel
    Al Jolson (jazz singer)
    Robbie Robertson (father is Jewish, the band)
    Eddie Fisher (crooner)
    Neil Sedaka
    Victor Borge (the piano comedian, danish Jew, born Rosenbaum)
    Leonard Bernstein
    Arthur Fiedler (boston pops)
    Carly Simon (father is of Simon & Shuster publishing fame)
    Simon & Garfunkle
    Slash (Guns N' Roses, born Sol Hudson, father is Jewish)
    Steven Adler (former Guns N' Roses drummer)
    Neil Diamond
    Barry Manilow
    Howard Kaylen & Mark Volman (The Turtles, volman is half Jewish) The Tokens (early '60s doowop hit w/ The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
    Brian Epstein (beatles manager)
    Murray The K (famed DJ, billed as the 5th beatle)
    Dinah Shore (father was a cantor)
    The Beastie Boys
    Adam Duritz (singer for The Counting Crows)
    Alan Freed (famed DJ, coined the term "Rock N' Roll)
    Kenny G (Born Gorelick)
    Lou Reed
    Mel Torme (Born torma, crooner)
    Lorna Luft (sister of Liza Minelli, daughter of Judy Garland & Sid Luft (Jewish)
    Andrew Gold (10 cc, "lonely boy" "I'm not in love")
    Gene Simmons (KISS/studied to become a rabbi,migrated from Israel, born Chaim Witz)
    Paul Stanley (KISS/born EISEN)
    Barbra Streisand
    Carole King (tapestry)
    Arlo Guthrie (mother was Jewish, father was Woody Guthrie)
    Burt Bacharach
    Ben Lee (aussie rock vocalist)
    Marvin Hamlisch
    Malcolm McLaren (manager of The Sex Pistols, mother is Jewish)
    Marty Friedman (lead guitarist, Megadeth)
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ira & George Gershwin
    Irving Berlin
    Benny Goodman (king of swing)
    Marc Cohn (walking in memphis)
    David Lee Roth
    Bette Midler
    Robbie Krieger (the doors, guitarist)
    Mike Bloomfield
    Michael Bolton (born Bolotin)
    Paul Shaffer (Late Night W/ David Letterman)
    Max Weinberg (drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street band/Max Weinberg 7 on Conan O' Brien)
    Rick Rubin (rock producer, def jam records, beastie boys, red hot chili peppers)
    Scott Ian (Anthrax)
    Danny Spitz (Anthrax, former lead guitarist)
    Paula Abdul (mother is sephardic Jew)
    Sammy Davis Jr. (converted)
    T-Rex (aka Marc Bolan/born Marc Feld)
    Lenny Kravitz (half Jew/father Sy kravitz)
    Bill Graham (famed rock promoter)
    Perry Farrell (jane's addiction, porno for pyros, born Bernstein)
    Peter Green (original founding member of Fleetwood Mac, lead guitarist)
    Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary)
    Mort Schuman (co-writer with Doc Pomus (also Jewish), such hits as Turn Me Loose, Teenager In Love)
    Don Kirschner (producer/promoter/had show "Don Kirschner's Rock Concert during the 70s & 80s/Spoofed on SNL by PAUL Shaffer)
    David Geffen (geffen records/dreamworks)
    Herb Abramson (co-founder of Atlantic Records)
    Saul Zaentz (proudcer/founder of Fantasy records. Creedence Clearwater Revival being one of its most famous artists)
    Clive Davis (founder of Arista Records)
    Lou Adler (founder of Dunhill/Abc records)
    Phil Spector (producer/songwriter, created "the wall of sound" ala The Ronettes)
    Bob Ezrin (producer, most known for Pink Floyd's Darkside Of The Moon)
    Carnie Wilson (wilson/phillips, duaghter of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, mother is Jewish, )
    Leonard Cohen
    Linda McCartney (Born Epstein, changed to Eastman)
    Leslie West (mountain, born Leslie Weinstein)
    Leonard & Phil Chess (founder of Chess Records)
    Donald Fagen (Steely Dan)
    Chris & Rich Robinson (black crowes, born Rabinowitz, half jew (father is Jewish)
    Chris Stein (founding member of Blondie, guitarist)
    J. Geils Band (everyone is Jewish except for J. Geils (lead guitarist!hehe)
    Leiber & Stoller (songwriters of such rock classics as Hound Dog and Stand By Me, Jailhouse Rock)
    Danny Rappaport (Danny & The Juniors (50s doo-wop)
    Doug Fieger (The Knack, "My Sharona", brother is Attorney Geoffrey Fieger who defended Dr. Jack Kevorkian)
    Elliot Easton (The Cars, lead guitarist, born Steinberg)
    Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult)
    Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard, actor in OZ)
    Gary Lewis (Gary Lewis & The Playboys, had '60s hit w/ "This Diamond Ring" He is the son of Jerry Lewis the comedian)
    Gavin Rossdale (Bush, paternal grandfather was Jewish)
    Tiny Tim (mother was Jewish)
    Norman Greenbaum (hat one hit wonder w/ Spirit In The Sky)
    Helen Reddy (converted to Judaism)
    Sammy Davis Jr. (converted to Judaism)
    Gabby Glaser (lucious jackson)
    Joey Ramone (The Ramones, born Jeffrey Hymen)
    Jon Bauman (Sha-na-na)
    John Moss (drummer w/ Culture Club. he suggested that Boy George wear hasidic garb!!)
    Jorma Kaukonen (hot tuna, jefferson airplane, mother was Jewish)
    Kenny Aronoff (drummer with John Mellencamp)
    Kevin Wasserman (guitarist, Offspring)
    Kinky Friedman (60s cult figure, founding member of Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys)
    Laura Nyro (mother was Jewish)


By dave. on Thursday, December 28, 2000 - 12:27 am:

    see, now you're just repeating yourself. you're a bad jew.


By Sigh on Thursday, December 28, 2000 - 06:50 am:

    No I'm not! I'm just big-boned!


By Abracadebra on Friday, June 4, 2004 - 04:01 am:

    That was unbelievable! I loved the Paula Abdul and Marc Bolan reference...did you mention Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead(who always tour on the NY/East Coast in Sept because of the High Holidays and family stuff...)

    peace to you and thanks


By dave. on Friday, June 4, 2004 - 04:06 am:

    oy


By Avi on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 - 07:36 pm:

    Awsome, just one question; Is Izzy Stradlin (former rhythm guitarist for Guns N' Roses) Jewish because if he is that would mean half of the original Guns N' Roses band is jewish (with Steven Adler & Slash is half jewish. 2 and a half out of 5, pretty cool!!!


By V on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 - 10:24 pm:

    Look,myself being Russian/Lithuaniun,I just dont have a problem with Jews,most I meet are superb people with real "chuttzpah",you know "the fire in the belly" they make the world a better place,"Izzy" is of course short for "Isreal","Guns N, Roses" I happen to like a lot,it was at one time my best music for makeing love to.If you are Jewish,post lots more,myself,I like it.


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