Bei Mir Bistu Shein

Polina Mayofis - vocal Gennadiy Gurin - piano Yury Goldin - director Anton Gotlib - DOP Boris Malkovsky - recording Viacheslav Bystritsky - production & sound mastering Recorded at Boris Malkovsky’s studio Tel Aviv “Bei Mir Bistu Shein“ (Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שיין “To Me You’re Beautiful“) is a popular Yiddish song written by Jacob Jacobs (lyricist) and Sholom Secunda (composer) for a 1932 Yiddish language comedy musical, I Would If I Could. Five years after its 1932 composition, the song became a worldwide hit when recorded under a Germanized title as “Bei Mir Bist Du Schön“ by The Andrews Sisters in November 1937.