"...in the style of the Kosher Komets, we introduce K'NOCK AROUND THE CLOCK. This is music with a real borscht beat. It's "haib zach" music, which translated means, "Makes you want to shake your plaitzas and go! go! go!" "What's left? IT'S A MICHAYE IN HAWAIYE, bases vaguely on the "Hawaiian War Chant." It came to me one day while I was playing pinochle on the beach at Waikikishka. "Sholom Aloha" I heard the natives singing, and I knew then that I would have to immortalize my visit to the paradise of the Pacific. And, since writing this song, I have been invited by the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce to spend every winter basking in the sun - in Miami Beach, Florida. So that's it, folks. Hope you enjoyed this bit of mishugas. Bleib gazunt to you all. Love and knishes, Mickey"

Above from the original album liner notes.

"...is a good chance to say listen to my boys:" Mickey Katz - clarinet, vocals Mannie Klein - trumpet Ziggy Elman - trumpet Si Zentner - trombone Benny Gill - violin Lou Singer - xylophone Nat Farber - piano Sam Weiss - drums Larry Breen - bass Jack Costanzo - bongos

Selections:
THE BARBER OF SCHLEMIEL (Mickey Katz)	RECORDED: July 25/58
THE POIPLE KISHKE EATER (Sheb Wooley)	July 25/58
YIDDISHE MAMBO(Sid Kuller-Mel Diamond)	Nov.16/54
DOWNTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL (Shelton Brooks)	Jan.9/52
HOLIDAYS (Mickey Katz)	Aug.13/51
NUDNICK THE FLYING SCHISSEL (Mickey Katz-Irving Fields)	Nov.4/57
KNISH DOCTOR(Ross Bagdassarian)	July 25/58
k'NOCK AROUND THE CLOCK(Jimmy De Knight-Max C. Freedman)	Aug.23/55 (2:03)
WHERE IS MY PANTS? (Georges Auric-William Engvick)	Aug.6/53
CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN (Jean Schwartz-William Jerome)	May 12/50
CHEDER DAYS(Gus Edwards-Will D.Cobb)	July 2/51
IT'S A MICHAYE IN HAWAIYE(Mickey Katz)	July 25/58

Released: January 5, 1959

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