"On and On" by Topol (1969)
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Mr. Jones "On and On" is a track by Topol from the LP record, "Topol"
Kapp Records (KRS-5510)
Publication date 1969
From Wikipedia: "Chaim Topol (Hebrew: חיים טופול; September 9, 1935 – March 8, 2023), mononymously known as Topol, was an Israeli actor, singer, and illustrator. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and the 1971 film adaptation, performing this role more than 3,500 times from 1967 through 2009."
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from the liner notes of the LP:
TOPOL
With The John McCarthy Singers And Geoff Love And His Orchestra
KRS-5510
TERE
O. February 16, 1967, Topol burst on the
London theater scene, and it hasn’t been the
same since. Starring as Tevye in “Fiddler on the
Roof,” the tall, handsome, mustachioed native
of Tel Aviv, Israel, not only scored a personal
triumph in the musical, but became overnight
a British popular music institution.
His magnetic personality suddenly spread
into TV, motion pictures, and, of course, records.
This album is parto f Topol’s triumph. It includes
a cross-section of the kind of material
that he has mastered, plus his first smash hit,
“On And On.” The album ranges from the
twinkling laughter of “The Mouse and The
Elephant” to the poignant beauty of “Eli Eli,”
from the stirring feeling of “My Son Are You
Laughing Or Crying?” to the outright joy of
living in “Before Tomorrow Comes” and “The
Singing Lesson.”
It was “The Singing Lesson,” in fact, that
threw the BBC into a tumult. When Topol first
performed it on his BBC-TV series, “It’s Topol,”
it so charmed viewers that the switchboard was
jammed with callers requesting the music and
lyrics for hours after the show went off the air.
“Eli Eli,” perhaps Topol’s favorite in this
collection, was written by Chana Sennesh, a
very young Israeli girl who parachuted into
Hungary on a mission during World War Two.
She. never returned, but she left this lovely
prayer of hope and beauty which Topol shares
with us. |
Topol, himself a fighter in the Israeli Army,
met his wife while they both were in the service.
He and Galia have two sons and a daughter.
Born in Tel Aviv to a Russian father and
Polish mother on Sept. 9, 1935, Topol grew up
in a theatrical tradition. In Haifa, he was
founder, art director and leading actor with the
city’s Municipal Theater. He played a great
range of roles, from Petruchio in “The Taming
of the Shrew,” to Jean in “Rhinocerus,” to Pat
in “The Hostage.”
His performance as the elderly rogue in
“Sallah” led to his successful London audition
for the role of Tevye in “Fiddler.”
His recent movie roles include “Before Winter
Comes” with David Niven, and “A Talent for
Loving” with Richard Widmark. In 1965, he
appeared on U.S. television in a spectacular with
Danny Kaye. Other films include his screen
debut, a 1960 comedy, “I Like Mike,” plus
“Sallah” and “Cast a Giant Shadow.”
But whatever his role, this tall, handsome,
fiery-voiced personality from Israel has attained
the kind of stardom that is granted to very few
in the show business world. The kind which enables
him to use but one name.
And that means he is unique.
Listen ... and and discover that uniqueness.
Its Topol!
KS-3555
Recorded In England
Produced By
Norman Newell
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