Mordechai ben David
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Mordechai Werdyger, generally known as Mordechai Ben David (מרדכי בן דוד) (lit. "Mordechai son [of] David") or MBD is a well known Orthodox Jewish singer. His father David Werdyger) was a popular Jewish singer and cantor. He blends traditional Hasidic melodies with modern pop to create the songs in albums and sung at concerts.
MBD sang his most popular song "Someday", when he performed for JEP. The song was written by Dina Storch on behalf of JEP, but MBD then used it on his own album.
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, Brooklyn. 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)
- Ich Hob Gevart (I Have Waited) (1995)
- 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)
- Live in Jerusalem (?)
- Special Moments (?)
[edit] Trivia
- 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 theater production "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber.
- The Yiddish song on Jerusalem Not For Sale (1986) (with chorus, "Yidden, Yidden") is an adaption of "Dschinghis Khan" (English: Gengis Kahan), from the German band Dschinghis Khan. There are those that question if the Dschinghis Khan version is indeed the original version of the song.
